The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-05-19

pirss housetops, and branches of,way:- T. h
ngfeon is a decidedly pleasant and
INVITING pne, "A Md been con-
'tracte dacrols the rivisi within the
past tw6 5ears, 50 that trains rum direct
|yinto the city. Largo. quantities Of
granite are being brought for the
foundation of the new State capitol,
which is now in process Of erection.
The sapsrstrueture will be Of marble,
and tho building will cost, It is estimat-
ed, sbaptsit gmilions)ot dollars. Al;
bany has already several very fine State
PPd city buildings, a s; number Of the
Streets are wide aud pleasant, and the
place presentssmauy attractions: q Hon.
Jas. B. Bel, P President ell. 81 tie Y Bank OF
St. Cloud is Auditor of the Canal
Department Of New York, and has bis
Office in the State House. ~ The De-
.mocracy attempted to'legislature him
out Of Office this spring butfailed, as he
isvery popular. ~. ~. .s wy, s 49, s.>s . .~s "
Taking the midnight'train from Al
bany on Tuesday, and passing through
Utica, Syracnse, Rochester, Brockport,
Albion, Lockport, and other good sized
cities, I reached Niagara Falls at noon
on Wednesday,. Crossing the lower
suspension bridge, and going over to
the Canada side, L soon stood for the
first time before that grand and sublime
! spectacle of nature, the Falls Of Niagara.
No words can describe them, or convey
any idea of the impressions caused by
the immense volume of water dashing
over the height; the dull, heavy roar;
the clouds Of mist and spray reaching
tar heavnward the cream-like foam that
spreads out at the foot of the Falls !; and
the water of the river, that Lut a little
ways farther lies so green and current
less, and that still further :! on change:
to a deep blue, but remains unripplcd
unit! two miles below it bursts
out ipto mad, daship&rapi4s. ! passet
under Table 'Reek, most.of which NOV
lies broken at your feet, and down I'm
der the falls, where the rising spra.
settles in tricklins drops upon you
}. face and would soon soak you throug1
= but for the oilskin covering thrown owe
} fyou. Taking advantage of the oppo'
tunity while on thu Canada side,
J drove out to the old battle field {
> Lundy's Lane. Ascending q. ricket
, tower, I had pointed out and describe
in the stereotyped style, four bait
9 fields Chippewa, four miles south-ea
: Beeehyood Tor. Beaver Dams) thrt
}. miles west Queenstown Heights, mir
. miles south, east; aud Lundy's Ian
!, which lay spread out at our feet. Ge
Q Brock had fallen at Queenstow
Q Heights, and his monument, whie
K rose above the tree. tops, cou
9Th seen almost as distinctly with Il
II immense field glass, which. was one
the appurtenances OF the tower, as vii
y the naked eye. The country is ve
b level, aud I was told that on clear d:
l.. the Allegheny mountains, $50 mil
81 distant, and the waters of Lake Ontar
,, oou Id b plainly seen. I didn't $
Ii; either, but that may have been owir
%, to the day not being clear. The inc
t.: :vidual who did duty at the tower, d
le Escribedin vivid termsthe terrible slaug
y ter he had witnessed at Lundy's Ian
I where one9tbird Of tie troops on bo
70 sides fell and were buried. Consiide
u ing that the iebhg;agement took place
D: 1p1812, and that he was, al he said, !
n teen years Of age at the time, I conte1
u plated him as the spryest and best-p'
10 served patriarch Of sixty-three years Ii
Or my eyes had ever rested on. But
q, L presumed the description to DO p;
y. of2what the one dollar fec for climb
r. the stairs aud looking through the di'
* field glass entitled me to, I meel
~ and undoubtingly swallowed the sto
O. Returning to. Niagara, I crossed
te new suspension bridge, near the foot
r. the falls, to the American side: {
q. ing on to Goat Island, I visited T
rapin Tower, the Three Sisters,
he Three Profiles, as I believe they I
II: nowcallcd,) Luna Island, from viii
be- one can reach their hand over into,
- falls, and other points OF interest. AS
n, from the falls, there is nothing
I'd Niagara to; engage 4 person. The POI
., lat,on consists chiefly Of Indiana curl
,e: ity shops and toll gates. It would b
IN discouraging place tor an: honest m
he To- 60 into business and try 10 rem'
re- honest But most people get ii
ID (this doesnot refer 70 travellers or str;
d. gers sat the end Of ono year, and
he: ready to leave and devote the rema
j der of their life to reforming. ~
n, Going from Niagara " to Buffalo
q the evening train, I left the later 6
b. lat midaight, sreich'ngj Chicsgothe.n'
of. afternoon at four O'Clock. 7 The tune
wi this train Lake Shore and Michie
ell Southern failroad) sefrom Buffalo
to- Chicago, 5a4 miles, is just si1te
IN shours,7~h,ch may be considered GO
sss running. Leaving Chicago at, &
rs o'clock, and coming uia Milwaukee,
id reached St. Cloud at n5on on Saturd
70 -or two days and a half from Buff
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