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

-. t,..' ..fi ,s,.f, . Bosr gad. bnl 81
- IA. .,.s,.f ANA. r,s,. .oo,d hetfer
-. .s,i... ..,,s,.
"A s...in,, ,l.. ebi5ts nrav.r NAV be
....,,.,.a M, a,1 Mrs Spose. ara try
-. I..r1 g., lser tfc .,l5 satan ma.
3., mai. e.et Nat far tbaf reason only.
q5.o,.. h.,. l.a.uea b,v, mneb af baupi-
80 r.. g.. T., t..,f,, ono spntbc,'s
I,ra.,g. to e,,t,sar,rg and s,rgigipg.
A., clio. Ella. v,,,., and ,be hest tofit.
u.sh.l,i,s o,, like ,vaeJs-lang fet
oi,.. hard fl, die. am, Bnt the strong
.t,,3 -,.t ,t, ratt.,,t raa,t ,r, sern An
....,.,-.....,.,,,. ,f,a.,
----.s.s--.-.
ON CoMgNC uOAvN ~ a pARNCH, rF.
So lhaay a'Aes "ud gentlemen nave
made "captlFt ana 'leee oau"oh as
cents WIN loe i"el ie" years 'i"' IT.
WoHid simply o@ an Hel OF l'hpe''i"e"''
@" my pAF' {" describe ihlh"'t'f 'ne pee'
h0meha oI aa aseeht from 'he he'R"uot'
hood oil London how yon 80 nos az iif~i
appear To oe rising, Uut stationary "hiIe
lhrseaflh' on inc o'het hah@' seems !" DO
sinking beneath loni howl lhere are
any clouds IN your part oi the sEy-~wheh
( yoa have passed. through tbe i"Wefu'"'t
banks at Fap9f' ana look down on 'he
. fnprg. N1ntluw masses upuelih NON. Won
experience momentary Keeling OF pf'oo
sheer aslhlne ptide; or now beihs
/ tree from Clouds you look down ahu see
stretching around you 'he great green
earth, ahd Immediately helo"' Lohaoh'
diminished To the SIZE OF mouel ia a
museum ST Pduls seeming no Digger
than pea, aud the Monument looking no
] longer than pm, WhlIe the smoke OF
London seems stationary over ll-a lhlh'
SIeazy biue blanket N TWO strips, one ior
the MiddleseH and one ior the surrey
side, ana cut precisely 10 me shape OF me
city ana SUBURBS, thfohgh Inc Whoie run
nng 'he sIlt'erlhg ilFer iike "a ske'h "l
QUICKSILVER must mehuoh thal my
we" OF the Wohdrous panorama AROUND
ana Deheath was somewhat lhpeaed Dy
I the TACT That we were top-hampered by a
4uantliY ol toy-oalioohs' mefe,ihIlatea
llheh oags, lashlohea as ilohs' Dragons
hsh, ana othet preposlerons Iorms' ana
a'i el'ioia"ohed WIN 'le coShlAahce y
the symposium lhese Wfelcheu niue
trihes were lhuirect'y lile cause OF our
ah'olhs' Inc 'eFohaat haa instructions
y Guy me Wlna.Oass adrlit Wheh nc as
cehaeo snort Instances II oioer eha'
they mlSht alhuse Tue 9o0-WoUcheS oi
promptol' anu me fuilalh hoao' ana
s0'''e' a''ei'ise.nei''s VI tiie Symposium
'ai '"u "iuo' nus 'no iit''o o'u 'ii"''
ourins 'ne prs' il'e minutes u MS ascent
llaa Deeli 50 ousy WIN MS pocket-khiie
'oos'"s 'neSe iiu'cu'ouS '"Peo'"'e"'"'
'lia1 'ie hau Iorso1teh Precau'loh Fer!
necessary 70 our safety Nhlie the par
iooh Is on!'he grou'io II Is customary TO
eiose Tue hech oi inc l'laehihe oY iheah'
OF handkerchief ued III sIp.khot, II
ofaer 10 prevent 'he aalhiXture q Inc
heaVy io"ef stratum oi'a'nospherle al
WIN 'he more ouoyaht eafouFe'tea ny
drogen inside the balloon, Directly the
balloon ascends, the prudent aeronaut
slips off the handkerchief. Onr aero
naut, busted with his trumpery wind
bags, did no such thing. The assistant
may have been unaware that the thing
ought TO have been done. lie cried ont
= gleelulIy that we had risen TO the altitude
= of one miIe-tbat we were Just over Fu!'
ham Church, aud that we were about e
cross the Thamc.. Jn,t tJeni heard q
: sharp, cracking report, precisely like
3 that Of mn.ket.sh0t, above my head
3 Tine balloon had burst. Il could scarce
! Is, under lhe circumstances, have dont
ANY ding but burst The gas ia The ma
cbinc bad become rarched, aud had rale
Idly expanded II could not escape
i Irou above, the yslye was eIo,ed; il
p coud uol escape from below, 3he ae't
was closed. So il went to smash jast as
80 inflated aud air-tight bag of paper
. goe, 10 smash between the palms OF q
. scBaoI-bol , hands.
, SO wc fell as STONE fslIs, lalt mile
= Whom We a-cended, il had appeared il
= me that the earih was sinking beeoait
w. NO" The globc-iiaids, houses, lamp