Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-30

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by Master John Wise and the vigorous
swinging Of hats by Prof Wise and
tho reporter. and then the air below
ny WAS filed with n shower of small
prinsed circulars thrown from the has
kot attached to the balloon Thus
lightcned, the balloon soon shot up TO
an altitude of 1000 feet, and Prof
Wise made preparations TO throw out
the dragrope, which had been coiled
in the bottom of the basket, in defer
cnce TO the fears of some worthy gem
tlemen that il coiled in the Square 1t
might become entangled in the Soldiers
Monument, and carry off that exquisite
piece Of sculpture TIE rope became
much tangled and required the cxer-
else Of no little time and patience 10
unravel and throw il overheard. 1t
was accomplished at last however, and
then our labor for the voyage was over,
and we had full time to look down
upon the world nom our rclcvated scat.
And what magnificent scene il was !
II included a view of all Lancaster
county from the Blue Ridge to the
Maryland line, and from the Octorara
to the Susquehanna, but at an clcva-
tion of four or five thousand feet, overy-
thing was 20 much reduced in size.
that the LARGEST buildiugs looked liI,c
tov.houses, tbe streets and roads like
well.sven, maths. the newly ulowcd
fields and fields of grass stubble 10.
baoco and corn and tbc matches of
woods. each VARYING in size and color
from those adjoining looked like n great
eolorcd man or n vast irregular chess.
hoard while thc streams which worl,
their devious wavs 10 the Susouehonno
looked like g,eai serpents of n leadon
color The tIeouentana graceful curve,
of the Concstoga added greatly to the
beauty of tho picture
AT 3l7 n M we passed ovor Millers.
willie at n height of , 600 feet and were
greeted with loud annlause bv tho citi.
zens. We returned their cheers and
showeredunon them hundreds Of nvint-
ed circnlars Continuing on ..our south.
west course al A very moderate rate
of speed we crossed Tho Susouebonna
river moi hr from York Furnace at
4.3O. From this point we had a beau.
tiGul view of Snfa IIarbor Woshinoto,
h,,,o,,,h roln,,,l.;a Af;lla,,s,,;il, Z ~,
ooro"s", Io'ui''o''i -"''icisnn'oi W Nv. i'"si'
Ss's'I', v a.u o''' ~, VI wv s'',nli towns "a
orN county me ,lVcr ilnh'euia.e'y
oone''n WIS us 'oohcu H,, Ii,,S grea' rougn
snu soau' "''l 'le ',iu y, No'' Mo"oNori' !
,'9'u-B'us1' Su We ,r'su 70 get View oi
.nosalehhs Day pu' .hc a'nosphsre
'no ~ sJu'nwos' o' US M.s so may my 'n'l'
our our Misn "aa no' grA'ineu' inc sun
sn,i''ns orignuy on ''io pai,opi' causcd
!. W eAp'hu anu rise i"pluiy, ano we
sooh s a,'aineu u ne'gn. Vi 'oVo iee',
rum ,n's oleV'.eu pom. we go.agoou
view u sno iiNer 'roIn Ior' deposit 10
!, u pun. ,ur apo'e iiarllspurs, ,s .hougn
'i'"o oAeoP' 'ne ,,'er couiu DC seen NJ
~ ,neso vAaleln. iinil.s' penoa',i US
noweFvr,eN.ry ,.c', ~, 'nllig w"ssuPerpiy peau,
,iiul, v Inc 'ower emu Oh lancaster ana
orN counties pc'hg much more broken
anu "ooueu' ,naii 'na' part OF hancas-
WI uoun'y oNe' wiiicn we n"u a'reauy
passou' presented " i,ucn ,iore pictur-
osque apPearahcc, 'nough irom our
gLea, hslgh. ine M i''rm houses anu barns
er tban ,'s1 so manw M doa E boxcs ,''' ~ m
Soon wo hegsn ,a descend mara r,,
idlv than we had arisen. Thc c;rc,,.
lars were again o;vcn lihoralIv NJ tho.
breeze They rose above ma md flut.
tereJ around tho balloo, l;lse oreat
snow.flakes Ala beight Of 4 so6 fcet
we could distinctly hear the cheers of
tbose below ns ond stiIl moro distinctlv
the crack of The rifles of some ann.
ners Tho themomctor which bad mi.
len 10 " degrees when ve ,vere a, o,,r
greatest beIgbt rose several demces
% we annroacbed ,ho ea,th A. shoro
was a fibe omen space ahead of ms. Prof.
W. Jo,aIn,;adI y, 49, - - I a,i;.',. ~
and called 10 tbo noo,l. helou, ,o looL
for and take. hold oi tbo drag rome
Soon man wonen cb;ldron and das,s
were Seem r,nning t,1,m ali direc,ioSs
toward the field IN which lhe baIloon
was exnccted IN come down usre an
amusinr incident occurred Two hrgc
dogs eyidentlv mortal enemies helong.
ina 70 neighhoring farmers ,oe, mon
the field while t6e halloon was sdnc
hundreds of feet ahove ,hem No, III.
serving tbe balloon and nrobablv ann.
nosinr tbat the excitemept among The
neonle was Got mn far tLs;r esnscioI
benefit tbo dogs want for each pthcr
lHketruete terriers. obey IN ,hav growIcd
and tbcv vowledr and ,hsre 4 no
Lnovinc what m;nh, hove heon ,ho
result Of the dghf bad tbev mo-, dis.
covered the balloon coming rigbt down
upon them; but as soon as they saw il.
lthey LET no their holds. yelped in con
cert, and with their tails between their
legs, fed inaloriously from the battle
| field.
In the meantime the balloon landed
nicely in buclxwheat field ON the farm
of +. A. Beattie, situated in Chance.
ford township. York county. near the
Windsor township line. and not more
than A mile and a.half from the new
Marrow Gauge Railroad from Oxford.
Chester county, to York. Here we
were sool' surrounded BY crowd Of
people who rendered us all necessary
assistance, and towed the balloon from
the buckwheat field into a grass field
whereit was anchored by willing hands.
Our lunch baskets were inspected, and
the relative merits Of Hotel Copeland
and Restaurant Miller impartially dis
cussed A vote was taken Ms to which
set the better table and tho result was
one unanimous 'ayeln (opcnor.