The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-10-22

we Isg adcA, au4 J remember saying az
We came laundering down. "Dhat.rN's
coat wiH DO torn GO ribbons"
So much for panoramic effects when
tie Jaws ct death seem Go be yawniug iog
us. To tbe possession Of what IS ordioa-
rly termed "presence oi m,ud ou toe
occasion. / disdaiuiaHy decline so lay
elaim. What dld Ia che matter OF the
gapuel aud the ballast was done me
ehauically and well nigh uncousoiousN;
aud was desperately and mortally terri
hcd. A tew DAYS after the accident ]
met tha prouaul's assistant, sud ! had
the curiosity 10 sound him as to my ac-
mcauor during the taIl,
Sir, be very candidiy replied, you kept
your mouth wide open, aud you were as
blue as your brecehes
bad been clad q, the time la light
summer attire. Aud YOU. | continued.
Well ont OF Il, quoth the prouauts as
sistaut,who was seemingly philosopher
aud SO went bis way,
Meauwhpe-the term is well nigh IN
appropriate, since there was scarcely amy
while TO be mcau-thc aerouaut, who
looked like a sailor, had NOT lost bis pres
euce of mind, aua had not been idle
He saw at a glance, thi. brave little old
man although he had been torgetlul ia
the ma(terol the ,hip-kuoued handkcr-
chief--wherein our single chance OF safe
~ lay. He Jumped mp into the shrouds
OF the balloon, cut the cords which at
taeA the neck OF the machine to the hoop,
aaud away to the very netting flew the
whole OF the exhausted silk body of the
sausage Theu it formed cupola OF the
approved umbrella pattern-it formed a
parachute! Il steadied instantly. There
was no collapse, and down we came
swiftly, but easily, ia slanting direction
ahghting among the cabbages ln a mar
kct garden, Fulham Fields. The ear
struck the elastic earth with violence, and
rebouuded, clearing a hedge, a distance
of some twenty feet Then the silk, and
the netting, aud the hoop, aud the car
itself, fell atop OF us among the cabbagcs.
We were dragged forth from the ruins OF
the sausage, onlyto be hustled and rob.
bed of all the money in our pockets by a
ruftiauly crew OF working markGt.garden-
ers; and the proprietor of the light cart,
who consented to drive me from Fulham
to kensington Gore, demanded guinea
as his fare on the ground that balloons do
not fall every day, lie was far from com
/ plimentary, too, about the accident itself,
remarking ironically that this 'wos cum
OF carryin' up lot Of dogs and monkeys.
This ingenious but mercenary person had
mistaken our Wind-bag dragons and
fishes sailing through the air. when we
ascended, for living animals.
will omit any account Of the congrat-
ulations which were indulged in ON our
return to Gore House; yet cannot CON
cude this paper without noting prcg-
nant but somewhat strong re-
mark made by the little old aeronaut.--
While everybody was graspug his hands
and paying him well-descryed compli-
ments on his intrepidity, he suddenly
drew on one side, folded his arms, and
sternly inquired, Who the ----- will say
now that you can't come down in para
chute; The manner of putting the query
was irreyerent, but the matter thereof
was cogent. Three-and-twenty years af-
ter the event have narrated, find my
self forcibly imbued with the conviction
that il is possible to descend in safety
from any height by means of a parachute
but that there are ten thousand chances
TO one against the man who tries the ven
7 ture surviving to tell the tale. And
/ please TO remember that | had no EHten.
ton Of coming down in parachute.
contracted TO come down IN a sausage
balloon; but will du tloinetHojr fht
justice @ gliou that die ueYer asIySa
me l0t my slagp Of the cXpeuee-