Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-07-18

left the ale untouched. After the lunch
THEY ALL WHISPERED TOGETHER
and laughed merrily, and soon after they
left the hotel and walked down TO the
creek.
One of the villagers noticed, as they pass
ed out from under the shadow of the inn,
with its caves as humble rs Uriah IIeep,
glinting in the sunshine. Il dark cloud sud
denly obscured the sun, and they seemed
to walk as If under dark canopy. When
they obtained boat, however, this time
free to go where they pleased, and under
no restricting promise TO the landlord, they
turned its piow down the stream, and the
sun came out from behind the cloud and
lighted up the waters and threw glory
about the fair girl in the stern Of the boat,
and dazcd the eyes of the boy in the bow.
An old gentleman who was passing over
the bridge that spans the creek little dis
tance from ts mouth was attracted by the
light laughter that came up from the boat,
and paused few moments, looking steadi-
ly in that direction. Whether the young
man at the oars was at the moment too
much engaged in looking into the pretty
face directly in front of him or not it is i'm
possible to say, but the old gentleman re-
marked that he was very unskillful In his
management of the boat.
OUT IN THE CURRENT.
While the old gentleman was looking,
the boat, floating with the current, though
little impelled by the oars, passed out into
the Niagara.
Now. at this point, less than three miles
from the cataract, it is possible TO row
across the river. Not only is it possible,
but matter ofconstant occurrence, it is
considered comparatively safe. But in
crossing from the American side, leaving
the pier near the Erie depot, it is necessary
tn row up the river as far as the end of
Grass Island, and then to cross, still pull
ing diagonally up the stream and bending
to the work for dear life when in the dark
looking waters pointed out from the shore
as
THE CHANNEL OF THE CURRENT.
On the other hand, rowing from the
Canada shore, you still pull a long way up
the stream before YOU venture to diagona-
lize across,
Down below the mouth of Chippewa
creek, some twenty rods away, there is q
"river fencc,' beyond which the current
sets with fearful force toward the rapids.
The old man watched the boat moving
along in direction diagonally down the
stream and heading for outside of the
river fence.n He tottercd back and
caught at the railing Of the bridge for sup
port, his face grew deathly pale and he
trem5led like an aspen leaf A little child
crossed the bridge and looked at him curl
ously, Then an old woman followed, and
he asked each of them if they knew who
was in the boat that was going.
To- GO ovER THE FALLS.
rbo 10 hel,,
thought he was crazed. The chiId ran
away crying. This man was one of three
who saw the boat after it left Chippewa,
while it still retained its form.
IN THE RAPIDS.
As the water fence was passed and the
current was bearing them along swiftly
specks of froth dotted the water. The
girl looked from these beyond and caught
a glimpse Of the white foam and mist
thrown now and again high in air along
the crest of the first rapids. She uttered
n cry and pointed in the direction of the first
line of descent above Goat Island. Her
lover looked over his sho alder, and an eK-
preston of horror must have settled upon
his face. There was doubtless none of the
girls cheek that had made her the admira-
ton of the rugtics in the village she was
fore. Her lover grasped one of the oars
with frantic haste, and with both hands he
thought to turn the boat in the middle oi
that current running like mill-race. lie
looked then, apparently, for the other oar
looked in the bottom of the boat and OF
every side frantically. lie had lost the oa,
in the moment of his FIRST appalling hor
rOr
lie HAD DROPPED ONE OAR IN THE WA
TER,
and it was carried away in second be
yond sight and beyond sound, down in tho
depths Of the Ioamirg abyss of the rapids
now yawning beneath them. The boat
darted down the first crest of rocks, tho
stern swinging about II moment she wal
lost to view, and then came swinging on
seeming to point toward Cedar Island
Then she rose on the point OF Z reat foam
covered rock and darted down b0w fore
most, as though stecrcd by iuviSi 6Le hands
From the new tower the poor wrctghc, wlC
had gone so gaily forth in the trau cookies
shell were seen cliuging 10 each HiEcE IL
the bottom of the boat. Then cloud o
OF mist ANA spray yeicd the whole from
sight, and for al instant oa,y, iu.C under
the arch of the rainbow over the cleft of Tux
Horseshoe Fall, the end of the boat pro
truded from the foam and mist another
instant, for the space ut The lightning:
flesh, two Blaei; fra -meu,s ul the breaking
boat were seen, and that was all. Ihi
waters hid all else, and have continued tC
hide all save few fragments ut the boat
which washed ashore beneath the cata raut
a SToRM.-The Waynesburg Green,
county, Republican, of July ,, says u ter
rilc storm of wind, thundes lightning aut
rain was visited upon a portion of this
county southwest Of this place, Tuesday
evening last, its deyastations reaching
within Two or three miles OF Wayuesburg
Fruit trees were blown up by the roots
and also large oaks. Jessee Blair had a
stable struck by lightning, killing an OK
within. Thos. Bond had steer killed
either by lightning or by tree falling on
Il corn fields were badly washed and
taken all in all it was The most destructive
and irightful storm that has becA eSpe
rienccd in this coRDty for many day.
LAYING DowE THE LAw,--Some year!
ago luminous lawyer, with considerable
swell, but not much brain, went to Doyles
town to ''locate." Not long after, when
the postofflce was full of people, awaiting