Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11


Il wonder if this is real sand. or only
It's HUMAN ENRICHMENT
in the form of reporter, Are there any
more Of your craft dead heading this trip"
she asked. Il begin to mistrust my bal
last"
The reporter assured her that he was the
only newspaper man on board.
Then we will throw out these two bags.
said the little lady. That will adjust the
equilibrium"
The showers of sand descended to the .
earth below. The balloon. lightrned of the .
weight, rose perceptbIy. The breeze .
tresh"ned The cheeks of the arOnaut
pinkened. A vast sense Of eXutati"n
swept over the reporter. This was high
life with vengeance. He felt for his Gig
arctic case. selected Sweet Capo-
raj" and lighted it with wax fusee. The
girl saw the action and gave little scream
of depreciation.
Il will trouble you to eXtinguish that,
she said, hastily. This hydrogen above
US is very inhammable. and -"
"Don't mention it Quite so, I'm sure.
Pardon my forgetfuness. No offense,
trust?"
! "Inreed no. But ballOOning is different
| from most pursuits, and We must be care
| ful."
II suppose your health depends for its
excellence on your falling as seldom as pos
sibe"
You Jest. Take these glasses and study
the landscape. Tell me the various points
of interest you see. This is all a new field
to me-"
Handing the reporter pair of field
glasses she extracted similar pair from a
small Satchel and leaned out over the side
OF the car. The reporter seated himself
near her, and with vast enjoyment gazed at
the
TNSPFAkABI.Y EXQUISITE PANORAMA
below All Clark county lay stretched out
like living map. The streams were silver
brooks. the wooded districts thickets Of ten
derest green, and the pixies and roads a net
work of cleaning cables. In the distance
could be seen the spires Of Xenia and Day
ton aud the dome OF the state house at Co
lumbus was family visible in the mist Of
distance.
Now tell me all about what you see, "
the girl said.
Well said the GLOBE REPUBLIC man,
dreamiIy. those two hanlets to the
north are Bowlusyile and fremont station.
To the northwest you see New Moore
and further beyond, Catawba. West OF us
are the two pretty little villages Of Vienna
and Brighton. To the southeast are
Charleston and Selma. To the due south
lies Pitchin, and beyond is rocky and pic
turpsque Clifton. EnOn and Medway-yOu
can just see their spres-li- there to the
southwest and little to the south is
l the famous resort. Yellow Springs.
West of US are New Carlisle, the finest vii
lage in the world, and D0nnellsville. Fur
ther To the northwest are North Hampton
Dalton, fremont and l.awrenceviIle. You
will tind no prettier villages in the world
than these"
. Leaving the girl to her observations and
reflections, the reporter turned his atten
ton TO the city itSelff now passing slowly
. below How grand it looked. What a
NOBLE LITTLE METROPOLIS!
The streets thronged with people out for u
2 holiday looked Ike the paths to an ant-hill
T The great manufactures the labyrinth Of
p railway tracks the street-carS, looking
from the heigth like nothing SO much a
yellow potato bugS-all looked citihed
brisk and commercial. What an immense
I amount of territory it covered, 10 be sure.
: Six miles from east 10 west The newspa
per mans heart sweled with home pride
and he was never such a patriot before
II some of the kIckerS who are eternally
execrating Springfield would go up in a
Z balloon occasionally. they would be les.
e Objectionable especially, if they nevei
4 came down.
The America" was drifting rapidly
westward and soon the exquisite scenery OF
Mad River, Aberfelda, and the Clark-Shaw
p nee battle grounds lay below. Very grand
the cliffs looked in the haze Of distance.
I'VE will descend here said the balloon
iSt, as she took hold Of the valve rope
Il Soon there was an odOr of gas, and object:
a on the earth began to grow larger. The!
4 were sen,ibly descending. At that instam
there was a rattle of shot at the bottom o
the car Looking over. the reporter saw
Il picnic party the gentlemen of which still
4 held several smoking guns in their hands
|. The fools" said the girl. we are to,
I high for them to do us any harm. But i
We were nearer they might do grave dam
age or al least | - Good God, wha
: is that