Show SAW OLD f fARM ARM FROM BALLOON One of the Men in LIsle L'Isle Had Not Been Seen to Birthplace Birthplace Birthplace Birth Birth- place lace for Years a Novel Journey NEW YORK Oct 24 Aliened Alfred Alfred Lo Ls Blanc Blano pilot of the French balloon LIsle L'Isle do Fran France C and E. E W. W Mix his assistant assistant assist assist- ant who landed at Herbertsville N N. J. J having hains nil all but won the James Gordon Bennett Bennett trophy and the international race arrived in this cit city The They The reached the ground hungry cold col and sleepy but aside from these minor minor discomforts the they bad a fine trip Incidentally Mix revived the scenes of his childhood but it was from the theair theair theair air that ho did so eo He was born in Franklin county Ohio on a a. farm ann but ho had not seen the place in mun many years rears Before he and Mr Ir Le Blanc entered tho the basket of the balloon for the race he remarked that if would be a treat great pleasure if he be could pass over his hie birthplace birth place Tu Tuesday morning mornin he looked down and saw what seemed familiar country The balloon W was S floating alon along near the earth and presently the he scenery enery became be bey came ame even more familiar to his eye eve Next he saw some relatives and friends and they recognized him bim he be thinks but they could not understand what ho he shouted ho Before Defore reaching Franklin county the LIsle L'Isle do de France sailed alon along with two other competing balloons One of these was the St. St t. t Louis and tho the other the Lotus Lotus-H. Lotus II The rival rhal balloonists were able to keep up quite a lon long conversation in inthe inthe inthe the small hours of the morning mornin The LIsle L'Isle de Fra Prance France nce passed over oer Graf rafton ton Monday fonday evening and over Columbus the next morning That night Le Blanc and Mix w a nt at over Pittsburg and enjoyed watching watching watch watch- in ing the troll trolley j cars care and the lights They crossed the at Delta Pa and went o over er Delaware bay in in a fo fog The Delaware river rier they crossed at Wilmington on and Philadelphia pretty New New- crossed soon came camo in sight I They Jersey and New York to Long island blown out to tosea but were ere afraid of being bein set sea so the they landed at Herbertsville |