St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-10-25


while in the clouds 1t was absolutely
Impossible to tell that we moved at all.
II j. one of the striking pccuiiarties of
balloon v"yaging. that when the aerial
craft j. immersed in the clouds it ap-
pears {" h" relatively bccalmrd. and
consequently thrIr is no means of learn
iig it, direction. The. compass is of no
avail. for the reason that the balloon
hI~ the appearance of remaining fixed.
North. east. south OF west 80 miles an
hour "r Ia miles an hour it i all the
slime. Subsequent developments show
cd that while thus appearing to stand
quite still. he balloon attained Il speed
ot nearly. II not fully ~ miles an hour.
LONG AND WEARY NIGHT.
Night had now fully sci in. and Il
dark. drcarH. dismal night it WAS Il
night br>ct with hopes and fears. and
with lhrIdrnt> "t 4 most thrilling char
artrr. II WAS perhaps halt-pa~t or 10
ocioCh when thr range Of lakes and
Mount Carmel faded away from our
vision. lhr darkness prevented rs
tr"u a>rcrldiniug the hour 10y means of
"ur Uatciu.> The storm clouds appear
cd {" settle inNrr. and we were FIRE
which gradually wet u> through and
through in spite ot the partial protcc-
tion afford, Il hN the umbrella. which
We spread within the hoop over ON
heads. Without this protection we
should have been Thoroughly drcnched
within half IN IIuur after leaving Ply
m"rth. ltIc greater part of the time
We Wrrc in the clouds, sometimes at Il
very considerable height two miles or
more. liIc temperature WAS mild near
the surface. prnhahlY in the littic>. hut
We We're often in Il cold atmo>phrrr.
" hich chilled II> 10 the very marrow of
our bones. wet ~ We were. Besides
the cold temperature. there were the
other certain Indications of great clc-
Nation difficulty of respiration and
ringing in the ears. In the early part nt
the night. Mr.. King had cndcaN orcd To
discover i place Where, lie might with
safety drtaiu the balloon until daylight.
and he still entertained the same design.
Nevertheless. he deemed il best to let his
cI;ttt take lI> uNm upward and down
ward ""tIl>c. being prepared I" check
it> downward passage if II approached
too irai the trees. IN rhc~, means he
aN uidcd the loss uf either gas OF ballast.
and secured the usefulness of the bal
loon III Journey Iug ont ot the wilderness
for = longer period. 1t has repeatedly
been demonstrated III Nh. Kings cNpr-
Hence. but never more fully than on
tins voyage. that Il balloon travels with
greater uniformity and consequently
with less los ot power III the night
than III the day. " hen the suns heat.
clouds and other "NtIancouS influences
".lu~c continual and sudden changes III
the dtTlcc nt larctaCtI"u of @a>. Induc-
Iu@ Ht inst Il hugh ascent with an over
toW and then an expenditure "t ballast
10 cpualIIr The hunNdu power and So
cuIIc l"l the time. "I until further waste
take, place. the equilibrium of the arIi-
al machiur For at least six hours at
ter passing over the White Mountains
the hall"ou travelled through the air,
without the los of Il single "unc" of
ballast. and i" ih'' most part II nearly
the sam" "lr\ .iI"n. he quality OF TN"
"a. ia" N'' '"niii!"h "i the balloon
before ~i"iiI"@. winch called t"r " ''I-
tam added amount "l hn"NanI power al
the "rit>ct "i the VOYAGE. and Tia rapid
rate ~ Will'h "" wei" tra\"Ilng. all
contributed 'i"uhilc>> 1" tins result. hui
,hc main ,.iu~c Ms the uniform tenn
prIiiugc encountered It Il given plane
nt elevation. The balloon occasionally
I"~r l." an unusual height. and IN II" III
>t.'urc Na~ jh" ">''ap" "t @.r> ""Nhau>t-
I>";~ {" bring H. fully down t" the
earth. once. toward m"rniug. We
mounted alloy" jhr 'I"ud~ int" the rIral
atmospheric. AMI again We ~" III"
u""n. Wh'"i. r">' late. -hrnlu. family
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