Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-22
SAILING IN THE CLOUDS.
i''e"' >" "n'''on that Terminated very
Nenr"e ses-sunse, Seen from Above.
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"heh PROFESSOR Grimley twi nj. legs
AROUND bc ccncent-ating.riny OF nj, bal
ICON eoiumDus al the big Dayeri,, festival
In The Harlem. River Park yestard.r ss,cr.
noon 5,CC0 voices shouted r,a - s,ont
committeeman who had ,pnn,,acod that
they were going to take q trim ,o .io,dLond
we're s.ared nj By a large no,,io,, - the
crowd. Somehow or other tbay Ala NOT
lcok nervous. but smoked tbo,r cigar
leisurely and laughed when their friends
solCmriy babe them goodbye
AZ twenty minutes TO o'oloct Tho com.
miltoemen were not In sight. and The only
persons In the basket were Professor n rim.
lev ard Herald reporter Ballast was
aclusied, The drag-rope was coiled. and
| Pio'isiohs were stored away. The order
| was given 20 free the balloon. The great
| !'how gioDe mounted slowly and BEGAN to
nead straight Tor the roof OF a pavilion.
III, ,nto IVY, v i.,ch IL would have crashed had it
nol neen ior free use OF sand ballast.
hen The balloon cleared the park II
oneI Upward at o very rapid rate and
noa'tu toward Long Island sound. 1t was
n.aiI TOUT thousand feet high when il stood
directly over Port Morris. Deneath could
be seen scores Of vessels p,yinC ON Inc
waters, leaving feathery sireaks Of foam
behind them. The sun sank In cradle of
clouds aud poured food OF yellow Ilpbt
over The Palisades. The great metropoIls
was simply dull red patch frinred with
shining water. Banks Of mist hid the
Jsclizcro on all sides. Before the yoyacers
The waters OF the sound opened uD. dirk
ana ominous. with few island. scattered
mere and there. The united whistle, OF
me metropolitan factories att O'Clock came
through the air Instantly like the shrIling
OF million bullIrogs.
sEAsONABLE SUGGESTION.
ado you like bathing?"
1t was Professor Grimley who spoke, as
he shaded his eyes with his hands and
gazed seward.
" Sometimes do" was the rcsDonse.
Wen, II we stay Up here another half.
hour You will have the pleasure Of swim
ming ashore"
-Four liie-preservers law in the basket.
Two were Of rubber and two were i'm bot
Ties. Tie yoyagers examined the latter
industriously and then decided TO try a
lower current OF air. 4 slreamcr OF lis.
sucpaper six hundred feet long was
tied to the basket, and its grace.
full undnlatiors showed ihat Tie low.
or current was blowing landward. A
few pulls OF The valve rope DISCHARGED
enough of the Gas to make the balloon sink.
~ quarter past O'Clock TIE end Of the
drag-rope touched the ground at Clausen's |
Point. few hundred feet beyond hv the |
open sound in the direct line Of the balloons /
course. The wind blew with great force |
at the surface OF the earth and the drag |
rope fairly whstlcd through the grass and !
hedges. II ratified upon The roof oil a hand. |
some mansion and cut a swath ont OF bed |
Of flowers in a twinkiing. Then II new |
across an orchard and headed for a ragged /
timber belt.
The Professor shou.cd to a man IN
dress who was running acros,
The orchard. In another minute the man
seized The rope and gave il turn around
~ lpple-trec. The balloon stopped with
bound and plunged down among the trees.
caring away small branches and making
things generally delightful. \ number OF
rawny farmers arrived Just IN time % pul
he painting captive 10 the ground beiOr. il
'ould tear Itself among the boughs.
TIE BALLOON PACKED ~.
Then followed regular cross-eyamina-
ion Of the yoyagcIS. \ biz, fat man sat
Town on the reporters hat, and asked hun
o describe the sensation OF baloOning.
nd little girl wanted TO know what the
iroies,or was going 70 do with the gas
Wien he got il out Of the balloon. There
we're between 2.j00.000 and 5000. 900 mos
Iuitoos in the orchard. Inside OF an hour
Professor Grimloy had set 10000 feet OF
as loose, and the balloon, with all its
Iarpings. was snugly packed in The
wicker basket. II was then put on a
umers wagon and carted back to the
nslYal.
When the reporter left the park Profess
or Grimley was slipping a glass Of Rhine
zine and listening to n man who was tell
~ him about balloon ascension which 4
)ok place in the afternoon.
"You don't say sO,' he remarked at one
age of the story. The balloon went out
ward the sea? Well. then. they were
rOwned-ihat's pretty certain"