The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-21
RIVERSIDE, Sept. 4, 1916.

RIVERSIDE, Sept. 4, ls46.
Beaxties of Riperside-The CanaI-TAe Convention
Scheme to Defeat Siias Wrisht-7renton Falls
Trouting-Hunting.
now write you from of the quietest little hooks
in the wide world, embosomed in q neighborhood Of
cumps of trees, whose foliage is redoent with
beauty and health and whose shade is the very spot to
cultivate dolce far niente" disposition. Evergreen
forests bound the distance with their bueish purple
tintsrimmed by tho dark brilliant Of the Black
River whose pathway studded with falls and dotted by
islands, like rosary Of jet and pearls
Ave Marias marked by brilliant emeralds let fall
by angel, than a dashiug, leaping, laughing river
This county named after Governor Lewis, who,
God bless him. is lost in the oblivion of better
world and has Of yore been known the Black River
country" Yet in the small space Of fifty years. great
part Of has been converted from bowling wilderness
into comparative Eden of agriculture and cultivation
the indomtable Of the Yankee pioneer has done the
same service that their steel did different manner
at Lexington till the present tme and strange to say
the of the country yet but half developed
aided by the hard Dutchman, and the steady Scot, Is
Switzerland have Converted this once wilderness into
blooming and productive FARMS whose golden butter and
delicious cheese fine lmbed horses and blooded sheep
and cows have made it the envy of some and the adm
ration of other larger counties in the State. will be
% o 1n Ns s s one o. as
has been Silas Wright The canal when finished land
il will only take $500 900 to complete O will be the
grand outlet of the of this county viz butter
cheese, lumber, charcoal and grain. The excitement
throughout the county intense in regard to the action
of the Convention upon this subject.
There is already a scheme to defeat the election of
Silas Wright for Governor understand that there
six democratic counties that deeply involved In this
scheme and fast find out facts, by hook or by
crook, shall give them to Trenton Falls are now
Of the pleasantest places of resort The water is
very low and the view by moonlight is unsurpassed
by the great Niagara. should certainly give the
former visit, if only to prepare my mind for the
esty Of the latter There several very select vsi
there at present 1t strikes to be the very spot
10 HE away honey moon in. Some of the finest pcri
factions in this State found in limestone OF the re-
gion around them yet the few blue hare-bells that
with growing the edge of the grey rocks
TO me infinitely more interesting. Yesterday, went
trouting, and only took some dezep yet cannot ana
yse the exquisite feelings that has when feeling
them bite andthen their shining vered sides, studded
with rubes Pen eebly the delight of angler
Dear old lzaak WatonI have realised all that in this
sport you about wisely for which thank your
crumbling and long withered hand. l expect to be in
the wild woods among the red deer and red men,
both of whom passing away had almost forgotten
say that there several very singular and interest
ing spots this county, which shall visit and write
about. Joseph Bonsparte formerly had country seat
north of this and here that he passed the summer
with the Princess of Comic 1t in this country that
during the Reign Of Terror many of the exes found
refuge and their quaint stone mansions numerous in
very fine Indian relics found herepipes arrows earth
ley of tho river favorite hunting ground of heirs