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OP IH A BALLOON,A DtHI.NG LEAP VOU LIFE Bt HIE AID U A PAH AC III' fE.FUR Fulfills bi» Promise—Aboutflic CraCTtU—Incidents of the Day.FiInibI Aibany was one seething, surging, ! li ’131 vari-colored mass of humanity, Sac- ; fturdaj..|n Everybody, their dBm. cousins u he and aunts, had come Into the city to j e: i see the balloon ascension and the para- ti !a I chute jump. Cuffy was here In all his (i glory, accompanied by a number of tl his white brethren, almost as large. ' tl At an early hour the wagons began u to come In from the country. Some B came in these, others came on horse- ar back and this number was greatly | It augmented by those tv ho took It afoot. Honrs before the time advertise*! for the ascension the mass began to gather and crowd around th«» place from j vi which thcJmge gas bag was to go up. J da Long before 2 o’clock tLe sign of (m *‘standing room ouly” might have [9: been displayed, and at that rime even ] A standing room was at a premium. Drays, box**s and chairs formed a plitlorm for the anxious on-lookers; neighboring veran-Uhs and win lows w_*re full and the house tops near by vr are flecked with eager spectators.At twenty minutes past two the match was struck and the fire ignited, a id in a few moments the balloon had c uutuenced to become inflated. This process consumed souie time, and was accomplished amid the- laughing and shouting ot the crowd.Promptly at one minute alter three —at a signal given by a News asd Advertiser man. the ropes were loosed, and the big air carriage started up on it.- sky ward journey.Up it went under the scrutiny of thousands of eyes, and amid the cheering of unnumbered throats. On a bar, suspended beneath the balloon, was Prof. Perry, uiJ a fioose, which was furnished for the occasion by Messrs. Wesley Farrington. When the balloon had ascended some several hundred leet the goose was cut loose, and it half fell, haK flew to the ground, landing in Mrs. E. Richardson's back yard.Up higher and higher went the balloon, all eyes fixed on it and the man suspended from below, each more anxious than his iieigiiDir cosie Prof. Perry start on his descent to the ground.‘ He's loose!” went up from the lips of the mnlritude, and sure enough, he was. for the parachute could be seen unfurling its folds to the breezes aud coming downward with its load of human freight, while the balloon continued Its mad trip to the skies.| |At six minutes after three, just five minutes after he left the'ground, Professor Perry stepped out upon terra lit ma, just at the foot of Pine street, uninjured aud safe. The btllom still kept on its upward course, aud a few minutes later fell, about a half inile out from the city, on the other side of the river, and the balloon ascension was a thing of the past. The occaslou was more than a success in every way, and we recommend Prof.Fisk ar.d his balloon ascensions to those of our neighboring cities that lie may visit.XOTES.IIow many people were there in the city ?While the inrt itioo was in process, some ilntnken man called out to Prof. Fisk, “Say, mister, you ought to have brought vourwhiskey with you; Albany liquor won’t burn.” He referred to the gasoline, which was used In the inflating process.“That is the biggest bladder I ever saw,” called out an unknown.It is needless to say that he was intoxicated.What did you thiok of that party on top of Wight Weslosky’s storehouse?It was conceded to be the handsomest of any that gathered to witness the ascension.The parachute fell across an electric light wire.Everybody wants to see another ascension.Ye local meant to go up, but he got left. We would have insisted on going —but one goose was enough.When tne goose was let loose, some one in the crowd remarked, “If tli.it is Mitchell he’s a goose, an 1 if it's a goose it’s Mitchell.”ter
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Albany Weekly News and Advertiser
Albany, Georgia, US
Sat, Mar 23, 1889
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