Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1894 — Balloonists. [ARTICLE]

Balloonists.

The first aerial voyage was made Sept. 18, 1753, by a sheep, a cock and a duck to a height of 1,500 feet The first human traveler through the air was M Francois * Pilatre de Rozier, who mounted the following month io a bhlioonY THB only successful way to advertise a newspaper .is to publish a good one.