The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-12-04
Stories for Children,

BABES IN A BALLOON.
When Prof Wise, and Mr.. Burr the
st. Louis banker, were lost in the bal
loon Pathfinder, several weeks ago.
the newspapers printed many accounts
OF trips made into the air, some by
brave men, and some by foolish ones,
A lady who lives in the town of Cen
tralla, IN the State of Illinois. said
nothing until all the rest were through
talking. Then, one day, she told the
editor of the st. Louis Republican TO
to look into the number of the Repub-
tlcG4o that was printed on the 21st dav
of September, 1858. The editor looked
and found an account of how two little
children took trip in balloon all by
themselves. On that day an aeronaut,
or sailor of the air, named Brooks, filed
his air-ship with gas on the farm of d
Mr.. Harvey, who lived near Centralia.
He expected to sail up in the after
noon. About noontime Mr.. Harvey put
his two children into the basket of the
balloon, just to please them, and not
thinking for moment OF any danger.
The balloon was tied to tree by ropes.
ALI at once q gust of wind broke
the ropes, and the balloon
shot up into the sky, with nobody
but the two children in the basket.
Mr.. Harvey was wild with grief and
shouted aloud: "They're lost, they're
lost" All the neighbors ran to the
spot only to see the balloon drifting off
to the north and more than mile high.
One of the children was a girl, Nettie.
s years old, and the other was her little
brother, Willie, 4 years old. Both cried
when they found themselves leaving the
ground and going on very, very
strange journey indeed Nettie looked
over the edge of the basket and saw her
father wringing his hands away below.
Soon the people looked to her smaller
than babies and the houses like toy
houses. She and Willie were going up,
up, up all the time. "I expect we are
going to heaven, Willie" said Nettie.
Willie thought it was very cold in
heaven, then, for the higher they went
the colder it grew. Nettie wrapped
Willie in her apron and held his head
in her lap until he cried himself fast
asleep. Then Nettie folded her hands
and waited. She said: Il think we
must be near the gate now" She meant
the gate Of heaven that she had heard
about IN Sunday-school. But Nettie
fell asleep, too. When she awoke she
found that some strange man was lifting
her from the basket. The strange man
was a farmer in Northern Illinois, who
had seen a balloon drifting low down
across his field. The rope was dragging,
and so he caught it and landed the
children safely. The balloon had foated
ali night. Nettie and Willie's father
soon learned that they had been found,
and took them home two days afterward.
Nettie is now woman-the very same
one who told the Republican to look
back Ill it's files for the story.
THE SUN AND HIS NINE WORLDS.
There are eight other planets, as
stars like our earth are called, that
swing around the sun:
Hi-diddle-didde,
The suns in the middle
And Mercury's next to the sun;
lille Venus so bright,
Seen at morning and night,
Comes second to join in the fun.
Hi-diddle-diddle
The SUMS in khe middle.
And third in the group is our earth;
While Mars with his fire,
So war-like and dire,
Swings around to be counted the fourth.
Bi-diddle d1ddle
The suhs in the middle
While Jupiter's next after Mars;
and his four moons at night
Show the speed of the light;
Next golden -ringed Saturn appears
Hi-diddle diddle,
The suns in the middle,
After Saturn comes Uranus affair;
And his antics so queer
Led astronomers near
To old Neptune, who drives the last car.
HOW PARROT PRAYED.
Capt. James Etchberger, who lives in
the city OF Baltimore, has a parrot that
can say several words in good English.
The Ne1US, which is Baltimore paper,
says that the parrot used to be in the
room in which the Captains family met
to pray. One morning the parrot went
out into the garden, when large hawk
few down and caught the parrot in his
claws, bearing it off over the tree tops.
All at once the parrot shrieked out:
ooh, Lord, save us! Oh, Lord, save
usp which frightened the hawk so
much that he dropped his prize. The
parrot had not forgotten the prayer of
his master, had he?
ADOG WITH GOOD SENSE.
Lieut.. Thomas FL Walker, of the vii
lage of Durham, in the State of New
Hampshire, has dog named Jake The
ADVERTISER, paper printed in New
market, which is neighboring town to
Durham, tells of many wonderful
things that Jake has done. His master
has only to say, Jake, bring in some
wood" and Jake, wagging his tail, will
bring five or six sticks from the wood
pile, holding the sticks in his mouth.
But there is not room to relate any
more of Jake's doings.
HOW A THIEF WAS CAUGHT.
Crows are very bad thieves. They
steal so much corn that farmers think