The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-08-12


DO not hitch your horses to the
shrubbery.'
Visit the Cave Of the Winds"
Have your portrait taken in your
carriage.
Forty per cent. in gold levied on
all peanuts or other Indian curiosi-
| 5ies purchased in Canada.
photographs of the Falls taken
| lere."
"Iisitors will please notify the
| iugerintcndent OF any neglect on
the part OF employees to charge for
commodities or services. Go in
attention of this kind observed)
Don't throw stones down they
may hit people below"
The propr;etors will not be re-
sponsible for parties who Jump over
the Falls" NIore Sinking of re-
sponsibity-it appears to be the
prevailing thing here.)
always had a high regard for
the signers Of the Declaration of
Independence, but now they do not
really seem to amount to much
alongside the signers of Ma ara
Falls. TO tell the plain truth, the
multitude ofsigns annoyed me. 1t
was because I noticed at last that
they always happened to prohibit
the very thing l was just wanting
to do. I desired to roll on the
grass; the sign prohibited it. I
wished to climb tree; a sign pro-
hibited it. And 7 longed to smoke:
the sign prohibited it. And I was
just in the act Of throwing a stone
over to astonish and pulverize such
parties as might be picnicing below,
when sign 7 have just mentioned
forbade that. Even that satisfac-
ton was denied me (and I a friend
less orp5an.) There was no re
source now but to seek consolation
in the flowing bowl. I drew my
flask from my pocket, but it was all
in vain. A sign confronted me,
which said:
NO drinking allowed on these
premises"
On that spot 1 might have perish
ed Of thirst butfor the saving words
OF an honored maxim that fitted
through my memory at that critical
moment, AL signs fail in dry
time" Common law takes prece-
dence of the statutes. was saved.
The noble Red Man has always
been a darling Of mine. I love to
read about him in tales and legends
and romances. 7 love to read of
his inspired sagacity; and Of his
love OF the wild, free life of noun
tain and forest; and his grand
truthfulness his hatred of treach-
cry; and his general nobility of
character; and bis stately meta
phorical manner Of speech; and his
chivalrous love for his dusky maid
en-: and the picturesque pomp of
his dress and accoutrement. Es-
pecially the picturesque pomp of his
dress and accoutrement. When I
found the shops at Niagara Falls
full of dainty Indian bead-work and
stunning moccasins, and equally
stunning toy figures representing
human beings who carried their
weapons in holes bored through
their arms and bodies, and had feet
shaped like pie, T was filled with
emotion. I knew that now, at last,
I was going to come face to face
with the noble red men. A lady
clerk in the shop told me, indeed,
that all her grand array of curiosi-
ties were made by the Indians, and |
that there were plenty about the
Falls, and that they were friendly, |
and it would not be dangerous to
speak to them. And sure enough:
as I approached the bridge leading
over to Luna Island, came upon a
noble old son OF the forest sitting
under tree, diligently at work on
a bead reticule. He wore a slouched |
hat and brogans, and had a short,
black pipe in his mouth. Thus
does the baneflll contact with our
effeminate civilization dilute the
picturesque pomp which is so nat
rlral to Indians when far removed
from us in his native haunts. I
addressed the relic as follows:
rs the Wawhoo- Wang wang of !
the Wack-a-Wack happy? Does the
great Speckled Thunder sigh for
the war-patb: or is his heart con-
tented with dreaming of his dusky
maiden, the Pride of the Forest?-
Does the mighty sachem yearn to
drink the blood of his enemies, or
is he satisfied to make bead reti-
cules for the papoose Of the pale
face? Speak. sub.relic Of by-gone
granderu-venerable ruin, speak,"
The relic said:
An isit meself, Dinnis Hooligan,
that yed be taken for a bloody In
jim. ye drawlin' lantern-jaw spi-
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