The New York herald., 1879-08-02


greatly accelerated the movements OF the balloon.
We were padding with the wind.
''Give il to her" said Grinlcy and four willing
hands padded away with might and main. the bal
loon shaking and jolting sped along We
Grimley suddenly cried out. 'stop stopl" in such
a peremptory and energetic manner to startle
every one. We looked up inquiringly. but the Pro-
Il have big in that netting" he at length re-
marked in an undertone. land do not like this jolt
ing just at present."
We stopped our labors, and had now time to notice
that we had crossed the Hichelieu River and were
passing several miles north Of the village of st.
Hilaire, situated on its bank We had changed our
course good deal, the wind having shifted around
toward the north. and instead OF passing directly
over BelHil Mountain we went away ten miles to
the north of it. After We had ceased the padding
balloon fell considerably. and passed along
looking around could see lakes and rivers in all
directions. We could trace the Richeiieus course
from it's junction With the st. Lawrence at Sorel
away toward Lake Champlain aud past st. Hilaire.
Chambly Basin. st. Johns. to the lake itself Mon
treal Island sat like small spot upon the waters.
and the river ottawa could be seen, with all its
branches. from st. AIMS downward The sun was
sinking. and on expressing surprise that we could
such distance Mr. Grimley reminded us that he
had discharged some ballast. When crossed tine
Rchelieu again floating at height OF about
twenty-eght hundred feet with the thermometer
at eighty-flye.
ATTEMPTING TO LAND.
The speed of the balloon must have been about
forty miles an hour. and the railway trains seemed
to move at o snails pace compared to the speed at
which We sometimes went. 1t was proposed that
landing should be made at point near st. Hilaire.
and. as the star representative anxious to be
near railway. it was suggested that he should be
hailed and asked if he would take passenger to the
railway, but there were other parties to the con-
tract. The lower current Of air was struck aud it
was severe one, for it carried us over St.
Madeline i'll mile a minute hurry The drop
rope had struck the ground and was trailing along.
while horses and sheep for dear life If
acondor of the olden time after them. Women
and children were heard to scream, and the drag
rope looked as IL we were to do some damage to
couple Of houses directly in front Of MS. The
rope hit shed and made the chips fly. At the next
moment it tore three or four shingles off the roofs
| of some houses and smashed pane of glass two.
Haul III the rope; we must rise, said Mr. Grim
| ley, and we did.
PRoLoNGING THE DAY.
| He threw over some ballast and we went up with
rush. 1t had been very near sunset before. but
we went up to height OF $500 feet We "Old
Sol in all his glory, and the gas again commenced
| to expand under the influence of the heat. The
| fields which before had been plainly visible,
now like checker boards. The railroad beds were
like telegraph wires in size and human beings
indstinguishable. We went higher. until our ati-
tude 300 feet and the houses specks upon
the plain below. Tho paddles had not been used for
some time. and no one except Mr. Cowan thought Of
| using them. Suddenly the gave jolt, and on
looking around for the cause it found that Mr..
Moulton had given tho rudder sudden turn. Atten-
ton was at once directed to the xudder. 1t not
been spoken Of before by any board although
Mr.. Moulton remarked that he had used it to direct
the course OF the air ship.
Mr.. Cowan.
We had been lazily floating along between three
and four thousand feet high. The wind had died
away considerably and the sun sinking in glare
of illuminated sky in the west Haze had long since
~nt see very well more than twentv niles stant
One curious object noted approached the
Yamaska River was the dry bed of u small lake and
river, which, to all appearances, outline Of
the upper part of o human skeleton
Mr. Page remarked:-"There is o skeleton" The
CHASTITY likeness caused all to shiver.
Madelaine.
at the next village commenced to think OF land
ing It was a ql,arter-past seven O'Clock and was
getting dusky. The sun had set, and our balloon
commenced to sink rapidly. "Try the wings said
Mr. Cowan.
of turning the handles, added to the perceptbe de-
in the velocity Of the descent. showed that
they were working admirably. They checked the
momentum. but did not keep from going down.
little ballast thrown overheard. however, righted
matters. and we came to . halt about one thousand
teet from the earth.
FISHING FOR AN AScHoRAGE
''We will make landing here. said Mr.. Grmley.
Meantime Mr.. Cowan and Mr. Moulton had been
conversing with the people below. and learned that
ing over. We came down to a point 900 feet above
the earth. There forest directly ahead, appa-
rentiy some twenty.hve miles long and about seven
Charles and land or else travel in the dark it
now half-past seven. Out went the anchor. and in
another moment the fifteen pounds OF iron
dragging along. seeking something to grasp. 1t
ploughed over field OF potatoes, and then caught
"IIold on ALL" shouted Mr.. Grimley, while Mr..
Cowan from his perch, said. ut has taken the rail
fence"
There was .nomentary culver of the balloon and
at the next moment q fence rail went about thirty
feet into the Across another field and still the
anchor did not CATCH passing the fence. 1t
took the next fence, however, aud we had shock.
The fence rail again gave way. and we dashed on
tore without taking a hold and the balloon rose and
clear of the trees
HAUL up the anchor!" shouted Mr.. Grmley while
ha ra1 In nf M ya SfeisA
and quickly.
There nothing for it now but the forest. and
toward the main part OF this we went. We made the
best trial with the paddles while this forest
The air being very still at time for ten minutes
Then we adjusted them and went down about fye
hundred feet. We then went with the wind, and
found the velocity to increase greatly again. The
paddles readjusted in order to try the balloon
against the wind, and the speed was checked very
greatly. while the swayng of the drag rope showed
that we were making great resistance to the wind.
But Mr.. Grmley stopped u.s. our action jolted the
balloon very much, aud he afraid it might in
crease the rcnt in the netting; which had already
grown very large.
uScIvrL INuABIrASrs
We had gone several miles through this forest
of pines and could hear the startled birds and
screaming The hour nearly eight o'clock. and
dusky shadows abounded everywhere. We could
not tell where were travelling. and IL seemed
long way out OF the forest as the wind blowing
in the direction of its greatest length. We in
two ;ies and hair ~ t1e nnr, s,d =, r"cs
Mr.. Grimley that should try to make
that point and land. st. Ours was far
in our wake. and we are determined to land NJ that
clearing ii possible. We had asked tho farmers in
the vicinity of Ste. Ours whereabouts were. but
could get no definite information. We wanted to
make Sore but none could or those who could
would shout back in answer to the question "Where
abouts are wc?' the civil answer. 'Come here and
will tell youl" 1t was disheartening, but we had
the grand success OF the winged ship a counter
poise. and were in excellent spirits.
We must try and tack said Mr.. Cowon, and again
manned the wheels working them with greater force
than before. The result was surprising. Mr.. Moul-
ten put his helm alec ana away she went. Wo
tackled two miles toward the clearing in about four
minutes but here difficulty presented itself. The
balloon being round, gradually answered her helm
until the helm had turned her completely about and
running stern foremost. The helm
thon put hard aport and the wings commenced to
take us back to the forest. No one thought of un-
shipping the ruddcr. We stopped the paddles and
in lew moments were going bow ON again.
STOP, FOR GODS sAkE sroP!''
We commenced to work again, when tho most
startling affair of the voyage occurred. We were
working away when Grmlcy cried out,