New-York tribune., 1873-05-27

last OF these will bo known 10 the world st large WnA
is near at hand IA seldom maryelous have me. hu
rupeans here who had crossed the ocean 10 ponou '
cataract; aud know men in Buffalo, 20 miles dSlah''
who have never Witnessed IT,
VARIOUS LOCAL swiSDLH
There arc a great many since Suspension briuRo
has been made one OF tho intermediate points between
the aud west and every train brings visitors
NO that the inns and the professional swnders generay
drive good trade Every year, cozening becomes not
more customary-for there has not been time In ths
century when the custom not estabshed-bnt more
| unbushingy audacious The last enoroachment upon
the pubie Of which you have probably heard, ia the
formation OF what called Prospect Park on the Amer
lean side This simply incosinG all tho ground along
the river from which any obtain view Of the
Fills and charging 80 cents admission to the noosure.
one would suppose that the fees you compelled to
nav for going 20 Goat Island and for crossing both
pension bridges for going under the cataract and for
any sort Of satisfactory glimpse OF II might have salts
fed the pecuniary OF imposition In this vicinity
One who thinks so knows not Niagara. The
nav OF imposition Ia 80 utterly Unsuitable that
there Is ground for believing that plan
is foot to have the Falls entirely nolosed with
holes at the sides. for the optical OF which u a
second viii be charged. have doubt In respect
to the roof although 1t Is intmated there Is to be roof
lest persons by going up in balloon and looking down
should avoid the tax How far upward, wonder, do
the titles OF properhoders and essees hereabout eX-
tendi Their titles 1t might be inferred like their nature
aud their destiny could not be above the earth the
runor that all the rear windows OF the hotels to be
boarded to prevent patrons from looking in the d.
reeon of the Falls has yet been subsantiated nor
has the story that all travellers on arrival Will be COM
PEELED either pay 80 cents cotton In their ears
TO prevent their hearing the The Clifton House. on
the Canada side, specially adverses itself as the only
hotel from which the cataract may be seen with
out extra charge, and tins Is fact. Inc
Clifton, by the by, thanks to paint and new furniture,
looks brighter and better than it for many day.
The haokmen, Just now. not half 40 rapacious as
they will be in few weeks They will take you 10
Goat Island or over the Suspension Bridge and still
leave q s. in your portemonnaio. They are probably
OF this, however, for 1t Is the habit OF ther
life and calling get every penny you have and abuse
you because you have 1t Is pity that tourists
and peasureseekers cannot be protected iu some way
| from these rogues. They and their fellow swindlers
destroy most OF the satisfaction received here. They
are greater curiOse Of Nature than the cataract ITSELF
| but in a different way. They much below aver
age Nature the cataract is above It, am surprised
that the leading hotels do not in consonance with the
general spirit of extorion put up their rates to 0 SIS,
or even so day. But they do not. They are consid-
erate-oi themselves at least-demandng onF S;
while the seeOnd-cass houses content with 81 or w.
| - IN FRONT OF AND UNDER THE FALL
1t is said that another steamboat like The Maid Of the
Mist with the same name ia 10 be built here and to
make trips up the river in the very face OF the Falls,
| after the old fashion. The former Maid OF the Mist
| missed the money she might have made by bad man
agemen; aud it Is proposed that the new Mud shall
placed in better hands There Is need here OF aVarlet
| Of things TO do
under the Horseshoe Fan gave way, the Canada side
has somewhat mOnOtOnOuS. over here, tne cnlei
| eensatiOn-uness one should choose TO shoot TWO or
three hackmen, in the interest OF humanys 10 enter
the OF the Winds IL s worth the trouble or chang
ing your attire for oicOth suit and the little time re-
Oured TOR the achievement. There isn't particle OF
| danger If the least prudence be used-nO danger
enough, in fact, TO render the experiment seaucnVe
| and the experience, well as the views obtained,
| are really renunerative. When you hrst descend
| the little iron staircase, 20 20 under the
American FALL the wind rusheS In yonr lace, ana the
ling. But you get accustomed to 1t, and nnd the
beginning 10 be formidable than the rest You are
secure enough with felt sandals and once behind
Se sheet you idea of the aud force OF the
have Vassed through the Cave aud on the other 6de
standing upon the rocks you have such visions or rain
bows seldom seen save IN dreams, ana certain
thrOb of pulse and thrill OF blood that positively en-
| jOyable i'll this hum-drum life. There is no
| real of guide even. as know ny
actual experience, though guides Will insist upon
and dignity the enterprise. Delicate women, IL they
have aud good lungs, can go under the Falls with
out inconvenience or alarm. They seldom do 1t but
those who have done IL once are glad TO do II again. Tor
speak Of the opportunity of having accomplished what
so many OF their timfdly shrink from. When you
come 10 Niagara this season Miss, Mrs. Mr. Reader,
don't Cave otthe Winds since II is verita6y the
highest and best of this regions recreat1Ons
The hotel keepers anticipate more active season tnan
they have had owing they say 70 Increased rail-
way facilities the augmented inclination 10 travel anu
the still greater reputation OF the FAILS