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telv 1 A MID AIK PERFORMANCEI beProf. 0««r Hum Arrhi'i In the City and W Heady to Fill III* Cow tract Wltli the Ano*lewheyfulone I ataelation.Profess r Hunt, the well known bal in* ! lo mist, arrived in the city lust night. lie the i conn «* to Helena to fulfill his contt lt;u v v 1*h me the Pair Association, with whotn he has; agreed that he will give two ex..‘.billons I during Fair wrck It is expected that ’his will be one of tlie greatest attractions . vt r ore had to II« h ti;i P.oftssor Hunt is an e\ ^ I pen at the business, having had many] ing years experience, and dins some vary Ma skillful nud startling trupe/g work while suspended from the balloon. His balloon nisif incarries no basket; only a set of trapc/e , hais. He makes aseeusious of from one mgu sto three milt - from the earth, and some ol the most startling feats are done while hanging from the bars a mile or two nlove terra tlrma. “It is just as easy to do such things h mile above the earth as it is two feet above,’ explained the Professor i a reporter who met him last night in the store of Secretary Pope, in fact 1 am inclined to believe that it is n little easier, fine does not tec 1 as though falling were possible, when suspended so far above the earth I | suppose became the air is so very light. |novhutV illill•t/ik,a*Ihere,•hr“Yes I have been in the business a great many years—-since I was eleven ut years old. I learned the business from Profeveof Wise, who went up at St. l/mls in WO,mol has never licen heard from since,itliavinu been lost as it is Mippoo d some where in the wilds of Michigan/’ iatito !nr !Mr 11utit ha* just arrived from the !I _ _ ..Fast where he has given many successful , Q|| t exhibitions during the present season ’ lie comes direct from Omaha where he j gave exhibitions on the exposition grounds 1 (jp at that city and the pre ss of Omaha 'peak Ve very highly of his performances lie is a tie young man, good looking and has every appearance of a gentleman He is rather •tsvo small but powerfully built.*3 • .....—i— —ofS’nilSOML.
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Helena Independent
Helena, Montana, US
Fri, Aug 21, 1885
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