The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-29
i. How wax That for High ?"--A Ma"
AND woman Perform tho nou"'s-
vrupeze Half a Mslc High ~
From the IndIaIl1p01fs "HHf#'.


J.E. Warner, OF the Great RACINE tohipl'
| nation, is the restless and cnterprsinS man
accr OF some thirty eight summers, VINO
modestiy hides behind big diamond ore'',l'
min. and is not satisfied with Owning Ihe
| biggest elephant and the only two-horpeo
rbinoccros on this continent, WIN thI.s
cages of wild beasts, a museum ana slte"o'u
circus. exhibited under ten different paw
| lions. but il dying TO give Tic ieol,aEG hioIe
| oe the good thing for fifty cents. warner
| has actually persuaded young ana Deautl-
ful Spanish girl, named Leona Dare, VINO
does marvellous fcats upon the tfapezc IN tilt (,
circus. to make balloon asCensions. Thc frla'
trip was made on Thursday morning at II
point of about nine miles southeast OF our
city. Tie balloon was duly inflated, ana ut
a u,artcrto eight was cut loose and the INC
formed Lcona, in circus clothes. dangling
downward from the trapeZe bar, holding III
her ieetha strap which encirclcd the waist
of Tommy Hall. her companion for her frst
VOYAGE in the air, left terra t,nad. Every.
thing was still as death, and il was observed
that Hall weakened little, but the plucky
"Q,lcen ofthe Antilles Leona. was perfectly
cool. just as soon IA they left the earth
Leona commenced spinning Hall around
until it made us giddy. After this perform
a,mc. and about three hundred feet in the
air. they commenced their hifalutin perform
anccs, known in show langllag" rs the
double trapcZe: and almost everybody
who has attended the circus can iila@ine
much better tiian we can describe their
various ev0utions and gylTtionS. Ihey
performed I'll of the difficult and hazardous
fcats at an altitude OF Il lalt-nilc with the
same reckless DARN. that clE,IactcrlIeS thclf
performances under the pavilion, where, IL
they were To tumble, their fall would not cN-
cecd thirty feet. Up, up, they went, thtii
they were scarcely larger than our hallds,
and when we looked at them through gasS,
provided for the occasion, we brcltlled Tree,
and felt d relief to see that they had climbed
upon their trapeZc !nr, and were apparently
enjoying Il tetc-a-tctc while resting from their
exciting and perilous exercises. The balloon
descended very rapidly, and landed about a
Ilalt-mie from the starting point i'll an open
field, and our party rode up in time to witness
their a!ighting. Hall was silent and sober,
while Lcona la,igllingly said toWarner, GLOW
was that for high!" Warner, the satisfied man
agcr, smiled and expressed his approval OF the
trip, and winking slyly ut us, as much us 10
say 81 haye the trick now that will make
opposition take back seat" The balloon
for this occasion was borrowed, and Warner
Immediately tclcgraphcd to have. one made;
and it is fair to presume that within few
weeks a double balloon ASCENSION will DC ad-
vcrtscd hy the pastc-Slingcrs to congrcSatc
the people TO witness j. j.. Warner d Co.'S
Great Pacific Museum, Mcnagerie and Circus
and Big Elephant Show. In conclusion, we
would say that the authorities ought to pro-
hibit these hot-air balloon aScensions, as they
;uc dangerous and Improbable, and we our
selves don't wish to ever again witness the
foolhardy daring Of Hall and Lcona Dare "up
in laloOn.' IS. ...F