Show THE FINEST balloon ever made it is said will soon astonish Chicago and its inhabitants under the management of Gen GREELEY chief signal officer The fabric of which this air ship is constructed construc-ted is gold beaters skin derived from the intestines of 30000 bullocks It is claimed to be impervious and insoluble The network which is usually on the outside out-side of balloons is woven between layers of the skin A bail on thus made and holding 10000 cubic feet of gas will have ascensive power to carry two men with signal instruments The prica paid for the cloudvessel that is to make topical ascensions at Chicago is flSOO which is by no means as much as private balloons I have cost notably he Atlantic I which made from St Louis in 1859 the longest voyage on record |