Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-11-25

ne IoiiOWlhR tG0icroGS account Of q
trip 10 the Niagara Falls, We clip f,on
chap. 8tI. OF Sam Slick ia EnyIsnd, G.
the Attachc: @@@@ asis mHNs&2ta@
.You remind me, Eaquire,a said III
''of Rufus Dodge, our great lie merchant
of Boston, and as you wol't walk, p'r'aps
you'll talk. SO l'lljsl tel you The story.
u was once al the Cataract House 10
Niagaa Il isjis,s short distance above
The Falls Ga, OF the waiders you have
a view of the Splendid white waters, OF
the rapids CT loan, aiore The river ,akes
lis everiastin' leap over The cliff
swell, Rufus came uli the way from
Boston to see the Falls: he ssia he did'n
care much abuutlhem hisself, see ia that
he warnt in the mill business; batn he
was going 10 England, he didn't like ID
say he hadn's been there, especially as
ilihe English knowed about America
was, tha, lrerc was great big waterfall
cal ca Niagara, az crcrlaslia' big river
called Mississippi, and par(ec, picture
Of > wappin' almighty big man called
N en,uckiun there. Bosha-l'Othcr ones
red seen over and over agIn, bal NiaEa
ra he'd never sot hrs eyes on.
Sc, as Soon Is he arrives. he goes 10
10 lhc pubic room, and lopks al The white
waiays, aud, sails he. .Wai,ers,' sails he.
is ,itcnl The falls down ihere?' n-pintin'
by accident, in the dire clion where the
Falls actually was.
"Yes, sir" sais the waiter.
elem says RUFUS. 'tkcm's the Falls OF
Nsgara, eli? So I've seen the Fails al
last. eli? Well lis pretty too: they am,
bad, t.a,'s fact. So, ihem's tho Fails
Of Niagara! How long is j, arore the
stage starlsr
IAN hour, SIR y -
ego and book me 70. Boston, and then
briog ms paper"
Yes, SIR" a585
'.M ell, lie 60. his paper and 50, here Q
resdin' olil, and every now and then,
he'd look out Of the winder and say;
So ,hem's The Ia Il Of Niagara, chr
Well, it's u pretty linle mill privilege
that too, aln'i it; but i, aim; jist a!logeth-
er worth comiG' Sc far 10 see. So I've
seen the Falls ut last. 4i
"Arter while 10 comes Eriiisl,errT
.Waiter,' sails he, how fur is i u The
Falls!', - n
Little over half mile, sir'; ftHg4
Nv hich way do you get therel'
"rnrn voihc right lhcn TO the left, and
then ga.ahead-" n4 ssa4} "
"Rule heard all this, and il kinder
stemed dark to him; so artcr cypherin il
over il his head hit, WATER sails he,
amt them the Falls Of Niagara | ssa
thcre!'
mo, sir
"Why, you don't mean TO say that
them 'al. amt The Falls
"Y,s. do SIR
..Ileascn aud airih! l'yo come hun.
jreds Of mites puppus to see EN-. aud
nolhm' else; not q bill of trade, Or spec
ulalion, or any uirthly thing but 10 sec
them cusscd Falls, and come as near MS u
hundred cents 10 a dollar, startin' OF
without seem EN- ar,er all III il hudn't
been for that are Briisher | was sold.
thu.'saa tact. Can run down there and
back in hall an hour, in time ltor Tho
slageP ssf
Yes, sir, but you~will have no ,iU.. 10
sec ihem'sfs Eoa ssnF ta&Dsa7ss
.See 'cm, cuss en-, dom, WIN. 10 SCI
'em, tell YOU, want TO look al 'em. /
want totsayl was 10 the Fsi.s, that's nil
Give me my hat, quick! > I. them ain't The
Falls? What devil 81 take II, that Is
eln't il! And he, oov1 down siuirs like d
Newiound and dog into pond urler /
stone, anc outSo. sighl in no iime." .lI