Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

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 birds eye view of the city was afforded Every street and bnilding in the city wa plainly visible, and the, people, who. .sti thronged the neighborhood we. had left looked like pigmies. The sensation evel to the novices, was very pleasant Ther was none ,a of that dizziness s. whic] We. at least, had expected to experience a first. We realized the feeling which ha so often been noticed by balioonists- that we were ascending from the earth, bu that the earth was receding from, us., A the balloon went sailing up and along, was to us apparently stationary, and as i the earth was being nnrolled before us like huge gepanorama exhibited for our spe elal benefit and delectation-we comforta ply seated in a front seat meanwhile. A @ 4Asessgsu sAsA4lsssss BALLAST. H.. 4-a.s, ssf-p
 Il The ballast was. contained in .tWely canvas bags, on which the passengers ga when they sat at all Itwas the aeronaut' policy to be as saving of his ballast as DOS sible, as he had determined, if everytLin, was favorable, to travel further than eve before, but a little was now thrown out and the balloon ascended some distance.
 -st@ sss LOSS OF THE DRAa.RoPE. aaT 5k sd f At twelve minutes to five clock tn : drag-rope' was let down. The drag-rop, 1t may be well to explain, was some seven ty-five feet in length, and was made o wire, with the exception of the upper end. which was of rope. It serves the same purpose of dischargingl ballast when per mitted to hang from the balloon, and alst allows the balloon, when at lesser height to skim along over the land or water, as i : drags' on either clement It was coilee around the outside of the basket, but i seems that the end had not been properl, secured, and when the cords which kept tht coils ln place were cut, it unwound itsel with such quickness as to create an alarm ing sound, and dropped into the lake. Pro. lessor King expressed serious regret at its JOSS. 'HQ se9tt{toq f. aYitG51oeuG3 A5Acc 9ds EXCHANGING SIGNALS yiJisaae
 ge'.' One of the several tugs which were in sight, appeared to be following the bal loon nrz The whistle was blown, and those on board were heard singing up in a Balloon. The up above, answered by singing the chorus of that popular melody in their best style. We continued to hoy CT over the foot of the lake, and the tug as those on board had doubtless abandon ed all hope of seeing us come down into the bosom of old Erie-turned. and put back. But, as events proved, their motto should have been Wait lite longer.'E
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 "At twenty-five minutes past five clock, being then pretty. near three-quarters of a mile high, and about opposite the point Abino, the balloon commenced descending, the momeatuna constantly increasing, as Is fo tan an antaltitied uas He also gave the water. but assured us that there would be no danger, as we. should quickly rise again. He Instructed all to grasp the ropes firmly, to step upon the edges of the bask- ct when we struck, and to be careful not to be thrown out by the shook All, this was uttered in an instant, and in less than two minutes, as it seemed, the balloon struck the water. o The shock was quite vii olent, but we maintained our positions, and nothing serious followed. The bot tom of the basket sank but 8 few inches beneath the water, on which it skinned for something like hundred feet A por- tion of the provisions were soaked, and our overcoats and feet got wet. A small quantity of ballast was discharged, and we again rose. c3 aae--9199 aa& .laeQ4h GGG 4 s sJ s.oNcE MORE UPON THE wATERs.'' -i
 aa Wehad been up from the lake but about fifteen minutes, when the balloon another rapid descent; but we were getting used to it by this, time, and were not to be skeered.' We barely touch. ed the water. Unfortunately bag oi sand, which had become wet at our first descent, slipped from the hands of Profes sor King into the lake as he was in the aci of emptying n portion of it out, and the loss of so much weight caused us to as cend as expeditiously. we thought, as VI had gone down. t.s
 r "At eight minutes to six we were at t greater altitude than at any time previous iy. and were nearing the south shore. Al six o clock we passed over the beach anG proceeded landward 01-' ''
 THE LANDSCAPE.
 Several villages were now in sight, bu, we were not able to recognize them. The country looked extremely beautiful, ap bearing to be laid out as it were in ,regula squares. At ten. minutes past six, we cross ed what what we took to be Eighteen Mile creek, travelling, as Professor King con cluded, at the rate of about thirty mile an hour. Of course we could still see tn, lake, and the effect of the sun's rays upor the water was such as to leave trail o golden light in the centre of which appear ed schooner with all sails set-al splendii sight. i4sa aGs eAd5 gsYIb .H5b 81ca $ Y.
 The atmosphere now became hay, ,ane we could mo longer see .Buffalo.a It wa decided that we had reached an altitude o two miles. ,, .,. s~.s
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 s' At twenty minutes past six we passet over village which at first was thought t be Aurora, as we discerned what looked like a trotting course near 9 wood, De scending, some distance, we heard peopl shouting and dogs barking.a Also hhears cannons firing. T Making still further de scent we were greeted with the shout Come down, and we will take you bacl to Buffalo. s3sa afasasss7 tsAa ga 3a At this time one of the party was seiz ed with an excruciating pain immediatel, over the right eye.g It was similar to tlla which is sometimes produced by eating ics cream, but almost ,incalculablys more in tense It recurred at short intervals witl less severity, and finally passed of, alto getherl Professor King called out, osWha