Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-03-11
Observation-Disclosures CLOUDS.

III travel the Helfrsamo road again.
TlIEBaBEslINlrHE CLOUDS.
5el aaalkags5ssS; sss }ssss ss5 ;S.,a ,555a3.@ais
burst upon the western world ma1.
nificent stranger from foreign parts.
Witib all his travelling glories on" ii
was the great comet of 1858. on the
grand tour of tile universe. III
1t seemed strange that petty human
life could go on as usual, with it's cat.
irgSnnd drinking, i, 6, s;teil Ling, l.tratfokinc
and plcasErirg, while that g "tGaming
minister on his, billion .leaeued cir.
cult, was preaching The wonders of in
finite immenslty and power, and the
nothiiigness of earth. The comet no
longer runs his kindling race, like Vich.
Alpines hcnchman, with his fiery cross.
announcing war and disaster.
Herald OF battle, fate and foar.
He is on his own business, not OURS.
Under the til of this particular
-, ,Iret uUubt.less many tale OF love was
hold lin the light of his swift splendors
many u tender look exchanged. The
astronomer coolly swept tho starry field
with his glass, unawed by the irregula:
snight.guard patrolIing the heavens, and
the rObber and murderer disdained the
a awful witness. He left us as he found
Is @us-joined to our mortal idols, wise in
our own conceit, weak, and worldly,
and wicked, but no castawnys of the
universe after ali.
We remember TINT comet summer,
i not SO much for its great astronomical
event as for two singular incidents that
more nearly touched our human sym
pathies, which will grovcl in Door
earthly niiairs, even within sight of the
most august celestial phenomena.
Ono pleasant Saturday eftornoon
during the comets appearance, an zero
naut,S after IL prosperous voyage, de-
scended upon farm in tho neighbor-
nood OF large market town in one of
the westerh states. He was soon sur
rounded ny a curious group of the
1armeSs family and laborcrs, all asking
eager questions about the VOYAGE and
the management OF the balloon. That
secured by an anchor and n rope in tho
hand of tho ieronaut, it's car being n
foot or two above the ground. was
ewaylng lazily backward and forward
1nthe evening mir. 1t was a good deal
. out OF wind, and was n sleepy and inno-
cent monster III tho eyes of the farmer.
VINO, with tho owners permission, led
1t up to his house, where, rs he said,
:. he could hitch it to his fence, But be-
fore he had thus sccur, d it, the three
children, aged respectively, ten, eight,
aid three, begged him to lift them
INTO that big basket, that they might
sit on those pretty red cushions"
While the attention of the mronnut
was diverted by more curious cues
tloners from neighboring farm. this
4 Il rAsh father lifted his aarlinss one by
one into the cal. Chubby little JOHNNY
proved the "ounce too much " for the
prlal camel, and brought him to the
z ground and then, unluckily, not the
baby, but the eide st hope of the family,
was lifted out. The relief was too
great for the monster. The volatile
y crelture's spirit 1850 at once, he jerked
his halter out of his fathers hand, and,
with wild bound, mounted into the
air Vain was the ipronaut's anchor.
1t caught for moment in fence, but
1T tore away, and was of, dangling
tuselessly alter the runaway balloon,
I which so swiftly and steadily rose that
& in few minutes those two little white
! faces, peeripg over tile edge OF the car,
grew lndlstlnct, and those pi.eous cries
OF PapG!" Z" Mamms grew faint
and fainter, UP in the air.
When distance and twilight mists had
swallowed up voices and faces. and
nothing could be seen but the dark.
cruel shape, sailing triumphantly away'
with it's precious booty, like an mriai
Prlvateer, the poor father sank Gown
helpless and speechless; but the motbe
frantic with grief, still stretched her
yearning arms towards the ineyorabjo
heavens, and called wildly into the
unans Wering void.
The eronaut strove to console the
Rretched parents with assurances that
hcibnlloOn would descend within thirty
miles OF the town, and that all might
be we'll with the cllilren, provided that
1T diu not come dewn in tho water or in
deep woods. In the event Of its de,
scendllHg i'll Il favorable spot, tho