Show THE TUE BILK DRESS BALLOON BIe Kven as lS enily as ni 2 the Union army IrlY had been using balloons to 10 examine n of ot the tho And even Iel that the tho scanty resources of ot the tho made the tho tin of ot balloons u I luxury that could Could not IM lI afforded l While gazing ellou h upon the handsome balloons of oC the Federal I floating nOR serenely nt lt n distance that their guns could coull not reach a n Coned Confederate erate genius j suggested t that all ni silk elk dresses el In the be hI got together and made Ild Into balloon This hll waR done soon lon a n gr nt patchwork chip of ot many A 11 varied huei 1111 leady for Cor use There was WI no nu gns ns except In and HO the th silk lk s 1 balloon h loon had hlll to be he Inflated th lher re tied to 10 an 11 engine and carried lo to where It was to 10 be sent enl up One day tl It was wason I on n steamer down the Ihn Jamen Jal river when the tho tide went out and left lee the Iho vessel p lel and balloon on 01 n I sandbar The Federals nth r d It In and with It the tho last silk dress In the Confederacy Jen nen used 1811 to In laughingly that this the meanest trick Irick of ot tho war Lee and I t by Helen D Longstreet |