Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-07

md n dine anplicalon of the incentive to anHna.
I loeo,po,ion we approachcd Rock River, ana lonnu
bat u,c were about two miles above the desired
f,uy Pa sing down and crossing INC 'V''|' W
soon round ourselves upon beautiful ro""s p'''''
RE, and in passablc road lined with farm hou''s.
| About noon we reached Geneseo, heau'h"' anu
thriving village on the Chicago and ko'N lslah"
r. H. Near there we stopped short uhe WIN
friend looked over his farm, and learned ms n'.'
ncr of raising grain. lie owned i2O acres OF iah''
finer and more beautiful than ever New Enslaho
farmer dreamed o., all undyr cultivation leaving
his cattle to craze upon the uncncoscd prairie
Forty ont of the 100 acres, hc rcntcdi the balance
Of 80 acres he and a boy of about dozen years
carried on They had planted IS acres OF corn 'l''
day before. Upon enquiry how much corn ne
planted, The reply was Not great deal 'h'S year.
only about thirty acres; my ncishbor, over mere
planted egafg acres" noticed that his last year
crop of corn was unsold and enquired how much
he had. aud found that he had only 1900 bushels
Ills neishbor had not sold his, he had about 1000
bushels.
From Gcncseo VIC returned through rich and
beautifully raised county to Moline. Taking the
cars at night was in Chicago the following morn
ing. Remaining at Chicago only few days,
took TIE cars one fine morning. and at evening
found myself in the beautiful city of Cleveland,
and early the next morning at Buffalo. Stopping
ut Buffalo few hours, took the s o'clock train
for Niagara Falls, and am now within the sound
of Niagars awful thunder"
| shall attempt no description of Niagara Falls.
| More able pens than mine have attempted It, ana
failed Writers have enlivened their theme, and
orators have embcished their rhetoric, in illusions
10 the Falls Of Niagara and poets have struck the
Tyre of living cloquence and poured forth its praise
| in harmonious verse. yet all have failed to convey
to the mind anything like an adequate eomprehen-
sion of the terrible grandeur and awful sublimity
of Niagara One must and hear to realize and
comprehend The lover of the grand, the beau,i
FIJI and the sublime, when he bcholds this stulen;
dous work of nature can but inyoluntarily OK
claim How great and terrible art thou, 0, God
the works Of thy hands do magnify thee"
1t is usually said that the grandest view of the
Falls is from the Canada side. In this l venture
, to differ from most people. To me, the grandest
and most sublime spectacle of all, is that visible
, from the end of the walk constructed from Goat
r edge of the Horse Shoe Falls, Here you stand
out upon the very brink of the preepce itself, and
: where YOU get full and comprehensive view o.
/ the Horse Shoe or Canada Falls, and an obliqnC
), and complete view of the Central and American
c Falls Here you can look down, and almost be
5 meath your feet see the immense column of waite
+ pouring over the precipice down into the foaming
seeihing and boiling abyss one hundred and fit,
c feet below where the very rocks upon which yo'
1t stand shake and remble and the noise Of the ter
&c rife fall fills your cars.
( The next best view is undoubtedly from the Can
IT ada side 1t is that side that you go down rud
r constructed stone steps, down under table rocl
p creeping wary aud admiringly along under til
is rocks with the boiling river on one side and wa
: of rocks extending up l so feet your head o
n the other, cautiously approaching, you soon fin
yourself under the great sheet of water whic
ut pours down at this point So feet Then you stan
between the rocks and the falling waters the dea
cning sound filing your ears, and the wind create
ID by the mighty fall dashing the spray into yot
II face One should never fail TO visit this point
RS, But space will not permit me to point out all II
IS points of interest Only one thing is necessary,
is. you have money enough which you wish to spcnI
st you will find enough to show you every notab
a point Doe Sticks description of his visit to \
nc agara is true to life There are plenty of place
n where you can cross bridge, go down pair
p. stairs, look through gate, and even turn roun
for only t,centy:tioe cents each.
he shall 60 out to Lundy's Lane this 2. M, al
mn soon return to your quiet village and may
I'M there in to notice this hastily written lett
,Ss in your next issue. L. A. G.