The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-24
AN EXCITING TRIP.
ny MiN ADi;LEH.

evening OF ueIEniinl voyage ne loOh
short time ago in his balloon He
said
I'VE went up from Easton-S toneman,
Bob Tarr and myself--aud II was the
most magnificent trip ever took Per
fectly splendid. We got her fun about
II O'Clock and the crowd held her down
until we were ready. and then gave the
word, and they let her 20, and We wcnta-
booming into the air. One man got
caught In twist of the rope as she gave
her first squirt upward. and II just
slammed him up against fence s II he'd
been shot out of howitZer. Smashed In
three or four of his ribs. believe, and
cracked his leg But we went up just
beautiful about 500 feet; and while We
were looking AT the lovely scenery we
ran into cloud, and told Bob 10 throw
over some ballast He hoavcd ont n
couple OF sandhaFs. and one Of them ac-
cidentally fell on Maj Dicks hired cir.
who was hanging ont clothes I'm the gar
dor. rad The other went sock into his
chimney and choked her up. He was
mad as the mischief about II when We
came down. No enthusiasm for science.
Some men don't care a cent whether tho
word progresses or not.
well, sir, we shot up about l 900 feet
more, and then Stoncman dropped the
Iunchbasket overheard by accident. and
we went up about -four miles. Stone
man got blue in the face, Bob tainted.
and | came near being asphyXiated my
self 4 minute more, and we'd all n
been dead men. but | gave the valve n
Jerk, and we came down a-whoopinC,
when the boys came to. Bob said he was
sick, and wanted to get out, and. as We
were only a little ways above ground,
threw out my crapncl That minute n
breeze struck her and she went about
90 miles an hour over some mans gar
den. and the grapnel caught in his grape
arbor. snatched (, mp, aud pretty soon
got II tangled In the wCathercoCk on
the Baptist stecple | cut the rope and
lrft It there and understood aftcrward
the dcacOns sued the owner because he
wouldn't come and takcit down Raised
an awful fuss. and sent the sheriff after
me Trying to make scientific investlra-
ton seems Hike crime. and me working
like n horse all the time to unfold the
phenomena Of nature II they'd n
loved knowledge moro than ignorance.
thoy wouldn't "A cared ia ripped their
old etocplc of and rammcd her down
like an "N'inguishcr OF top OF some fac
tory chimney,
So when we deposited the grape Grhor
we went mp nGain n-hiting, and Bob got
si"hcr. and said he must get out. and
ri"ecd mp another rrapucl ana threw It
out We were Just over farm near the
river. aud. MS the wind was high the
rrorg.' tore through two fences ard
bro them M suatchCd the roof Off the
barn. ran aruirst sheep and ripped It
IN half. and then. q nothing would hold
her, We swOppcd into the woods, where
W. ran plump against tree.
so threw out my coat and boots.
and made IA" other fellows do the same
and W rrs above the trees and sailed
along spIrrfialy until We struck the
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