The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-19
NEW ROUTES---NEW PLEASURES.
The Romance and Tragedy Of
the Falls.
NiAGARA AGAIN A FAVORITE:.
Modification OF Old Annoyances
to Tourists.


Buffalo. Since The opening OF the new Tourists and
Ipvalds' Hotel in that most delightful OF the Lake
cites Western Southern travel to The Falls has
been extensively swerved In that direction, and
travellers from the East likewise beginning to be
attracted there Although Buffalo, when Boomer
lived by pipants to be the abode OF the
crack caterer, next to Dolmonco on this side Of the
Atlanuc IL has never before had crack hotel
A PARADISE FOR INvALiDs
The ready is intended 10 rank with The best
OF public entertainment in the world Nothing
but ITS is against IL, but In tae course
OF lecture which its proprietor gave 10
guests the gy mnasium attached 1t q few
evenings ago he explained that, nasmuch rs the few
millions he possesses were made out OF invalids," he
had built this costly ed6ce mainly for their benefit,
and dd hesitate 10 advertise II in their name.
dozen medical specialists on duty in Il daily, and,
besides the gymnasium. il is provided with sumptuous
baths and other appliances for cure health and
menL Benehcent things accomplished already.
For example, a fat pork merchant from Cincinnati
fat that when he came fortnight ago he had 10 bs
supported up the steps and could only sit down and
wheeze-has since shed forty odd pounds OF bImselG
aud Is beaming about the lower corridors with
a Yet there Is nothing in the general ap-
pearance OF the institution to suggest hospital.
II is constructed grand scale, and furnished
and kept In style fit Tor Newport or Saratoga
~
Prospect Hill, overlooking the parks thore which
have long been the summer resorts OF lovers chill.
dren and nurses It's upper windows gazing out over
Fort Porter and the embouchure of Lake Erie where
pours tho collected waters OF the great upper
into the channel OF the Niagara which here begins lis
dow. On tho Canadian shore, opposite, are tho ruins
Of old Fort Erie. The fair eusnes OF Point Albino
stretch the distance toward the The roofs
OF elevators and the masts oil lake shppisg in
haze along the recedng city 'front.' and one mas only to
bis mead to view the towers, spires aud chmneys
and the smoky amber crown of the Queen City Of tho
lower lakes.
CITY OF BELLIES.
II 10 ricb, and, in some respects, an aistocratic
silly az that word may be applied 10 any thing Ameri-
CAM. where, on Delaware avenue and the drives OF
the new park visitor may these afternoons
array OF stylish equipaees and count astonishing
number OF beautiful girls. The old ditty.
Baltimore girls yo' comm tonight
Are yo' csmin' out tonighty
was composed one moonlight evening in Buffalo by q
ballad writer and singer OF the day named Pattisou.
who wrote 1t "Bunalo girs,' and serenaded a
OF the latter with II the same night In company
with his troupe. For two generations past "Bufalo
girls" have almost proverbiaily invincbIs wher-
they have wandered They arc famous travellers
Some have made countesses and baron esses
and has a coronetl The best among them,
nfter all, nave nonoreu thcir own countrymon In
marriage, and many OF the involved in
gagemeuts with local admirers They almost with
sut exception vivacous and enchanting that few
visitors the city who omit 10 try to her,
and occasionally an outsider obtains the prize. Thus
Buffalo Is rendered an extraordinary magnet, ana
this summer 1t h throDged with tourists and stran-
gers VINO only In" on their way TO, but
many Instances stop there on their way back FROM
abe Falls.
PROM BUFFALO TO THE CATARACT.
The distance from Buffalo 10 the Falls Is only
twenty hve miles, and the trip may be taken on two
unusual speed. It's worse than going from London
10 Dover on the fast exprsss-you Get
srl the river, and abounds with .charmins
Tho river current is very swift Between the
Ere street depot al Buffalo, and rand Island II flows
IN some places, at the rate OF nine miles hour
Grand Island twelve miles long ana eight miles wide,
from Buffalo It's head and from It's foot verge
Of the cataract being IN each instance little over
miles From the source Of the river at Buffalo 10 |
bchosssr twenty miles below tho tall 10 twenty feet
IRON scniosser TO The brink OF the fails, three miles
further, the fall is any three feet and when the day
trains the city whirI the traveller down abreast
OF eager water he bsholds It rushing,
nsshina, iosming above its current OF deep dark |
on into tho village with expectation Of the grandeur
that awsits him.
MIGHTY NIAGARA
When the tram stops majestic, sullen comes |
hts ears. This distant and Expresses the
visitor at his hotel while he makes bis toilet and his
preparatory moaL He Is unsalisned until no calls
hack and sets out 70 approach nearer aud nearer,
AS Tor the scene and the dapason OF which he then |
receives the iuI effect and volume, they AFFECT very
differently daeren. csnolasT. mary nave ossn en-
OF Yale College, and Judge DsVeaux were all moved |
NJ nrst TO calculate The volume OF water The former
estimated that not less than 500 900 900 cubic feet
of water pass over the falls every minute The next
estimated the quantity at 100 200 600 every hour
The last reckoned II at 5oS5, 0s9s53 barrels every
twsntyour hours That there IN a vast volume Of |
water IN rapid motion here one Will deny and the
late Charles Dickens was so Impressed by the commo
tion that ne wrote OF II IN this
DcKESs' RHAPSODY.
l. was not until cam. to the bins Of the american Fan
majesty rne Niagara was forever stamped upon my
naeies until ~ pulses ess,s 90 beat forever Oh how
aud sssened in dstsnce during tho ten memorable days
&c passed on ha, enchanted ground What voices spoke
lhe earth. looked on, upon from he cleaning depths
drops many huss that around and twined
ssSq' me g.rfe Ssse. when .as sns.gns
the cataract from all poin,s view 70 stand the
I, log nra s a Il. s.s S.ss ::
down; sii@s The ssirsSera. height. ana wsieS "
tapids hurying ~. ssral punss; IirTsr
she river. stirred ~ visible cause heayed
ss he b. e. aS saS 20 have sss
before lighted ~ Tho by the red IN the
lodk 4 % the night hear
think in ever, quiet season stil do those
sS SsSnr 's s. ar 1 Below s &
when the them. do they shine and allow like
molten 4ola STILL when the day n gloomy, they fall
ike snow erunbe away the Of
chalk elf roll down the rock like dense white
But always does the mighty to die as IL
always from its arises
that endous ghost Of and mist which ~ never
LAID which has haunted this with this dread
soemnity since broOded and that
first 6ool before the Deuge--ghteame rushing
tion at the word Of God
NIAGARA ALBuns
This tribute, together with Mrs. St2curney's turgd
spostrophe, begins with
rlov on forever. in thy glorious robe
OF terror ana Of M sesty.
Not the best things that have been written OF
Niagara, but they continue to be the most popular
and are frequently copied In toursis' albums One
viriis piece OF verse; written BY Lord Byron In do
scription oil the bow the Cascade Of Vsino,
might well nave been Inspired by the sight Of the
raiDsow down tue entrance Of the Cave Of the
Winds
Prom side o side. bene sth the sitterIng morn.
f. a. ~. a.. .,.ia.t ~. Inf. nal .,sg.