St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-30
A Thrilling Balloon Adventure.

n III DtllOOIl
Monsieur Durnof and Madame Dur
NOT ii daring Frcnchman and his equal
" diyiu" Wiic-baVc made themselves
historic. llrrnir they hntiI undoubtedly
are without the making. though in the
instance We are about to naIr;Itc. many
will prefer t" call them tonlIIardN.
Muu>irur Durnuf l. one of the tiNin"
men an lrunaut. He has made more
than one ETHEREAL VOYAGE. and knows
how To Il" it, He wa> the first I" Il,
from Paris in the air. dulim" til" pruS-
sian siege. Ia carry the mail to his
country men. and he has been known
thcr,. ever since, ~ 1.-THE pioneer of the
hIlloum-poNt.
Last summer he gave ont that he
would =" up from Calais on the :iI>t "i
August. ut four o'clock in the ailrIu"nn.
jalai> WIS the place here he had mad"
Il successful ascension two Years before
the War. and III" citizens remembered
it. and gathered i'll crowds ut the Ip-
pointed time /" 500 him.
hrI,. WAS one extra attraction in the
I'r"uau1'> programme this time. His
lie WAS goin. with him. OF corrI~r
that made the crowd greater aud more
Interested. The sight of Il worrau sail
Ing away through the Iir in Il basket
WI> something they did not ENJOY cNrrl
day.
F"ur "'cl"ch came, hu, the wind wa>
wrong. Instead of blow in" him "NrI
the rlimurl t" the, coast of England. ~
D,ln"i had planned. ii would carry him
OH towards Norway. over Il vast stretch
ni open sci.
iIi~ balloon. tine Theodore. wa> not :!
lar", one. having Il capacity nt nulN
about two Thousand. tive huhdrcd cubic
feet. and Vnuld moi >r.lN aii"al f"I 50
long Il VOYAGE. HuI the crowd We're
waiting. and The little pilot hall""m>
we've >,ui up l." ny the upper currents.
All tin, signs were uuttN"rahlc. Ihr
" ind Na~ ~ rdrntlN determined 1o hc
oath west all III, Ty up and it WAS
u" very ll-hr wind ,lrhrr.
lpunmui~ assistants told him he had
better p"~jp"ur his trip. There would
h,. lirtl' chance of his touching Land
any Whcr' III - u"IIh-cI>t flight. and il
WI~ death. "i course. io come down "u
ia, vINc> "t the North sea. Many "t
the spectators offered the >.iuc adv Ice.
Dnrm"t himself owned that it N"ulG
lie lmrIudcmi I" >raIt ,hru. under the
circumstances huI his Young wife lthc
little Wnmiu seemed to have II" We
man : lr.tl~I r\h"It,d linn I" make th,.
I>''rl>i"u At once.
''li Ne strike the SEA. he said. ''NrIN
likrl> some ship Will pick IL up
VI rhl> iuurttIlt' the maN"I and tia"
pnIt captain "t Calais arrived. Ii Was
tnllN tu must the rh.rucr ui being picked
III, at >r.r. they said. y" ship. even it
any should happru L. hr IN ~i"ht. c"uld
r"~~illN aId balloon dIi>rm hN p"NrI
fat currents ll"u" the WaN,>. This
opinion Wa> >c."nlrd hN nrhrI~. The
ar"uaut> Nrt,' urged t" deter the ven
TIN, till an"rhrr day. when the Wind
might change.
FiualI, the MAYOR announced that
there would Ice un ascension. In-mnr-
r"N if the wind were t:i> "lahlr. mon
~I,uI and madame would fulhl tlrm
pl"mi>r and =" up into the ali.
The mulrifud,' l".-nm slowly t" dis
rrr-,. disappointed. - il Wa> natural
TIN, ali should hr some, "Iumhliu". ~
+ unreasonable people alwn\> will some
"t he "rumhlrr~ did NOT >cruplr t" ac
cru~, the professor at c"Wardicc. though
they >houId have known better.
such IN ill-maturrd im>inunti"n WAS
"alliH~ enough. hut t"r The. time Dur
not h"I" it ~ best Il" r"nld. lie went
With m.'llm" tn the hotel /" ..rt his
>uprrr. leaving thr balloon inflated iIl
the c:ic OF his assistants.
The guests at the table d'hotc con
iuurd the tlunl> y hich the hN>tandrl>
had hr%uL on the grounds. They
lul"hrL lr him fnr his ..timi,Iit,." hiuI
ed that his cash r,,,.i;.t. h,d ,int hr,,,
unit. rununh tn s,ri-t, him fn, his ven
tue. lnd refused to understand am,
other lra>uu> for his failure tn carry out
his ri,u
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