, 1873-06-16
scribe how NO did, and how other people mayto,
. THE FALLss

People In tho country lavo an idea that 1T coats
= large stim In order TO stop over to zoe tho
Falls but suoh Is mol noccHHarilY tho case. III
an arninblo look, as though you wero going to
hand your pookct-boot to tho array Of r9,nners
but don't do It, but go to tlo 1ntornatlonal Or
luggago, nfil ntnrs out for Tie Bights. You. go
through tito back ynrl, mud arc Oh tho bank of
tho rivor, wlloro you 500 tho watora Just mailing
tho leap Of tho fall. Go OIL to doat Island il
@ Io pNSas' Now, wat nj" down E Ito rsor to tic now snu.
ronBon Bridge, ovor which you mny pasa md
return for mother 30 conta oacl,. You aro in
front Of tho fall, and may pnsa up 10 nosr tho
dsrgo dsnonod ~. d IN % It's spfay. IL yo iio ~bnt DO
not.[you may 70 down into tho Cavo OF
tllo Winds, aud get Us wet as you pioasoo; or you
nay draw On q waterproof nnit Tor dollar. You
hive nov Beon all tlloro IL OF tho Falls, and may
ioavo on tic 10 o'clock train. For all Of this
you llnvo paid out Just $500 oas!', and y2u have
lad good breakfaBt, nrld have dono oil there In
Of tho Tails.
thore is another slie Tho taking Of loona;
tho hiring Of hacltB tho purchase Of relics. In
dian boaas, &c.. and seoifig :. placea and tl,ings
of intorest" rese enbr@Ge &c Cont 1sa,,a Three
81 sfs % Vf w s4sSs Gs1sSH ssffp Froses peo o eSss
Whirlpool ID Dovtl's Hole, Table ,koch, Bua-
ay''ii@ aya Iano), b! baFa!ng springa, brocss Monu-
n to % "a a v9g s TOP p pf :, taS oas yo san
do in day, and at a cost for carriage Of from
$40 to s15, yon paying brl1gn-tolln aud oxpon-
sea a,lu tlo twonty-four lol1rs' Btay yill mako
respectable pnm to do tho Falls md visit :. tho
p1acos Of intorest." And then you can purchase
rc1ics Of tho old battlo-nelda whore or ancestors
fonght and killed. tho British 0onoral Brock.
Withcorn ut % conta, hlra. Rural and myself cou.
cnletl simply to do tho Falls, and leave out tho
carriago aud tl,o thingH md plncos Of intoroat;"
and. when TINT was done. ITO found tho cost as
above stated. 1Ind wo donc tho whole thing,
rs bushels Of corn would tavo boon BucrI-
acoa nB tho roault but that wo can nov hold
for n rise III tho mnrket.
In looking ut tho Falls, ono Ia struck with the
fdea Of o vast wnsto Of wnter:powor. Why, il
wo Ind this falls out on ono Of our prarleB, Wo
could build up a thriving villago and encourage
s II So ,o It Toa 1 II ss9 41 throw be tho oS f o
fall oil tho hack1non, and dead-boats, and bum
nors, for, rs wo should hayo no interesting
placos for them to lie about, they would bc OF no
earthly uso.
III tLe second point Of Wow, tho Fal1a arc to
30 looked ut as groat inipodin,ont to uay|ga-
ton and 1t Is tho duty OF CougreBs to remove
it. It is nov, pretty, cortaln that Columbus
was born out Of timo, at 1oast mill
il ho had waited that time, tho watora would
have cut and worn away Tho soft Limestone mud
slla1o,> whon tho wators Of Lake Eric would havo
boon drainod and q Iavigabe rivcr loft IL its
Fitt1u. 1AcA III ofouk NUuu uNY0 boLalnu kl9
question Of cheap, freights, for we would have
no toll to pay OIL tho 1Feland Canal, md Chicago
would havo stood high anl dry, like Cleveland,
and Lake Calumet and tho aatg would haTo been
nice dry land. But, ns Columbus discovered Nj
agnra Fails thus prematnroly, wo lavo only to
c,lt a now channel for tho river or dig down
these falls, that now no othor purpose but
to drain the pockets Of orelulous yiaitors.
Again on tho rail. We find tho neason cold md
baokward. Much Of tho corn is yet out OF this
ground, and farmers Bay tho fruit crop ia worry
unpromiatnE.
Tho route through Michigan and Canada is a
pleasant ono. Tho road la In fine order, tho cars
all tint could DO degired and officers attentive
Then tho Fails my in tho route requiring but q
fow hours' time and small SUN to ouabe Tho
traVolor to SEQ oil thoro in Of this groat natural
| wondQr Of tho Contnont. Eyory person WHO
vista tho East should 60 return BY this route
rlyors and draining lakos.
| Syracuse ID tho place whore they
! SYNDICATE THE Cnop OF sALT
| It Ia good thing for tho salt-interest. The
Of their toll aud capital; aud it is but matter
] Of duty that it owes tho farmer to allow ua to
| syndicate and soil our corn, wheat, and other
| crops. I think thoro is nothing in tho way. Tho
| exchange tho products Of tho prairie for snch
| things as NO need Of other countries, aud thus
| put 1s on equal terms with the outside world.
Tho statc might purchase oil our staples, aud
pay gopu pf!ce !or tuoH1t Aau dell tuesn "ilen
tho market il high, or keep up the price, just US
tho Ralt mon DO
OswEao, June 7.-The app1os arc tuat begin
| ming to ehcd their blossoms, and all Vegetation
| has q backward look. The city l,ns its streotH
we'll lined with eln1, maple, and tho horso-chest-
| nut, tho latter Of which is in bloom.
| osWEao
| is point Of interest to tho WeHt Every wifo
| knows tue value Of Oswogo starch, mado out Of
| Illinois corn. But, as o Erain-market it Ia bot
tor knnWtt Tim fArn1nr nla Midland nni3rnnf]
| is n now route to Now York City; and Just now
| they aro constructing tho Lake Ontario Shore
Road, toconneot at Lewiston with tho uroat Wost-
ern Railway. Tha will give, us new route to
| West. Thus slowly, yet surely, tho question
three tracks on tho Now York Central, to which
arc to be added two moro for freight exclusively.
This harbor Is filled with idlo canal-boats, "a
tho gfain-trade, for some caucc, is not pressing
this route, though tho people insist that this ii
to DO ono Of the great outlets for tho Woat. Al
I the laBt session OF Congress- $1,000 WAS ap-
| proprfatel for IN outor larbor, i'll order to mako
moro room for the grain md lumber trado Tie
Midland Railroad, connecting with the Michigan
| Central and Great Western Iloals, will bo able
to carry IN immonao quantity Of grain. 4 nov
bridge is to bo puilt for this purposo over the
! also, a connection with Lake Ontario. Our hard
| coal is brought to Oswego, to DO Hhippoil In ro
turn voasels aud cars, thus giving. freight botl
1 ways. 1t eau bo easily seen that tho roat
named will soon have mi increased importance
| to tho West.
PuLAsK1, June 0.~-Thia point ia OIL Balmor
River, aud mllos from tho lake At Port Ontario
An effort is making to mako that another groat
receptacle for tho trado OF the Wost, aB tloro il
| d largo harbor, completely lanalockel, muct
superior in this respect to that of Oswogo, from
| which it Is distant Is miles.
This point, to me, IL ono Of intoroat, for It wat
horo thai took my Arst LESSONS in tho munpula.
tion Of tho soil, In tho
MAKING or 1lUD-rtEH.
There Ia no doubt that this laid the foundation
for taatc for rural life In tho yillago-boy, WHO
waa noon called to tho schoo}-room to maator the
mysteries Of tho alphabet and to be prepared
for ylago-life but tho fatoB ordered otherwiso
for soon tho prairie-couutry oponod up AT
| enticng Acid for rural labor.
Ihon the river waB in roalitya
BALMoN RlvEn,
for It was filled with this t,sh, which sold for
to conts pound but 1t IL years since thni
moro than now aud then q Htray salmon hat
vonturod into the stream, whose watera arc now
vaxod with many wheels and chockod by man,