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[[begin page]] [[page consists of a large, three-column-wide color image, and three columns of clippings below]] [[image-color; woman in dress blown by wind, hat in air, balloon in background; man in background holding his coat and hat]] RIVAL BALLOONS [[illegible]] 1785, by Geo Townly, Stubbs, Peters Court, St. Martins Lane [[?]] London [[start column 1 of 3]] [[start clipping]] ^[[June 13]] Balloon and Parachute ^[[1785]] Aerostatic Academy near Vauxhall-Turnpike. Mr. Blanchard is extremely flattered to find the company who honored him with their presence at his Academy on Friday fo'nnight last, were so amply gratified with the experiment of the Parachute or large umbrella; having received very numerous and pressing solicitations to repeat the experiment, they will be complied with next Wednesday, if the weather permits; he will send up a sheep into the air, attached to a Balloon, from which, by means of a peculiar machine, which will be shown and explained by Mr. Blachard, to the company, it will de [[sic]] disengaged from the Balloon, when it has attained a very considerable height, no less than a mile perpendicular, and will then descend to the earth with so much levity, that the animal will not sustain the smallest uneasiness in the descent; the Balloon, at the same time , will, by another piece of mechanism be sufficiently emptied, and come to the ground near the spot where the sheep is to descend. The place of the experiment in very extensive, and replete with every kind of accommodation for the company. Mr. Blanchard is under the necessity of requesting that no attention may be paid to contradictory bills posted against the walls, or distributed in the coffee-houses, as was done on the day of his last experiment. Tickets, Five Shillings, may be had at the Academy, or at No. 70, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fiets. [[end clipping]] [[end column 1 of 3]] [[start column 2 of 3]] [[start clipping]] ^[[June 1785]] When once weak women go astray, says the poet, and true enough even in their dress, the deviation is dangerous. We daily observe this in the present rage for hats--for no sooner did they stray from the old decent fashion, that ten thousand vagaries were introduced, which bid fair to end in a [[italics]] parachute [[/italics]] as big as Mr. [[italics]] Blanchard's [[/italics]] . Let our sweet countrywoman reform it altogether, for at present they wear no hats--but at present they walk under pent houses! [[end clipping]] [[start clipping]] Mr. Blanchard's balloon, which escaped a few days since form his ground at Vauxhall. as it did not take up a [[italics]] Sheep [[/italics]], is expected to be on its way to the [[italics]] Ram [[/italics]], which is stationed in the Zodiac. ^[[June 16-1785]] When Blanchard's balloon took flight without the [[italics]] Sheep [[/italics]], which it was intended to carry up, it sagaciously remarked of the spectators who had paid, "that the [[italics]] Sheep [[/italics]] were left below." Upwards of five thousand people were in [[italics]] Blanchard's [[/italics]] ground to see the [[italics]] Sheep [[/italics]], which he meant to send up to the clouds, all of whom complained bitterly of being [[italics]] fleeced [[italics]]! [[end clipping]] [[start clipping]] The Balloon which broke loose from Blanchard's Aerostatic Academy, was found in one of Plaistow marshes.^[[June 10, 1785]] [[end clipping]] [[start clipping]] AIR BALLOON WORK BAGS Mr. Blanchard's Balloon and Vessel having, from its neatness and delicacy, met the superior approbation to any thing of the kind, Mrs. HILLS, No. 89 Great Portland-street, Mary-le-bone, has invented a Work Bag, the exact model, the vessel of which serves as a Pincushion or Housewife. The Balloon is so contrived, from its elasticity, as to expand or collapse at pleasure; and having already met with the patronage of her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire, and several of the first Nobility, begs leave to acquaint the Public in general, that she keeps one for the inspection of those who may please to favor her with their costumaries[[?]] and at the same time may have the opportunity of viewing, gratis, an Exhibition of Stained Glass, the beauty of which, from the amazing effects in the different pieces, strikes every person with admiration, particularly where the sun is introduced in the church pieces. [[end clipping]] [[end column 2 of 3]] [[begin column 3 of 3]] [[start clipping]] Most Grand Magnificent AERIAL EXPERIMENT and DIVERSION, with a PARACHUTE, or Umbrella. THIS DAY, Wednesday, July 13th, [[1785]] after so many unsuccessful attempts have been made by several Aeronauts, to convey safe some Living Beings, from a certain height, upon ground, with a Parachute, even though of light weight, the Advertiser (an Italian Gentleman) will launch himself from a Prodigious Altitude, At Mr Blanchard's Aerostatic Academy, South Lambeth, near Vauxhall. Between the Hours of Two and Three in the Afternoon. So perfectly sure is the advertiser of his safety, in this experiment, under such shelter as the Parachute or Umbrella, newly invented and constructed by him, that he proposes, while on his descent, to play some favorite tunes on the violin, and arrive upon ground with the greatest ease and composure. He need not adduce to this intelligent nation, that such experiment must, in the sequel, be found of great and public utility, as well as of the greatest diversion, especially when unattended, as he shall prove, without any fear of personal danger. Tickets for admission, Half-a-Crown each only, to be had at the Academy. NO satisfactory view can be had of the process of the experiments in any places outside the Academy. [[end clipping]] [[start clipping]] It is not to wondered, as Mons. [[italics]] Blanchard's [[/italics]] Balloon lately took [[italics]] wing [[/italics]] without its conductor, that he should now [[italics]] fly off [[/italics]] without his Balloon. ^[[June 27, 1785.]] [[end clipping]] [[end column 3 of 3]] [[end page]] [[end page]]
