Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-01-21

Il ~ y - y
~. / love the maxim MI adniraIl
too hate 10 is.l called upon 10 ad'
miro sOm0 hrgs "eaFlOsiiyi The
pleasures Of ia for E-s arc found
In tho bywsys, whsls 80 feel have
trod thihgs glanced AZ sidewiss
and at unAwaEes maze the strong
est impression on the reina. That
10 peryersity, you perhsps ssy'
Well, / believe ihere is . Philoso.
ply Of tho PerFerse. u is hot rs-
daeed 10 q iormulayet oul u srstts,
and will DO some day. With fhs
peryersity, liked atNiagara some
chance spse,Aelss better than tho
big Fall. II Ia the resort ofa the
brides in this great country, and
you sooa know thea. fonder
is one on Luna Island, that
charming litilo grass plat, whore
from the bench under tho tree you
look at the exquisite curve OF the
"Atnsrican fall" She "a 90 rosy
and smiling that she 10 certainly .
bride; and II you dou.t It, you
have enly 10 glance at her oompan'
ion, the smiling male biPed who
carries her shawls. His face glows
a. he looks At her for ho Is tho
bridegroom, reader, and from tho
days Of Job, bridegrooms have "re.
joiced." The bride Is n fairy. all
smiles and blushos, and is weight
cd down with articles Of bead.work.
Those two happy human beinss are
here during their honeymoon"
They are going 10 associate charm.
ing ideas with tho great Fall TO tho
end Of their lives. They are here
once 10 come no more; but this
once is their bridal tour, and the
word niagara" will signify youth
and romance to them over after
wards.
From the pygmles you pass to
tho giant; and il you arc dreamer,
you dream dreams there, seated on
the mossy rocks, or leaning across
tho frail railing which leads TO tho
tower above the Horse Shoe. Yon-
der is tho rainbow spanning tho
foam there is tho huge mass tumb-
ling forever; hear the long, ceaseless
roar says, II was here before you
wore born, am hero 20 day, and j
will bo here thousand years after
your body has crumbled to dust J.
That makes life appear .'ether N
significant, reader; but is . very
unwholcsome q lcsson2 j think
there is something like IL taught in
Holy Writ.
Cities seem to me TO chatter glib.
ly, with their rafting omnibuses,
Money money ! money!" Niagara
murmurs in its deep nnl solemn
voice-"Eetcrnity
II
on A LITTLE BOY AT xcuTREAL.
I made tho acquaintance OF the
small boy mentioned in the heading
to this sketch, after enjoying hno
spectacle, the panoramic shores OF
the great 81. Lawrence.
1t isa very grand river, this st.
Lawrence and it's "Thousand Isles'
arc like vision of beauty. | look
cd at them from the deck Of a
steamboat full Of Englishmen,
Americans, Canadians, Indians, and
half.brceds. Especially interesting
and new to me were these Canadi-
an halfbreeds, Indian French chat
tering away in the queercst patois; /;
stout, dark-eycd, black-baircd,
bronze.tintod men and women the
men roughly clad, tho women wear
ing variegated woolep, carrying ba-
bies aftor u jaunty fashion, and look
ing at you keeniy with thcir mid
night eyes under the raven locks.
III wished to writo o romance l
would take my characters hero, l
think these half-breeds have mover
yet appeared in books, and would
bc curious. 5f.s 4 gn7N I'd,
As to other characters / have no
space for them; but remember
two especially. One was o thor
oughbred English youth, with .
charming smile, and his II don't
know, i am shure /" The other was
q young purveyor Of books dis
tressingly like some others I've
known. He was young, with o
pair of keen, eyes and when the
'ssaloon" dining. tables were cleared,
spread his wares thereon. He was
q charming young person, with .
most insinuating smilo; sold every
thing for. silver only, and politely
but firmly insisted upon my par-
chasing his literature. When l de-
clined, ho looked grioved I think
his feelings were hurt. ! have re-
mombersd him though he has
doubtless forgotten me. sf-s
Floating on among tho dreamy
islands, with the beautiful shores
receding as you 60, you como to the
Rapids, and go zig-zagging IN and
out through Inc winning cnonusi,
tossed by the billows, grazing the
rocks. The st. Lawrer 20 10 q ma
jestic river, grander than il not so
beautiful as the Hudson. All is
wild here--Indian, illimitab'e and
new. When you come to .ae bro
kcn surface of the rapids, the land
scape grows wilder; wren you
reach the Lachine rapids Il grows
threatening. IF you are nervous,
tho Lachine rapids viii arouse in
you Q considerable amount of so
licitude for your personai Welfare ;
and there is . certain per cce ago OF
risk. / believe, as my ycsas Eng
lish friend informed me t-s, !. boat
had come 70 grief there ;ely; his
mother and sister were or board,
and the Loaf barely succeeded in
reaching shallow water when IL I'LL
cd. The fact 10, the ehsanel thro'
which you shoot the rapids here isr
10 say the least, narrow. The
Ispaes cannot much exceed ten
~-~ds and <f,e thing locka urlv.