The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-31
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NEacshane nt Nio~.r.

MY DEAR HENRY too have beena the Falls
OF OF Nlagara; and as the Chdp-(beg pardon D-mdn
| always to the point, think shall be able to
~ oFLe win MN or any other NJ. A. IN the matter
The Falls are eligibly situated in a wild, ro-
the e,et nbeIgh6orhood bI They are bounded on
States, on the north by the Niagara 'i riyer. aed
on ~ me % south by more Niagara river. The fall
60 E I doet high II you look from below, or I6+
Ieet low II You look from above, or 3sS feet if
yom look both ways at once.
This great natural curiosity has two peculiar=
Iles- One of these is that it has never been
khown to freeze over. and hence the people
inerfeahouts are compelled to fGu back on other
ttoctiiueS Tor their ice Another strange fea-
ture is, that while the water unde,, the fills il
noting eaidron," it comes out below as ''cool as
There are good hotels at the Falls. The Inter
national nat and the Cataract, opposite the fan on
tnS Ainerlcan side; the Clifton, on the English
SIDE; the Monteagle, opposite the Suspciseion
Blldge, and several smaller houses in the vii
iasG oL Niagara, are all excellent in their way
which is great way from here. The Spencer
House where Chapman and Cope domiciled is
a!so a hfst class hotel, and furnishes whisky at
Only 10 cents q drink, which accounts, etc.
didn't follow Dickens steps, nor do as he
dGid, did, nor did care what the dickens he did even
English writers belittle all that is American and
eXaggerate all that is English, and as a conse-
quence there is considerable of the suds and
| foam CT the falls IN Dickens quoted descrip-
ton Goldsmith, after describing the falls
noes have passed over in safety Now, every
visitor to Niagara knows that no canoe ever
built mt Canoe Place, or any other place passing
over these falls would leave enough lumb ber to-
gether to make respectable lucifer.
GlVe me rather the description Of NIAGARA
rams that cooper puts into the mouth of Lea
hn.r hhneTsiocklng when he speaks of .'Natur as we
on ali that God has done here"
Rather Hennepin, French missionary priest
discovered these Falls in 1918, and has the honor
thereto attached; but if he had failed to make g
the discovery, there is no question at all in NV
mind but what they would have been found ere
this, as there is quite intelligent and enter
priSlng population in that meek o timber
Ihere Is quite village on the American side
idat tberfa is,.
one Street and that is Sir Thomas Street of the
IfONlnclal Parliament. The house he occupies
Is on the bluH nearly opposite the Falls and
was once occupied by Sam'l Zimmerman, from
Lhls nelghbOrhoOd, the great Canadian Rail
Road King. who was killed at the celebration of
the completion of his own work the Grand
Trunk Rail Road. BY the way, should have
travelled by that road, only for one thing-I had
no Grand Trunk.
The celebrated Burning Spring is near the
the rails. 1t is q spring the surface of the
ground from which gas issues that burns like
candle when fire is communicated to it,
"A rev miles distant in Canada is st. Catha-
rine 5, greatly celebrated for its baths for the
cure of various diseases. 1t is popular resort
for invalids
Lundy's Lane is not at Niagara Sut some
three miles from the Fails on the Canada side
/ visited the monument.
The Suspension Bridge, one mile below the
Falls was constructed by the celebrated -
hohlng, German bridge builder-tte Same
gentleman who first suggested and carried out
the idea OF wire ropes, which ropes subsequent
" suppianted hempen ones on the Old Portage
Rail Road.
The Devils whirlpool. four miles down the
river from Niagara, is only inferior to the Falls
IN spectacular grandeur But i haven't time
TO describeit now. MACSHANE :