The Washington bee., 1899-03-25
BABIES FROM THE cl o15s
ne Arrival Of Two Infants !, ,
Of = Runaway BaIooD

Balloon
Mr.. William Harvey and -,
Miss Mary, living about siv rnS n's aStel
OF Riehville, Ill, tell a very ,a,l ,l''es eas
story of themselves. which heIeSunl
number of years ago. oppele'
They were quite small. tho h.
about D and his sister wears ~, Uelni
ing the year 1856. while rba S.au o'u Dur
was being held at Central Cirr r"Jg =, fat
aerOnaut of Chicago mado g, 'L' 81
sion in a balloon at the Srara ra, ascen
Saturday morning. and bis tlT aII %
came down about six mil. '"aeol
here. near the country rpSidou I'On
William Harvey. Sr. The own, lIe ~ o
balloon. feeling chilled. went 49,. " la'
farmhouse to warm. audatipd bis ~, ~
loon to a rail fence near the h,r,, ysl
tie Willie and Mary were plsrina L'
the barn. They noticed tho ing IVd
tied TO the fence. and * tbo,' I''OOi
never seen a balloon. they vroI,.. u@'
10 have look at il. Seeing ~.
would go up by few feet and ~.
back again. they thought il w,rlI IDsi
fun TO get into the basket ami :,
Mary helped her little brother i, ',ls ~.
then she got i'm. The balloop mn. 'u'
and down awhile: then all at ON.
gave a lunge and pulled itself Ioo,.
from the fence. Up and IN in won, n%
with the little Harvey children in .,
basket. The mother WAS looEin. o-'
of a window. and seeing the hill,
going up told the aerouaut thar h,
balloon had got away from The fanao
and they all went out 10 see il IN,
mother came. and aS she watcbad -.
balloon going up she noticed soma
one i'll the basket N01 once did q,
think il was her TWO iffb. sbildr,,
nor could she believe il to be- har ,vr,
children when her husband told no,
the children Were nowhprr Ia bp found
A search was made all over the f,rr,
for the missing ones. but without "a
suit. The father at once drove :,
Rome. n short distance from his farm
and told the story. At once prODlp foI
lowed after the balloon. Ia vent nortl
about five miles. then turned west %
ing over Central City. Every one a,
the fair. thinking the aerauaut wa,
making his return. cheerpd and cbeera,
as the balloon went over. soon tpI
egram was received at Central On,
stating that the balloon contained m,
two little children Of Mr. and Nrs
WE, Harvey. and 70 keep a lookout
fM em. But it r-JS growing late ana
the uallOOn was travelling fast Soor
it was impossible to 500 IT, II went
south passed through Centralia. m
then turned west again and went ovpl
Mascoutah. ILL.,. and then turned and
went over East St Louis.
The little boy began to get cold anG
commenced To- cry. Mary united hel
apron and put it around WiIlieS head
and he went to sleep in Marys lap
About Q o'clock the next morning ths
balloon came down in a large tree 90
a farm southeast of Mount Vernon
Ill. The owners of the farm. seeing
the balloon in their tree the lady Of
the house cried out to her husband
"Oh. John. God has sent Us some chill
dren in a basket"
John got the children out ~ The Tree
took them into the house. and aftei
they were warmed asked Mary who
her parents were. She told them anC
the farmer took them home.
Many of the visitors to the Statt
Fair in 1858 will remember the above
story. and may be- pleased to know
that the little children who made this
trip are now living and delight in tell
ing il.