The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-10

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PemigowRsset Mountains, idst west OF
Mount Carrigan, Wiley Mountain, and
thence across the White Mountain Notch
not far from the Wiley House, and on
over Mounts Webster, jackson, Clinton,
Pleasant, Franklin, Clay, Jefferson and
Adams. Mounts Monroe, Washington
and Madison werc lett little distance to
the east, and with those three exceptions
we had passed over every peak Of the
White Mountain range proper. Although
l had been on the summit Of every peak
cast OF the White Mountain Notch save
Mounts Webster and Madison, l failed 10
\ recognize any OF those we saw, until sub.
sequent developments showed our course
to have been as above, q circumstance
well enough accounted for in the changes
and unfamiliar appearance OF everything
when seen from above. Mount Washing.
ton was yelled In clouds as we descended
from Q much higher altitude but short
distance northwest Of II, and sailed on
over Clay, Jefferson and Adams, and
from the latter we looked across the great
gull just In time TO see It's cone dimly an.
pearing among the mists which were for
the moment partially dispelled. None Of
the buildings, however, were TO be dis.
cerned sand 1t was not until we had
crossed the valley OF the Androscoggin
and approached Lake Umbagog, far be.
You'd, that the real truth OF our position
idawned upon US. .Ft
/ NIGHT OVER UNKNOWN FLAcRs. 1
They passed the Androscoggin Valley
Imagining that 1t was saco Valley. They
heard the whistle Of a steam engine, but
were unable to hear anything further.
Their progress at this time was at the
rate Of fifty miles an hour. They soon
discovered that they were leaving the
human habitation5 behind them. They
heard woodchopping and saw camp-flres
apparently in dense woods. Night had
now fully set in. About ten o'clock
Mount Carmel, the last recognized land.
mark, faded from view. The report SAYS:
1t was strange sensation, and by no
means q pleasurable one, to be thus four.
neying through the air over wild and
densely wooded region Of which we knew
nothing-for even our course was hidden
from us-With strong probability that
We would ultimately be compelled tode.
scend, perhaps in the very heart Of the
wilderness, and work our way out as best
we might, without the most remote indi.
cation OF which direction we had best
take to reach the nearest settlement, and
that q hundred miles or more away.
TREES AND wAyEa
They made several brief halls, but
moved on when their balloon showed
any signs of becoming entangled in the
trees. The night wore on very heavily.
They had tobe on the constant lookout
fOrmolmtain peakes, aud could not pos.
sibly get wink Of sleep. They found it
har1awork resting drowsiness. The
stiffness around them was painful. While
they sat up straight they were comforta.
Bile enough, but on attempting to take q
recumbent position they suffered martyr.
dom. They were chilled at times with
the cold. When they descended near
the earth they were very co mlortable.
Twice during the painfully long night
did they hear the sound OF breakers and
once they were assured that they were
flying over water Of some description.
Tho prospect of watery grave was not
very pleasant, and they actually felt re.
lievCd when they found themselves among
the tree tops again.
With day break they began to feel that
they were in the neighborhood of some
sctetlment. The report proceeds:
Wewere now close to the tree tops,
and the guide rope was catching among
the branches. 10 detain tho balloon
whcH 1t should become fastened 10 some
Of them was no difficult matter, for there
was light wind ut the surface; but it be-
came necessary to steer clear, so far as
possible, Of the high trees and the dead
and scraggy branches. A puncture Of the
OF the balloon might cause US to be pre-
cipitatcd to terra tlrma more uncommon.
iously than We might desire. BY much
pulling and hauling and notA little push
ing, we managed TO navigate ourselves
safely over the branches, - l.
After much manGuvring they succeed
cd In anchoring, themselves to a tree and
descending to the ground: They quickly
made their way to the roads and found
themselves near Sayabec, in the county Of
Rlmonski, Province of Quebec. The re.
port closes thus: } " III I 80 \
OUR VOYAGE AND TIE DISTANCE TRAv-
ELED.
In the absence Of the maps Of the re.
gions 1t was almost impossible to estimate
as TO the distance travelled by the balloon,
and in the telegraphic report Of our land
ing it was very considerably understated.
When We landed we were travelling back.
ward on our track, and in the early hours
we had twice approached the coast Of the
Cult Of st. Lawrence, once going far out
to sea. From our landing place to the
nearest point on the St. Lawrence River,
Sandy Bay, the distance is ten or twelve
miles, but VIC must have approached the
shores Of the bay and not those Of the
river, A northeasterly' course, in which
We had been travelling through the night,
would have brought US to the coast some
where In the vicinity Of Matane, thirty
five or forty miles beyond Sayabec, and
one OF the last parishes in the Province Of
Quebec, The whole distance Travelled
must have been over 500 miles, of which
some eighty.fve miles were over the State
Of New Hampshire, upward Of 200 over
Maine, nearly 200 miles over Canada, and
twenty miles or more over the Cult Of st.
Lawrence, and 1t is possible that we sailed
over a little corner Of New Brunswick.
Our course over Maine, after leaving the
region OF Lake Umbagog, must have been
In d general northeast line over the north.
ern parts Of Oxford, Franklin, Somerset,
Piscataquis, and Aroostook counties.