Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08
TO NIAGARA AND BACK.


TO NIAGARA AND BACK.
How It May Bo Done Without Costing
Fortune and be Greatly Enjoyed.
As It seems to have crown into con.
frmed idea Of late, that to make The
"tour of Niagara" one must carry the
purse of Fortuuatus and wear "eip and /
Tells" as well, according to the accounts .
of some. Will you plegse let ne tell to |
all those whD may have given up cher |
ished hopes IN cOnstqnenec.of this alarm (
ing edict that it Is quite possible 10 take I
this delightful trip, see all that Is worth |
seeing, without carrying any such heavy I
purse, (and wearing only the usual Sen 1
sible ''iockcy hat and leather Of the /
period y Are theer-n0t always, IN all .
places, dull grim peope-who see all
things Though dull grim glasscs those
who take greater pleasure in picking
pleasure to pieces, than in accepting
heartily her little ''wOrds and manners
The story of one "sueh h''-and he's
man, Of course, has been going the
rounds of the press. ile declares to see
Niagara one is put eighteen dollars
day out of pocket," (aud in a bad tenn
per, TO Judge from his own illnaured
repyrt.) Indeed, because crusty Mr.. Dol
lars and cents (spcll il with c. Plea 80
comes home frOm his summer excursion
dissatisfied with all he saw, and cross and
/ indignant at ''pariing with his money!"
/ it does not follow that others may not so
the same trip, have delightful tour and
come home 'gdy and happy" with not
such a big hole In ones poekei-b9ok
either. This is how ws did il. ESeur-
sion ticket No. 4S, of the North Peuusyl-
vanla X. r. "to Niagara and back' costs
/ lust 1870 50, Il drawing-roOm car ticke,
81 50 extra, and it's worth twice that
with it's luxurious chairs aud comforts.
This route takes you via Munch Cnuuk,
at whose feet the mad little black LehlgR
tanglts itself into snarls around the
mountains, while MI. Pisgah ioCms up
stately in the distance smiling thro' Il
mist al it's antics. Along this ''Switzer-
Hind" road, up-up at the rate Of AZ
miles an hour We are sped along Fiom
dizzy heights, thro' plate-glass windows,
we see the beautiful Wyoming Valley
spread out bofure us like painted pc,ure.
Dinner is teltgraphed for us by tue gen
tlemanly porter, and We reach White
Haven ut one o'clock TO find ready a deli
ciuus meal, are given plenty Of time in
which to eat it, aud are charged but
seventy-llve cents. Al =. m. we change
cars at Eimira. and here ! VIII tell you
we are asked IL fabulous plicc for supp T.
eve are ',aken in New York state
now whispers my companion as it
4, settled hls biz. a long night ride takes
us through miles and miles OF village
a and bamlets-nol like our PennsJ Jiyanii
/. towns, vivid with red brick houses ant
barns, but looking in the twilight ghastl.
and pale in white paint and white washe'
fences. Sleepy and tired we Teae
Niagara at O'Clock, a. M, dhsk
dprkness envelopes everything. Guide
% hy lantern to the Cataract House cOlc
II we rattle over the road and soon rcae
n the holel where we nnd attentive waitcri
e even at that hour and rsttul bed
N Bfisht sunshine comes with the morning
" and sleep is soon chased from her conc
N hy waking curiosity, for all night long
/ solemn rear and rapid fusi have mur
INJURED a mysterious prelude to the unscc
wonder, and a mighty noise OF waici
has whispered in cur dreams with weir
power.
D. "To the parlor overlooking the raj ids
d reads the placard on the wall as we d.
IS secnd the stairs, " Let breakfast wait q
u utltLilts iIlffuItts bNlbi' va
IN lot me dfiuk in Niagara. | must q
ct what il is | have heIrd all niglt.
cr Quickly wall, through the long, beaut
w rul parlor, out into the wide piazza an
~ almost into the arms Of the whIrlin
", writing rapids What shall say of Ii
to brcathlpss surprise that thrilled me as
n. beheld at last the voice in my dreams a
n. night OF the falls had read aud hea
on so Iluch aud SO often, aLd nothing h
Is, ever made me understand what the rdpl
we're Even the pictures put them ol
and put In always the iails-A Vag
sort of imagining had eonjured them
be-perhaps succession oftgrraeed, Q'i
to mil dam falls, which would lead TO {
Isl urand falls and stop, but this migl
i'll ocean of Jagged rocks, which seem
are moan and roar with the weight Of
II mad sea as Il rushes over them, this ali
lIs boiling, SETTLING water, with Tvs rysill
We spirit of persOnilicd force, darting, to
to ing. iuaming on and ON, lis shall
the tlriiths all green, It's crested surface viii
II with froth, its leaps and Hll5-eud
ars wavs and eyer the mean and roar
1ne a mighty voice Far in the distance O
ght can fancy one sees The line Of the 10
it, where it lies rippliug and PLACID,
ten calm before the st0rmi then fall; d
mmhling the waters rush mad'y, ne
lris ending, never stopping, on and On
th- eternity II would seem over these rap
you the piazza of the Cataract House arl.
ing almost to hang-oue seems in u
end midst-rapids TO right Of them, rapid
ape left of them yollcy, and thunder
some distance TO the right q faint wi
:. mist rises and falls at Intervals, ard {
ing crowd Of people crossing the hti
f., III, Hfrnafiou meet the - q.
ger, Pandatiarum HIMSELF" Niagara Fla
,uld to be taking his morning yni or bath,
YER hasten to follow the crowd that | D
nye be there when he finishes his toilet
ears tics bis chow" To cross OytrtO Go
ask Island one has to pay 30 cents toll;
includes eve ythug on the Isl,
rom aud the crossing Of the other
lies bridges to the S.stcrs and sghts.
who short woody walk leads to Lind lsls
ping IN little kid beside the Go
T. / We follow some wooden at ps do
ious then, half-bhnded, ore stagstrs 10
and little bridge rliliug, and thrO' mist
nedl emptiou-the Falls Of Niagara spl
your in all their almlgGlihess Like kin
ncu, his ermlue, v hte As the puresf 81
.ious with a crown of rainbow-hued CO
X in shining round him, the God Of va
ut ] here " first dazzles, then enchants
. then DER awls.' Held last by KIND 8
yoa and firm steps, lean far over the
help which is fascinstingly dangerous-it
I'D to ciumble and fail at any time. And
iked the mist Of the waters rise up to my
o my and baptize me true worshlpcr d
oice. shrine. " Do you not feel iu; lguih'
have 10 be. now I" asks ms companion a
foe walk away. "No, no." answer wa
sunct aud with all my heart, Z" feel glar
love that | am too" Shady paths, nai
lean. enough to be picturesque and GUILTY
y in enough to be good walking, lead owe
For two lesser bridges which connect the
whom ters," aud always around us ami bel
run the roaring, rushing rapld=, tc'
NINA mcrclltssly onward In their course.
ask, waters of these rapids have wo
I'd Of fully peculiar fragrance-I will cal
o You for il is the most delicious, clean, cr
" can clear smell, not salty like the ocean
have fresh like river, hut peculiar
:. Is Niagara-like, and nothing else.
well, water is full cf little air sparkles
but bubbles like champagne, aud lool
iay is, though 1t would taste eiisrvescent.
YOU the aroma intoxicated me.
LIE. An afternoon walk thro' the v
showed us a very pretty little town.
best hotels are on the main stree
b.. the if ones pockel-boOk will net I
10 aid S4.5O day. there are ID
takes of neat little white cottages to {
, only from, where Hboard and lodging
red by be obtained at more reasonable prie