New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-13

WldOWers, VINO marry bcCause-Well, ~ nv"
or never" with them, and who take up with the nrst
piece Of womanknd who is silly enough to have them.
One should Niagara in the fervid month OF july
The golden splendor of the sun crowns the
mighty cataract with new and wondrous giories Inc
mist which upward Natures pure incense 10 the
skies, is radiant with gold, and red ana purple ana
with ever-varying ranbows. These ranpows noat In
and out through the white clouds OF foa IKE spirits OF
the air with golden wings. The rapids above the Falls,
as they rush mady along, sport with the sunbeams,
flashing hack their brianoy, and shimmering each into
thousand rays But IL is in the radiance OF Summer
night that Niagara presents her farest spectacle One
then seems utterly alone with nature in her grandest
mood The vivid light of the moon, she hangs over
the falling water converting them into floods OF molten
silver has here significance which it casts upon no
other earth. The silent, prophetic stars,
which mirror themselves in the wOndrous deep, seem
listening To the eternal anthem which Niagara sings
The mOOn the stars the deep OF the sky are all in
harmony with the grandeur and sublimty of Niagara
All lonely all is vast and subme all Is deep silence
except the monotone OF the cataract which seems indeed
the music of the spheres This wonderful voice OF
Niagara waning, never ceasing Is the emblem OF
eternity Thousands Of years ago. when no mortal ear
yet listening the thunder Of its tones resounded
through prmeva forests of the young earth and for
unknown time TO come, while generation after gene
ration OF men swept like leaves from the earth
these waters will still roll on and their wondrous melody
thrill the souls Of nations yet unborn.
There is tranquility even in rapid notion and one
realizes it fully here This mad hurryng forward of the
waters this plungng forward into the dark abyss never
pausng for the moment Of time is like the unceas
ing and rapid whiT Of the planets through infinite space
We have delightful suite Of rooms In the cataract
House. From our window look down upon the
foamng rapids beneath, which hurry, and rush, ana
whirl along and send up to the heavens neverendng
cry OF despair for the rushing torrent of the rapids
like the mad chase Of human endeavor pursuing that
which is unatainable The hotels are fast filling with
huftl
10 catch glimpse Of the worlds wonder, and then has
which they carry with them To the grave. Niagara,
seen is to be forgotten The greater number
of fumes one visits this place the better will he apprec
ate it, At the first view Niagara overwhems you with
its vastness and its terrible majesty One Is lost IN
flood of new and strange sensations ana lhe power
to analyZe them One only feel the bitterness, the
iusgnicance OF before this stupendous Work OF ma
men so pershabie beside everlasting Falls, that it
seems merely vanity TO erect them indeed houses are
homogeneous 10 this The people Of Niagara should
live and worship groves did the ancens, or build
rustic abOdes which should seem but part OF nature II
there is place upon the earth better tted IMAM an
Others to awaken the of the truly sublime In mans
SOUL that place is Niagara, and II there one place
where is constantly called to take sudden leaps from
the sublime TO the ridiculous that place is also Niagara
You take three steps here without being bad
gered for 80 cents one feels tempted To wish that he
could blot out from existence, for time at least the
village with its mercenary people It's ex9lDtant Stores
its hackmen with no conscience ana It's uenGtanzeu IN
dan that he might restore the place to its pristine love
ness and enjoy the magnificent solitude & %
Niagara they do that business at Wholesale for every one
bent imposing on you IN sOlue IL
they could only hang great vail before The mighty catd
ract itself these people would delight to 90 IT, ana would
make You pay handsomely for the privilege OF looking
behind. Fancy drOpcurtain Of human device before
this gTandest of Natures representations!
You cross bridge, and met at the farther end by
person who demands so cents; You are invited INTO
house and shown large book in which You are requested
and no do you comply than must pay so cents
for that privilege. You set ont for rambe, and dis
covering some romantic gen you seek 10 enter When,
lol gate brings you pause and little old man
springs up apparently from the depths OF the EARTH and
demands-5O cents You cannot enter the Cave OF the
Winds the Devils Hole any other interesting place;
you canuO ascend flight Of steps or come down them;
Won cannot climb tower peep precpce. with
paying so cents! II sometimes they fan To make TINS
actual charge, they nveigle you into buying something,
which amounts to the same thing. 1t is evident that
there mania raging among these people, winch only
80 cent notes can alleviate.
Yesterday we crossed the river in the Canadian ferry
boat This ferry at the foot Of steep precipice and
reached by means OF car, which is put in motion at
the top of the steep and PUSHES swiftly down to the
abyss below which seems waiting to enguf one We had
scarcely time to catch breath before we were landed
safely at the bottom and the breath was no sooner
drawn than were drawn upon for the customary 80
cents. Having complied with this unyarylng demand
entered small boat TO cross TO the Canadian slde'
In looking upward we lii!pst aImd! ' - nj ,o
lures OF machless beauty and lofty mountains win
their farreachng tops penetrating beyond the Clouds
impress us with sense OF grandeur anu OF etenai
peace But can there he sight which the uplnted eye
may reach which touches the soul like the view OF NJ
agara as you pause midway in the stream below the falls,
and gaze upward You behold mountains OF green water
cSSas OF TiI White misty yaPor Which rise upward and
catching the sunbeaIns reflect them in roseate and
In the mist and hang lovingly over the deep. What
picture is thisl One realize in such scene the
tabled spendOr the kings throne, and behold in
the rosy mist and brghhued ranbows the materials Of
which the palaces OF the immortal gods are reared.
We visited the British Museum where the two greatest
curostes were evidently the skeletons Of mast0don
and of a whale. They had also young buffalo, whose
ewes elared savagely upon we passed. And no
wonder The proud heir OF freedom the wiz son OF the
prairie what did he here enthTaed i'll British den
we felt like claiming him freeborn American, free
ing from his serfdOm and sending him westward to
roam more his native plains;
We took "A
Gen SCOTS early military glory and where he
verely wounded. But this was many, many years ago.
during the OF 1872, and the Hero of Lundys Lane
who here commenced his long career, has fought his
last battle" and sleeps peacefully beneath the sod AS
we stood upon the spot immortalzed by his youthful
deeds Of bravery wildly recalled the only time ever
saw him. which but few years ago at West Point
when the grand old veteran the center Of all adm
The finest view of the Falls is upon the Canadian side
Of the river, and it almost worthy Of purchase
from the British Dominion, II only 70 be able to say
"This is our own" OF visited the remnant
left Of Table Rock, and, moreover yentured TO make
the trip under the Falls feat OF daring which shall
always remember with pride, and also with amusement
recall the comical appearance presented ny our party
In their waterproof garments Here, also, We were
Obliged to pay the inevitable fifty for the pleasure
OF making ourselves look hideous.
The road is one OF the most romantic imaginable 1t
winds in and out through beautiful groves and deep
foress and never strays far from the swiftrunning
river At Lewiston we crossed fairy suspension
bridge and found ourselves again upon Canadian soil.
We drove TO Queenstown and assembled Brooks famous
monument II seemed as though that ascent was inter
minable and that we never would reach the top which
however, we finally did and were rewarded by magnh-
cent view From this lofty hight you look far over the
blue waters Of Lake Erie side, and the other
ontario lies placidy cleaning in the sun You LOOK
villages, which break up the harmony of nature: or
course American he strolls around Queenstown,
can help observing how prosperous and progressive the
villages just the river, the American side,
when compared with the Canadian towns, where every
thing seems to have come to a standstil long ago.
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