Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-08-28
ANOTHER LETTER FROM A. J. N.
SAP AToaA SPRINGS, NEW York, |

boil down Niagara Falls. Mpn-
treal, aud Saratoga, together with the
fnecountry and splendid scenery that
lie between these points, spas to coriT
pass the whole IN a single letter. Butt
wiltapply the. evaporaiing processing
orously, and try /, redhco all these to a
dish that can be takenat one sitting. If
it does not ploveto be equal to ''quail on
toasi," I hope it may at least turn out 10
be Il { .lerably we'll seasoned mess OF pot
tage; at any rate I will offer it as a premi-
nm for the birthright of the first Esan
who is willingt. take it. Having made
the Journey up the far famed Hudson,
which is styleda no .donbt2 justly, The
Rhine of America, and having rested, in
The Capital City OF New Yotk State, and
visited its State House, its parks, its flne
~avcndes, its clean shady st eets, Though
we had seen the most interesting part OF
our journey, and that the Three hundred
miles over the New York Central Rail-
road to Niagara falls would be likely to
be very dull, m%odotonous, and devoid OF
any special interest. But not so. The
prospect varies, but it does not lose one
lot or title OF its interest. ,.'..
Our route now lies through the heart
of the State Of New York, and I venture
20 say, though with my limited expert
ence i'm travelling. I do it with some hes
iaion, that human eye seldom ever
rested on a finer picture, or on n more
pic, ureque and beautiful country than
This. A very intelligent gentlemen from
the South, on .rain, who has Travelled
extensively in, America and who has
icsided. and studied in Europe, having
been n student at Paris when the third
Napoleon by q Coup d'E2at made him
self Emperor of the French. and who is
familiar with the best farming county
in England, France and Germany, tells
us chat he has not seen anything to sur
pass this section a%nywherein his travels.
Here The beautiful and the psetul are
happily blended. Here rural New YORK
is painted on natures canvass. Here
the finest farms stretched out on the
right hand and on The left, on the hill
Sides on the billtops,Jand in the valleys,
| Here too al The hilis,.hhe hills, the ever
lasting hills now rising up at u sice
and towering above us like giants, ana
now receding in regular undulallons
into the dim vistas as far as the eve can
| reach. Here on a thousand hills the
finest cattle roam. Here runs the Two
horse plow, the reaper, the mower, and
all kinds Of improved implements OF
agriculture. The lands are cultivated
everywhere. The crops are planted and
gathered on The ops and on the sides OF
the Hottest hills. The sol, appears TO be
Itch ; no oullies nor washes are seen,
and every field seems , be in a:fine cor
dition of cultivation.
Tue settlements Of the farmers are
generally pretty white cottages, with
large barns and other outhouses in close
proximity, the whole surrounded with
,arge apple orchards of spreading luxu-
rant trees, laden with fruit. We run
for seventy five miles along the banks
of he Mohawk river, asnall clear crys-
Lal stream of pure water, that steals
noiselesslv and swiftly along over its
bed of rocks and pebbles. We pass
many tlourislIing villages and lows. and
We go through many of them almost as
rapidly as an equeslrienne goes through
the papered hoops in circus. The farms
average rom ii,ty - q hundred and fly
acres, aud arc worth eighty f. q hundred
dollars per acre. On all side The fields
are clothed in living green. We see
luSuriant crops of clover, oata, hay, ID:
bacco, uckwhcau, beans, cabbages, on
ions and IRISH potatoes, tho last named
just now in bloom. The corn looks
we'll, but it does not grow as large and
fine here rs it does near Philadelphia.
The poia! crops is immense; we see
acres upon acres and
We pass through The three large cities
Of Utica, Syracuse aud Rochester. They
are nicely laid opt, beautifully shaded,
and kept apparently as neat ss a pin.
The buildings are not crowded, but are
far enough apart TO DO airy and healthy.
and Among them are many fine yards
and gardens. After passing Syracuse,
which is about half way. .:ue country be-
co mes more lie 'el. From Rochester to
lhe Falls, a distance of seventy miles,
the land becomes very level, and the ag-
ricultural aspect reaches it's climax. In
This section the crops are lale The oats
arc inst getting ripe, and the reapors are
constantly seen cutting them down. We
see from tho stubble That the oats we're
sewn in drills by machinery. Here too
the apple trees are grown in greatly in
creased numbers. Besides the large
orcha, lis around each farm house, there
are acres OF them grown in the fields all
along the way. Every spare space about
the yards and gardens, in the country
and in The towns, is filled with them. at
Rochester we switch off on another train
to The Falls, and the .rain we leave goes
on towards the West with a long line Of
coaches crowded with passengers. One
of the features up here is the vast num-
bers of people and their transiiory move
ments.
The Erie Canal runs i'm sight of our
rad nearly all the way from Albany to
the falls, and u road frequently crosses
it. Hundreds of boats are floating upon
it, going back and forth. Each boat seems
t, be heavily %freighted, and is drawn by
from one to three horses or mules that
w Xix along the banks about seventv-five
or a bundled yards ahead of tho boat.
When we get near the falls we come to
a very pretty town called Lockport.
Here there is a succession Of eight or ten
l ,cks in which the boats arc raised 10
the level of lake Erie or lowered to the
level Of the Canal. At this place we see
them shipping peaches 10 Buffalo, and
they are the first of tho season.
At 0 o'clock wo reach the end OF our
twelve hours journey, and we hear the
thunders of Niagara! In few moments,
as we go across the Suspension Bridge to
the Hotel on the Canada side, we come
in full view of the falls, with tho electric
light blazing mon them, and lighting