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

phfuon Oub tomHhhluht hOWNNNif
shouldn't one, for buying a very little
match box at a very large price, WHEN
dimples and smiles are thrown in the
bargainl) The boarded up" spot, OF
which gumbIers growl so loudly, is a
portion Of the bank, from which, before
this season, the best view of the falls
from the American side WAS to be get
free. II is nog being laid out in a hand
some park, ard the admittance fee is
twenty-five cents.
We did not 90 inside first, because
did not want to see all yet. preferred |
mlI pleasure in bits" by degrees, and |
second, one can see the same view from |
Suspension bridge when crossing over to |
the Canadian side. Having walked now |
and seen all worth seeing IN that way, we |
proposed riding over TO the enemy and |
taking In, or heiug "iaken in," Canada
Bnl first we drove down to the "whirl- !
pool RAPIDS pal ing fee of fifty cents
to descerd In the elevator. Here the
rapids. having torn aud rushed madly
over the falls above, now toss themselves
into an cctasy of frersy, and whirl round
and round, leap'ng up in mid air, tossing
up white arms of foam, and meaning, all
| the while, the same wild song. Further
/ down the q" whirpool'' demands another
! llAf NtUlHs UAb " II unnecessary W E0
herp, as it is but repetition of the
rapids above. over The Suspension
bridge to Canada, for which toll of
s2.75 fog carriage and fine is demanded.
aud here we sum mp all the little "bits'
of beauty which we have seen, and the
gorgeous Horseshoe Falls is the result.
rhis, then, is what the rapids have tried
to tell us all along, with their lashiug
white tongues and mighty voices, this
majesty OF waierl What wonder we
could not interpret their language.
Even now ore's eyes are blinded
for time by the glorious oeauty. A
wave Of white foam. a glistening
sheeni of chrs soprase-and over all the
rays Of violet and azure and crimson
and the surge Of the waters-iti l. II psalm,
So Who Is tins King Of Glory The Lord
Of Hosts, lie is the King of Glory ="
We "take in - hut few of the sights in
Canada, many OF them belrg worthless
(than is asked to see thnn) and the dan
gtr0us places are forbidden, tho the
T" Cave of the Winds" beneath the
American Falls, looked tempting enough,
to one of the party at least, to be tue
subject of some argument on the feaslbil'
iiy Of disoheyiag orders or one little
= siVht / will speak for IL was really
hthNtiNui hhl 'lhltc Nptth VIZ tl4hth7 -.
} OF 95 cent7-I mean the Camera"
where one goes TO sleep, as it were, in the
dark, and lol the lOvcllcst dream OF
, Of Niagara appears TO them on canvas
/ condensed into five minutes miniature,
q but perfect, to wave Of leaf aud color OF
k water-ouly the song OF the cataract is
= hushcd. 1t is a quiet day dream OF
p Niagara. Back 10 our native laud We
s drive, ard fad, upon c1uuting-up, that
/. with carriale hire ana all the sight seeing
I aud we have seen oil worth seeing, barring
;. that little disappointment of The 'eaYe,
;. our party OF five have paid tribe oyei
a SO apiece. Is that exorb.ilnt, Mr.. Grum
e blerl
+ After tea a party of us agreed to q
a over to Goats leland once more to se
r. Niar,ra i'm bis evening toilet 10y the Ugh
2 of the stars. or, the simmer and shin
II of the grfen waters under the mo0nl l
=, bow Of colOts hangs over the ialls-io
y ones delight up on hign, white cloud
L. driu over The clear blue, and the seve
IL bright stars of the Dlpper twinkle an
.e CLEAN. never 50 bright before. With tn
j. morning. comes orr goodbye to th
u ialls,' while all give in long, last, loviu
nj looks as wc speed fat away over th
se route which takes us bone gia the Ne
"a York Central K. K. The tide along th
D.. New York to Albany road is strikingl
'e mouotonous compared with the rOut
ne by which we came to Niagara al
cs the North Penn sylyania. Pennsylvania
cs with her great hilly b0soms Of wealth,
ia like IA beautiful mother, full to the hear
41 otsatv ~. in fnpuiuu with richness C1