The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-02-20
amer At NIAGARA FALLS.

hich Entire Width of Niagara
al. ~ Last below the Cataract.
/. r.,,r she Buffalo Courier.l !.
- exe ~ ~ dsvs q large amount OF
lssy, E gsd o. iee from Lake Erie has
,saa w % ss"pr over the falls. At 8 o'clock
'ina : h morning the accumulated
! ~ j came to stand-still beneath
= = g ..!s M .o hope that there would be a
- ~ Iii . smooth surface. But the
~ Of ice suddenly began to
w. s,;od. and break up into frag-
,ntle. IN loud noise. At 10 O'Clock
10 f. ..Sa "a second stand-still, and 1t
sssdn n ssstsin that the bridge had been
al d but at 2 in the afternoon 5r there
! !, Inn hird snd more severe ols'ur0-
" MI = bunuocks, weighing hundreds
'liel q we're pushed into the air and
'ordia N there as monuments OF the
king a atle. Large boulders were
CONF .tn lie shore and swept into the
g friiel y sod the solitary fir which was
aesa Il mark the landing place of the
see q rsIue q victim to the warning
nnea sts, though ordinarily it stands
I'LL mi above high water. The slow,
hen asrsgth Of the infuriated waters
! snpsrent that it seemed as if
u nj sas snd the great gorge in twain
sspe from their thralldom by some
visitu nd; but there was only one gate
luch. II tiem, and, as they could not
.Seg tlhe mile-wide dam in two, they
tda / up bodily and swept away be-
Having thus succumbed, the
!. nm sIloHed the ice to rest above it,
si,g she yoke which it could not
aid dsspiteits boasted strength. And
gatnf 6& victor rests quietly, torn and
aits true, but invincible; and so
, n remain until the beams of the
sun deprive it, of its strength,
ae more restore Niagara to its
oy VI uned freedom. The bridge is
<ery iIsniIe in length, extending from
xly = p kanEn perpendicularly to Point
ppei imt in the American Park, half
! as bhs railroad bridge, and filling
" pYe from shore to shore.
u ira view of the Falls brings the
oea. into the mouth with a shock
i'n = II almost painful in its suddenness
WI trs. Every thing is SO changed,
Y ~ nnignred. Ice everywhere! Ice
so niAe rocks, upon the trees, en-
49, hing upon the cataract itself and
g = hg It's roar, even stealing away
'lIox ~ portions of its power, to all
9 3 s ss As the spectator stands upon
w. ! s rint the wind blows the spray into
s. I: n, and soon cover him all over
twels, but what cares he for the
~ Finthe enthusiasm Of the glorious
Nv In the park the ice has been as
=. lrtise IS It is beautiful, and though
~! ~! lohed the trees and buildings in
'u.0 1 beauty, it has to- down huge
49, - y It's overpowering weight.
s''' ng over to the Canadian shore, the
!. Etr can see huge icicles of many
weight hanging like the ropey locks
afursheads of giants in the story
4 Am But these sights are nothing
s4ntl qrsd to the broad sheet of wrin-
M mowice which lies at his feet.
~ the conqueror of Niagara
ume Illng IN the sunlight calmly and
nple as the rotunda which stands at
B a as q the American fall q noun
On slaoxy spray ice towers up eighty
'ke and is each day climbing
lie snd higher toward the summit.
de s Of the rotunda bears an ice
that 9 q exceeding beauty and along
lma q ~ dressing shed are curl
any . M formations which nothing less
slks ogfsphic camera can adequate
in aie' Giant icicles hang from the
usks 81 every once in while a huge
- al comes tumbling down. The
Nnectly white and seemingly
pIous, but excessively hard
= n appearance is exactly that
gas It is said that the spray
= nned this ice was perfectly
nne Ivy that If ton of it were melted
Y 7 s. produce no appreciable GUAM
~ Nolment. The ice mountain is
= = Lunparative " \ infancy, but if the
y. g ths mercury are favorable it
y =. ~ ne N a condition to form a
Y. y alll for the people as it did
= - geas Ice bridge itself is a coun-
"a y. - Immature OF an Alpine glacier.
m ~ ne rough, broken surface.
=. y 1seeks isss rs reaching ten, fifteen,
q :. - s. INTO the air, the startling
"a = ss.s sssping perhaps with depth Of
3. s,is M IN the solid ice; and you
6 s. nv tnew ice itself in a million
. ! 'ao inexplicable shapes; but
n ~ "a association of terror in
he S. 49, =, wnich does not belong to the
hs az s'acIer, and which may come
!. s,sss aelhed roar Of the waterfall,
8 sss,,,In Ine thought of 200 feet of
4 M. Sa,ng 9 and boiling beneath your
= ~ ~ q our readers have stood
n ass as shs beside the whirlpool rapids
b,s = wrathful waters mound up
ssId the sky in thousand con-
10 t,esa ,ualfeats, as they battle to
b 4 s!,s1e,r men prison walls. Imag-
% 81 tated surface suddenly be-