The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-30
rspccsa, dispatch 10 The philadelphia Times

Especial dispatch 10 Tie fnilaeseai'nE' A"n'S''l
ylScENTowS. y. j., June 23.-Give me
Yevra t;r,na forever, and away with sea and
air. The balloon, with a motive power OF
thirty thousand cubic feet. OF gas, and nayi-
gated by Lizzie Thing, niece OF Professor
Wise. was cut from ballast Of the OH
works on Elm avenue. opposite the main
building, at 6:45 this evening. Tue iady
was accompanied by A. S. Allshouse, pro
prietor OF the oil-works, and by the WRITER.
The latter was never before higher than the
bell Of a church-steeple, and, though dread.
fully prejudiced in favor Of land, feels thas
there is a charm that would enclce MN 70
the skies again. At 5:55 we were three
thousand feet high, the thermometer oeihs
seyenty-nine degrees, two less than az start
ing. Then I saw the Centennial grounos
and buildings as they appear on the map.
The throng OF well-wishers below gradu'
ally diminished to microscopic Lilliputians,
and five minutes later, when thirty nun
dred feet directly above the Times once,
which was indicated by independence
SQUARE. the main building seemed not 100
largo for a poor mans dwelling. Ihe CITY,
shared like partially-fifled bag tied around
she middle. appeared group OF structures
NOT ne large as chicken-coops, ana Do'lnaeu
nm the west by q brook five feet wlde, anu
on the east by respectable creek, say twen-
ty.fiye feet wide. At G:25 we were lour
thousand five hundred feet high, eieVeh
miles east OF the Delaware, the t!eriIlolle-
ter being seventy-one degrees. AN oeIse.
seemed quilt, its forests ana he,as Q, sieeh
grass, darker green gram, ana !e'io" ISL
nntprned earth being the patches. our
course was almost directly east, and at 6:o0
orr height was five thousand five hundrea
foot No breeze was felt. All was still as
tbe grave save when the dauntless navigator
ordered more sand to be emptied or her not
oyer-easv companions wished for rope lad
der from the sky to the earth. The golden
rays OF the setting sun, which smiled upon
us long after they had hidden us from your
view, the delicious GOODNESS and the glorious
Landscape, taking in nearly whole State.
made it delightful, until we looked down
and saw fences and highways like trailing
strings, running zigzag over the patches OF
the Quilt. Think Of falling heels over head
a mile through the air, and to be spltted on
q pinnacle Of n temple or the lightning rod OF
q jersey barn! Then, look at those twelve
cords, none much thicker than lead
pencil, fastening the plated willow basket
to the balloon. Should one or two
OF them break, or should bird Qf
birds aew that high peck hole through
the earth! At 6:3S our height was six thou
sand FIVE hundred feet. We were halfway
TO Medford. n. j.. and the Delaware, of to
the west, looked like silver watch-chain
living between village OF lighthouses. AT
6:4S, at height of six thousand nine hum
dred feet, Miss Ihling, who was dressed rs
the Goddess of Liberty, consoled her rather 4
timorous friends OF the lordly sex with the
story that once her balloon burst at q
height OF seven thousand feet, and that she
descended to the earth in six minutes.
60 Had not the collapsed muslin formed
D parachute" said she, "you may guess
the result" Nearlya mile and l. quarter
below, seeming so many ants and flies,
were the Jersey farmers 'shomeward plod-
ding their weary wsv," and to look at them
was to think OF thin muslin, slender cords,
and cottins. The shivering gloom would
depart as rapidly as it camc, when the eye,
sweeping along the milky streak to the east,
marking the breakers OF the Atlantic, would
turn to where the sun was disappearing
behind the still visible Georges Hill, and
take in in the mean time a map-makers
view Of a State and city. AT 6:59 we
passed over, Medford at g height OF three
thousand five hundred feet, opened the
valve, and began to descend. Half mile
east was woods, which we hoped to1pass'
over and land ON the other side, but
the balloon went down too fast, and
a tall button-ball threatened us oil"
rectly ahead. The balloon was descend-
ing at the rate OF mile in four minutes.
We were but two hundred feet from the
ground. Allshouse couldn't unite the sand
800 - Nr.t t-'s, rro sknt Vie
balloon Ike All urrow unit, IL FeEcaea Inv
height OF three thousand feet. Meanwhile
all ft,rae had been pulling. on the valve, and
we then began TO Sascend. The cord OF
that valve was no thicker shan common
Irvine, and had it broken we might have
slept tonight in sharks bellies or landed in
France. The gas, however, was fast
escaping, aua down we went. When seven
ty-fiye feet :rora the ground we dropped
the anchor, which caught In fence, and
when the rope became tant the restless gas
monitor struck the ground with dangerous
momentum, but doing no serious damage to
the occupants. Then, having bounced like
q rubber-ball, ! the balloon bounded the fence
with the Cur until regiment OF Jersey
farmers md housewives had congregated
about the spot and seized the basket. There
was ut least one in that basket who thanked
God when we got out out OF 1t. We landed
In corn.feld half way between Medford
md yincentown, which are five miles
apart. art. .m., I.
Extravagant Funerals. i
The familiar Jest about the man who had
had consumption for thirty years and
walked around merely to save funeral eX-
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