The Shasta courier., 1872-05-04
DOING NIAGARA.


tells his ''hack" experience at the big cata-
ract as follows:
lou can buy ten cents worth of anything
at Niagara by just paying one dollar for it
This is the greatest place in the world
for bridal couples they are always here
with orange blossoms growing around the
women's heads, and the men done up in
black broadcloth, all very susceptible, and
all green, very, very green. I'll tell you
something about bride couple A pair
Of hack horses are bride couple, and it's
about pair of hack horses | have to write.
A fellow who had pair Of them teams
started conversation with me, and we
conversed together thusly:
"Take ride ?"
"No."
''To Goat Island ?"
"No."
"Lunar Island ?"
"No."
"Suspension Bridge?'
"No."
"Rapids?"
"No."
"DeviPs Hole p
"No"
"Horse Shoe Falls p
"No." ..-.-
"Clnton House ?"
"No."
You see I'd been to all these places and
| didn't sour much to 90 there some more.
| hadn't been to Lundy's Lane, and when
hecsaid "Lundy's Lane" said l "Who's
Lundy?"
"Why," said he, "there is where the
American Eagle scared aloft, and with one
full swoop plucked tuft from the name of
the British Lion.
"Now said l.
eyes," said he.
"Have they preserved the tuft ?" 1 ask
ed.
He said they had
"What became of old Lundy ?" said l.
"Alas," he replied, "he sleeps beneath
the sod"
Then we wcpt-the hack driver and me-
He wept for old Lundy and | wept Tor the
sod. 1t was picture, it was 1t ought
10 De ulu up III wax.
GLOW much to do Lundy? ?" said I.
"Wel, seeing it's you, I'll take you there
for dollar, and you couldn't 60 for less
than that in a wheelbarrow
got into his vehicle, and going out
everything was lovely. BY and by we got
to what be called Lundy's Lane 1t was
two or three patches of grass with fence
around them, one b,indle COW with fence
around her, and country road The dri-
yer said he guessed | had better pay. So l
handed him dollar bill, painted green on
the back
"Why," said he, 1--WE arc in Canada, and
| want gold"
He said | was sickly looking cuss, and
had come to the Falls FOR health So he
squared himself and doubled up two fists
that looked like lager beer kegs, and said
"You little withered cuss you, if you
don't come down with quarter I'll puuch
your snoot."
My snoot feels better when it amt
punched so [ came dowG with the quar-
ter. Then said:
81 guess I've got enough of Lundy,"
and l went to get into his wagon, when he
yelled out:
"What in thunder are you doing !" [
said, "Getting in."
"Well," said he ''that is cool You had
better get out again darned quick"
Then he broke the news TO me very gent
ly that he had agreed to bring me out for
dollar, and the price for going back
would be five dollars.
"No p said l.
eyes," said he.
"Then I'll walk" said l.
He got on his old rattle box and COM
menced to move. looked like one twelfth
dozen mourners at a one hack funeral.
He talked to me thusly:
Hot, amt it? Ever see so much dust
before. Going to rain soon."
Up came the clouds and down came the
rain | had walked mile, and ! said 81
guess Pll get in"
| gave him five dollars.
Said he, "Give me another dollar
told him he agreed to take me for five
dollars.
"Oh." said he, 'it was pleasant then,
but see its raining now"
| gave him the money and finally reach
ed the hotel, and don't take hacks any