The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1870-09-24
these from the top of Terrapin Tower makes

these from the top of Terrapin Tower makes
one feel as solemn as Eternity. Gazing up the
stream you see the rushing waters dash against
isolated rocks, forming mimic fountains and
jetteaus that rise in untold grandeur and de-
scend like weeping willows, bedecked with
sparkling diamonds and wreathed in boquets
of surprising magnifcence--and now the
shattered treasures cover the waves that min
gle their melody with the Roar of the cata-
rack as it rolls, rolls, rolls its peans on "the
startled air of night" A short distance above
the Falls are "the Three Sisters, joining hands
by three bridges. Here the rapids and the
cascades above the Falls are in their grandest
grandeur. The furious rushing of the waters
is terrific in its most intensified sense. And
this is Niagara with its story untold. If you
wish to see Nature in the terrific, the grand,
the awful, the sublime, go see it. 1t will bring
you no regret. But be sure to have respon-
sible purse, for every time you take off your
hat, draw your gloves, sneeze, or look at the
Falls, you are invited to contribute fifty cents
for the privilege To bed, wrapped in the roar
Of the Falls, up at five to see "the mornings
FIRST BEAM kiss their "azure brow" and give
fresher radiance to their enhanced magnif-
cence.
MUSEUM.
Breakfast and to the Museum of Mr. Thomas
Barnett on the Canada side. A skeleton of
whale, weighing seventy tons, Cuban and
Egyptian doves, stuffed, the Cuckoos, Glossy
Thrushes, the purple Gallinute, Sand Hill
Crane, and other natives of the forest, placed
in wood with its desiccated trees and moss
and ivy, Australian Bomerangs, bass-relief,
taken '~|s',-,-2' rs of Nineveh, Egyptian
mumaiIes, U,.A.u .i.-s1ie "a, r. Sss7sl 49, in
a state of excellent preservation, unburnt brick
with the stamp of Pharoah, used more than
three thousand years ago, upon them, with an
innumerable number of other curiosities COM
pose this most excellent collection of the curl |
GUS and interesting. We are indebted to the |
kindness of its excellent proprietor for admit |
ting US free of charge.
BURNING SPRING, ETC.
The Burning Spring, about two miles from
the falls, is charged with sulphuretted |
hydrogen gas which takes fire when lighted
and burns with pale blush flame. Brooks |
Monument, "The Devils Hole" "The stairs of
the Winds" and many other places have deal
of interest in them for the sight-seer, but space
will not allow us to enlarge.
Saturday the 10th instant at a. m. we don |
our travelling caps for "My Maryland" Soon |
we are "rolling rapidly towards home A
few hours in the beautiful city of Rochester, |
shake hands with good friends at Watkins as
the train waited moment, supper at Elmira, |
breakfast at Harrisburg, we were gratifed to |
dine at home.
We extend our sincere thanks to Messrs. R. !
s. Hollins and S. c. Wilson for their devoted |
attention to our comfort, to E. B. Parsons and |
J. J. Van Allen of Watkins for their favors and |
compliments, to kind brother editors of Roches- |
ter for their attention in showing us the |
beauties of their city, to VIM. Fl. Ruby for his
excellent management of the Excursion, to
Thomas Barnett Esq of Niagara Falls Mu-
scum and the Bridge Companies for admitting
us feeless, and to D. W. Smith of Williamsport |
for his valued present that added to our enjoy
ment.