The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-07-08
49, 4gr Jsdge Of tfftlp Caurt
~ JOHN n blf YER, Of IIenTytonnsy



had gone of in parenhe,ic disquisition Oh
aNoQsk & Il OBJ e|sch himself i lover d Na>
t'lfe he Is bound to be her trne and loyal
8hnNrtoFlfent the impeFtinance sfttpse
who offer her aHront she has never suf
fered more gr1eyogs wrong from the boorish-
ness and obtrtisiseness Of men than at Mag
ara Winthrop described his travelling CON
- Ramona negatively. We would have to pat
ssAlh pegatiYes II Antithesis wilh,eyery positive
q good trAit q humanity to do Justice to the hu-
pan vernin that infest Niagara on either
side. It is 1 city sof thieves aud van pires,
The peopls are as INSCRIPTIONS aa the Paris
i'm Sans Calotles, as false as Mexican .lep-
..erps, % cold -hloodedly villainops as Italian
.stAnditti, without the virtues Of either ofthese
ossAsessi HsheIre was only dog law in force
thtfe, 70 profeck their killing, II would never
Ne ninsaer'td fhoot any of the inhabitants
vitAoat further prosocaiion than their daily
Acts "A easily comprehensive as the Origin
~ isnfisthe nyarisbivssysssepsitde,pf rvety
good. Greece with its beauty, breeds slaves
tf9 G!1tt sfltalhls earthand sky breeds beg
cars. Palestine beasts lepeers. Egypt lice
and Niagara With It's grandeur, has attracted
- y itself the MOST scoundrely population in
II 44ie~ Az Niagaras Nature demand
ed 70 Be let alone: She needed . Wild cos
lame for her seeuly appearing. There
was no need for any |. mans smoothing
Of her bow At least all work done there
pEAhT a (4ld l.avs been in .fne taste, in
,A&e44 .sytspalhy With tle sslcr, Of the
Falls Instead The people are sharks, they
ar6OOths ttM vhndals. TO them Niagara is
! That " the Templa ~aa i The money changers
"A place for speculation and driving OF sbarr
bargains To eseybody there lis only
good Place 10 mike money They have fenced
and hedged everything ID, fenced and hedged
everybody ont, ard everywhere sharpers
Stand - receive dfy cents for your liberty to
move III any direction II the knAves would
only take their FED and leave you alone with
- the kellS stFould be. we'll enough. Their
pefsistehte in attendance ii. that Of all ills.
Al theshsoinent when You are most engrossed
II watching some feature Of the Falls, when
the feal greatness and grandeur Of them is
. growing like . spell upon your soul, then
sons rAacalsydtivsr shriess IN jour ear to take
= lis carriage, or scurvy artist plucks at your
i }6okfd hvs . photographic view oftbe Falls
t1keh The spot. = S. sss Y
. raAf thsss inaic,ions don 4 bsget within YOU
Hhi1oods,, shas mar your appreciation ot Mag
'laas& asfl,rob itof iss glory then your temper
il better disciplined than ours Congress
ought to resure ownership Of the American
.IsiAs sSof III benekt Of the people 81 he
United States, tear down all the DISTINCTIONS,
. leave the Falls to original aud proper Wild /
ness, free without interruption TO all corners
paying the present oceap%0is proper sum
q Qet properly Or, With fsIer recognition
= tAeifteservisgs, hang them, BY the prin-
tiples Of, International law, as land uirstes-
infeAr omnium-the ene,nie. Of the wLala
human race.
Can anybody describe Niagara? Ii has
been 90 often attempted that. ''twould BE- ,a-
pererogatory for us TO emulate the efforts.
n M lave seen the heavens in the transce ndant
brightness and glory Of winter star.lt nights.
I VIXEN they were more dticnlt Of any repro-
: dnctioa in descriptive words than Niagara,
" ~ bare seen esrth and sky in the illuminine
i - sds1 rise or San-setting harder to we'll ard
il s6ilJ describe than these Falls. We think |
~ first Impression Of most seeing the Falls
Z Yor tho first time will be slightly disapfoint-
ing There 10 mass of water divided into /
spReanA sections by Goat Island. pouring
oee assr kde u rocks mon. =. bed Of I
stoeh @lcw A = one i dispose ID Il, inquire,
like the unimpressible Pat, Faix, af what's
/. ~ hfnderais,i' But the Falls Disclose their
merits to discriminating companionsaip. Go I
about then. set 4one With them. watch the
ever neg Eld leap be ever new IN masses q. az I
water, the myriad forms into Nh. eli ,hev are I
bre9n iook dows iutc the dSasfs where The I
: nits pour and disappear NTH nnoeasine !,
thunderings, while from the vaporous BRO. !,
found ne xdki, sspftes ana spirit. Of the /
tssa roiss Of nist IN e.sat,aryiae |
ccslFes nee sand sink, and rbirl aud dance /
- syolutions and con;ortions infinite aad !
wondelinl-watch il all IN its infinite yar;e.,
and shiht how this grand II page.n, ha. been I
thus n fall ahow here, Mi and dav. for i.
hundreds Of dead centuries, and will con. I
Time 70 be while the world endures. Niay.ra
i sfoyiN. rgSder soyou now. n i.
no Shs6sxt s;sealS lbe brink of M
ssshs Canada ,lis, aaa the gushing
|54eak ss.1lesaas near ~ turned 10 US and
~ sessusv sIa't i srapdy'. We o,I,
khe esaaay ~ hiu al ~ achieved h.
d y dposs ,al nd etersos,ped e.
PRESTON, and y dourse. il moa there. !
tore b vary ~ him to use il, But a.. 7
hh adjective y slAsn just !. d;.crinio.,ipr.
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