Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-03-29
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. Prof s. A. king. the asaFunaui, al
. vcrtised thai he Eould make an hsoen
frum Atlanta on the frsi q January
! lsT0. Eight thousand persons assemblies
% witness ~ bat = sleei storm Vas CON
ing up. and Prof King would not risl
an asoent He offered b return "a,
money, and acted fairly In every way
DIR. Albert Hape, who had alneady made
one asornt, steppedup 10 Prof King and
said "The people ale terribly disIp-
pointed. i have been up with YOU once,
and you know whether you can trust me.
III you'll lend me the old chebang. Ill
take her up, storm or no storm" ''Very
vel, replied King. 4" know your cool
ness and presence Of mind. You may 60
II YOU want 10.
"You had better take in some more
ballast, said King as DIR. HApe stepped
into the basket Instead Of taking more
ballast, the doctor threw out two bags
OF sand already in il, and cut the ropes.
He made the first mile upward in two
minutes and a half The descent was
accomplished in one minute. Round
trip OF two miles, three minutes and a
half Here is the doctors own account
OF the journey:
The small quantity of ballast carried
gave such great asoentive power that il
required but two minutes and half 10
reach an attitude of one mile. The
cheers from the crowd below could no
longer be heard. All was silent except
the spiteful driving sound of the winter
rain. Twas well aware of the great ra-
pidity with which was travelling, but as
the neck Of the balloon was twenty-five
inches in diameter, and entirely open, no /
danger was apprehended. The sides |
gave no evidence Of being tense, and the /
possibility Of an explosion was not
thought OF.
A heavy sleet and snow commenced
falling, and it was so intensity cold that
was anxious to get through the clouds
and into the bright sunshine beyond
Already imagination pictured the little
craft as sailing smoothly above the bad
weather, and my heart swelled with en-
ihusiasm as fancy painted the beauties
d winter sunset-a sunset above the
LIQUIDS. L had decided to remain ND all
night, and to prolong the voyage as far
IS possible.
i was awakened from my revery by
harp explosion. The balloon had burst J
lear the point Of its greatest diameter, !
nd had collapsed. 1t began to descend !,
nth great rapidity. Its peculiar shape (
ave 1t rotary motion that was rather y
npleasant l fully realized the danger o
I my situation. Death was inevitable. .
Mess L could succeed in forming the I
reck into parachute, and to do this
equlred much physical strength and
erfect GOODNESS. The loss of self-posses-
on or a neglect to preserve the oscilla.
ng motion of my craft would be attend "
Ig with loss of life. However. 81 knew Y
le ropes, and determined to pull them. Il
1t was necessary that the rotten cloth t.
lould be not only retained in the net A,
11g, but kept i'll such position as to f
Ter the greatest possible resistance to Il
e atmosphere My craft proved to be OF
truly. 1t soon plunged violently, with in
e peculiar motion of a knife that has ii
st Its ballast. At each lunge it swung m
rough the air like great pendulum, We
soon attained terrible velocity. being re
'quently thrown higher than any fluto w
mig portion of the wreck, and was sew to
IL times thrown entirely out of the s
sket. -,
Lake Micawber, / confidently ex- di
cted something to turn up in fact We
ire was a great danger of the basket &c
urning up" on top of the canvass m,
lch would result in instant death. to
6y strict attention to business " these m,
d lunges were modified, and the We wa
lty was more uniform though still very pa
NJ sta
now decided to throw out portion, SUI
all, OF the ballast, and lifted bag to ha'
edge OF the basket for that purpose. wo
en- the thought occurred that it would bal
less dangerous to keep it in the bask- abb
threw out letter, and by Watching a Ii
1t fiuttered in the air, was enabled he,
tell with considerable accuracy as to be
ire the wreck would strike. To throw vo,
ballast at this time would prolong the wo,
a8e 10 the woods beyond, even if it VIII,
not cause the basket and contents TO
brown on top of the wreck. Taking
view, 1t was decided to retain all the
Sht In the basket that 1 possibly @
ID. ',-J Tar
hen within three hundred feet of tho is 1
Ind, l cut the cord attached to the mer
Tor rope, and watching the rise and tom
ent, managed to throw at the pro- hors
moment. L struck in time to lessen -four
force with which would have other soor
struck the ground. As it was the did
produced Inconsistencies, not
awakening there was no sensation do d
IN save weakness, that always attends eneC
lvy fall The cold rain was falling subr
y lace, and could not lift my head men
ne long briers that encircled me with hane
rfect net work. Near by stood n men
Alter gazing at her moment. I sent
ID my compliments, and wished her furn
Apply New Year" She smiled and sufiC
lreu whether L was hurt. "No. ried
m' 10 convince her of the fact / eater
, ana after securing peculiar black eight
o stepped forth. year,
hyperion presented sorry ishm
acle. Ropes, netting, and frac. sand
OF rotten cloth, it lay among the two I
Is and briers an utter wreck. With teen
RECEPTION of few single scratches T ploye
received no injury. The loss of n than
:, collar and few incidentals" pranc
IL that needed attention. All wants lengt
supplied, and in few minutes | the S
gain with my friends. it b.
urn, = - D--I-----, this
I thro,al, Uuouque nave managed portal
m 'iie WINTER quite pleas tants
boJ WI. wne gave OUT that her hus- believ
&c Iaf so 1.;.L W Wisconsin, and that lion q
ong the best she might This, of O-
;, excited the compassion of all The m
,een supported bv ~ tSa a a:ia she to int
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