Show IRE BALLOON ASOENS10N DONT MISS IT Wednesday Oct 5 at the fair grounds I Professor Leonard will make an ascension with his mammoth balloon and after attaining at-taining the highest possible altitude he will cut away from tbe wild balloon and return re-turn to earth like some stranger bird from another world Unlike many other aaro nautS when Professor Leonard is advertised adver-tised to ascend the public are certain of seeing an ascension for instance the Telluride Tel-luride Colo Journal of July 9 says lOOn July 5 the great balloon was inflated again Rile just as it was ready to leave the ground the fireman carelessly threw into the furnace fur-nace too large a quantity of oil and the balloon bal-loon caught lire in the neck The excited crowd shouted Let her go shes burning and they let go their holds Knowing that his balloon was on lire Leonard rather than disappoint the people mounted the trapeze as it left tbe ground and soared away with tbe burning monster Keeping a close watch on the burning hole growing larger and larger he raised between 1500 and 2000 feet and not daring to ride it longer cast adrift with the parachute and after a plunge through space of three or four seconds the parachute opened its kindly wing and lowered him safely to the earth Those wishing to witness a skillful piece of renal work should not fail to see the ascension as-cension at the fair Wednesday |