Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-15
On the wing.

On the wing.
Correspondence Of The Sfas.l
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Aug. s, 1850.
TRENTON FALLs-BorrLEp EMorIoN-SYRAcUsE
-GESNEssEE FALLs-SAN PArcH-THE PRIcE
OF susLIMrrY AT NIAeAlA-wHr YouSe LA
DIES LIKE NIAeARA-A CONVENIENT ApvER-
Using MEpIuM-MR. FERGUSON ALLOWS HIS
ANGRY PASSIONS TO RISE.
| Dear Sfdr Coming up from Albany by the
rich valley Of the Mohawk, stopped over at Utica,
to visit the Trenton Falls fifteen miles from Utica,
considered by lovers Of the picturesque to present
points Of romantic interest surprising any thing
Niagara can show. These falls are upon the West
| Canada creek, a branch Of the Mohawk. There
are here series of cataracts and rapids extending
| some two miles, and 20 deeply sunk in a rock
walled chasm, that the visitor In looking over the
landscape in quest Of the torrent he hears thunder
| ing in his neigbborhood. is completely at a loss
where to locate 1t. Ispent memorable day here
examining the wonders of these abysmal cataracts,
and emerged at night, wet, muddy, tired, and
hungry, but sufficiently impressed by the wild
loveliness Of the scenery to consider myself repaid
fer the time and toll Trenton Falls deserves, what
| advertisers would call ga FIRST rate notice." and
took some most enthusiastic notes, but really the
weather is too hot to write them out especially
Il All just no" ous1 WIN tuc 1ttdutlC displays VI
| Niagara.
Next morning came on through Onondaga
county, noted for apples, salt, and Syracuse con-
ventions Stopped long enough at Syracuse to
take look at few Of Its $50 salt distilleres, and
at It's acres Of evaporatng watts with their sliding
| shed-roofs for rainy weather use. Then on to
| Rochester, using the twenty-five minutes waiting
time for visit to the Gennessee Falls to take note
| Of the spot where Sam Patch made his last leap
| and dem onstrated that some things be done
| as well as others, My cicerone said that Sam had
| a premUniton Of his fate and drank freely of
brandy to nerve himself for his task. As be sprang
into the air II noticed that he failed to keep
his feet well under him, and pitching forward he
| struck heavily upon bis face and breast. The
| tradition goes that he jumped twice with impu-
nifty over Niagara Falls, but the truth s, his leaIs
there lat Niagara) were made, not the 165 feet
depth Of the falls, but, from platform raised a
| little more than half this height, below Goat
| Island.
On to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Bridge
Listened for roer Of Niagara. Nary roar Man
said wind was wrong way. Reached the Falls
station at p. m. Wind wrong way yet. Nary
| roar. Walked to brink of American Fall held
on to bushes and peeped over. Looked steep
Stepped back feet or more, and held on tighter
| Passed bridge to Goat Island sentimental young
ladies on benches waiting for moon to rise to see
| lunar rainbows. To bed, and up in the morning
| to see Niagara in earnest Result Of three days
| experiences at Niagara have seen one hundred
| thousand rainbows, more or less have expe
Tienced various emotions of the sublime which
have cost me, as near as can calculate so cents
| an emotion, viz Goat Island IS cents, Maid Of the
Mist rs cents, Cave Of the Winds ST. Termipa
| ton Rock 81, Canada Ferry, sundry trips at 40
cents, do Staircase Railway to American Falls at
10 cents, Suspension Bridge Is cents, and so on;
| have walked up and down various stairways to
| the amount Of 9,765 steps have encountered the
| autographs Of Smith, Brown, Jones, and Robin
son. on everv rock, fence railing, staircase, tree
or other material object within sight Of the Falls;
have been tantalized at every turning by the sight
Of lovely woman clinging to the manly arm, like
ivy to the oak, &c, &c and have come to the
conclusion that II there is any article In which
Niagara is overstocked, beside rainbows, 1t is in
"Indian Curiosity EmpOriums." Niagara mus.
be the Paradise Of counting couples. l suppose
there is no place In the known world where Il il
80 excusable and imperatively necessary that the
female waist should be encircled by the male
arm The fate Of Miss Martha Rugg, "who lost
her life (as the inscription says by falling OVER
the precipice, 1877 feet, while plucking a flower,
Aug "a, 1874 Is a sufficient warning to damsels
Niagara seems to answer a good purpose, too,
Iot 'hvs~ who wick 10 al 'eItiso their wares or
their griefs. Goat Island, In particular, is plas
tered with disintsrested recommendation tn
travel or not to travel by this or that par,ic
uiar route, or to purchase or not to purchase
at this or that repository Of Indian wares. On
Sunday yesterday morning, the attention OF
all passers across the little foot bridge to Terrapin
rock was fixed by the following unique poster
which had been pasted ingeniously flor notorietyj
upon the plank walk where no eve could miss Il.
"Jared B, who Is now su pposed to have his
residence In or near Buffalo, in The State of New
ork, and who, In the month of February last
succeeded In seducing and carrying away nv
wife Catharine, taking with them three of nv
children leaving two behind; one was left in the
street, exposed TO the inclemencv Of the weather
In severe winter day, and besides carried away
great portion Of the most valua BILE of INV house,
hold furniture and effects. took legal proceed
ings against the said B, and obtained iudg-
meht Tor 81 .oO0, and he was well convicted Of
Inlsdemeanor by court Of mag istrates but
effected his escape and fed to Buffalo; the xaid
B IL about rs years Of age, feet g inches in
hight, rather thick set little bowed kaee,d fair
complexion, whiskers under his chin a Roman
nose very long and brandy colored his teeth sta md
open in front, considerably decayed his mouth
Is continually open, and he may be easily identi-
fed by an enormous guild Of tobacco in bis teeth,
continually showing. d. FERGUSON
supply the dashes, the exasperated Ferguson
gave names In full.
There is large company at Niagara, and every
train brings accessions Saratoga Springs, too,
hear, has an OVERLOOKING crowd,-indeed the
Interior pleasure resorts seem to be much more
visited this year than the sea shore q 9 NJ