The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-30

beauties. See tho birds Of every hue from every
cline that man has visited; look at the monarch
OF the Nubian desert standing In stuffed males
ty in u glass case next TO the reindeer and
moose of the frozen North; wonder what q strik.
ing likeness there Is between the goat from the
Sierra Nevadas and his relative from the Noun.
tains Of the Moon, In South Africa; be bewildered
at the general mix up Of alligators from the
Mississippi and crocodiles from the Congo; de
tect in the noble pose OF the American bald eagle
something OF scorn as his glass eyes seem to fix
with their stare the timd and beautiful birds OF
Paradise in the opposite case; revel in the chro-
matte charms Of the flock OF parrots, which
seem TO have borrowed for their plumage the
hues Of the tropc rainbow, and be convinced
that to see and enjoy all that there is TO be seen
and enjoyed would take a week. And, being 80
convinced, tear yourself away, and 20 straight
across to the North River. which at Seventy
second street Is skirtcd by the Riverside Drive.
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
Follow the drive until you get as far up as
Eighty fourth street; then leave it and walk out
on the rocky prom ontory there, sit down and
turn your face northward. Before you lies the
Hudson, which SCENE like n great lake. The
point at Fort Washington iats so far out into
the river that the direction Of the stream Is lost
to the eye. On the left are seen the Palisades.
rising abruptly from the rivers bank to noun
tain dignity, and on the right Fort Washington,
Carmansvie and Manhattanville in sleepy idle.
ness. Turn yourself about and face the south
What change from the quiet inland country to
the busy emporium Of the western world! The
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up the only life IN the picture at the north view
are here replaced by lcviathan ocean steamers,
ungainly ferryboats, and putting, busy little pro-
pellers. Almost ct your feet Is the terminus of
one Of the great trunk lines from the West, over
which large share Of the grain and cattle with
which America has lately been feeding Europe
transported to the seabosrd. There is a great
cattle yard that all but rivals the abattoirs Of
West st. Louis and Chicago, and that enormous,
queer shaped building covered with states es a
fish is covered with scales, is the grain elevator
OF the New York Central and Hudson River Rail.
road Moored to its side are two iron steam.
ships awaiting the arrival Of grain, which will
be actually pumped into them out of the cars.
But look further down, beyond the dim and
smoky city, and see just on the rim of the horl.
ION little open space. That Is the Narrows,
and the purple hills to the right are the heights
of Fort Wadsworth, on Staten Island and on TIE
left, with COED glass you can make out Fort
Hamilton You cannot lingcr here long enough
TO witness the splendors of sunset on the bay-a
sight which rivals the glowing evening splen.
doris Of the Bay of Naples You must see the
sunset from another point; so, with regret and
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deeds that ha;low the memory of the ground you
tread, wend your way across to Ninth avenue
and take an upbound elevated train.
The ride over the west side road from this
point to the terminus at the Harlem River at
l55th street is the pleasantest anywhere in
America. To ladies unaccustomed to the road
t is thrilling pleasure to go over the great 8
1t 10th street. The view Is very picturesque,
nut to properly appreciate 1t ride should be
AIKEN at night when all the street lamps are lit
Then the Harlem Flats are brilliantly illumina.
ed by two thousand gas lights, when glitter far
below the cars like falling stars. Leave the cars
It the terminus and walk out to the old Break
Neck Hill road, and then turn north on your way
o High Bridge. Taking this road you pass the
amous Jumel Mansion, and II your companion
s rs we'll yersed in American history as the fair
oung Russian who accompanied the writer you
will be at High Bridge before you know It,
BRILLIANT PANORAMA.
From the high service tower beside High
Bridge you can have the finest panoramic view
anywhere outside of balloon car.
t would be tedious to tell about getting TO the
op of the structure; 50 just to expedite matters
imagine you are there. The view is only limited
~ the power Of the eye and the reach of the bin
,culars. 1t Is grand enough to be awful.
lozen towns are to be seen; bays, rivers and
axes are spread out beneath the eye in lavish
,rousion. The Palisades, that from Riverside
Drive looked SO majestic, are levelled now, and
he Hudson, which seemed To extend no further
han Fort Washington, is lost to view in the pur
de hills above Yonkers. The Harlem stretches
nut in many winding turn, like silver serpent
u Natures lap, and away to the east its surface,
cfectng the palpitating sheen of the dec.iningl
un lies tn" broad Sound Of Long Island. The
listening white houses of Flushing stand out in
,old relief on the north shore the outlines of oil
he islands in the East River are as plainly de.
med as ON a pictorial map; the colossal abut
ncn;s Of the Brooklyn Bridge caught in per-
pective look like the posts of great swing, and
he saggpg cables seem like little, thin ropes.
over the centre Of the steamihg metropolis the
lew is blurred, but to the right the Jersey shore
; plain and well defined. There you see Jersey
lily, Hoboken, Weehawker, Guttenburg Pleas
mt Valley and Fort Lee, and. tracing the shore
iue to u point opposite your vantage ground,
he now insignificant Palisades. On the New
FORK side Yonkers is plainly visible, and back
rom the river, in the great rolling plain that
tretches out toward the Sound, are the nesting
ilages Of Wcstchester. Soon you are sensible
4 IA noise like rumbling thunder, and looking in
he direction whence it proceeds you notice Il
rain coming at q furious rate down the track ,
hat skirts the Westminster bank Of the Harlem
river, the steam flowing like Heecy white feath
r from the engines stack. After drinking in
he beaildering panorama there are other won
crs To be seen down below. In a stone house
eueath the bluff on which the tower stands are
wo immense pumping engines that throw 230
.allons Of water at every stroke Of the piston,
nd the piston makes twenty strokes to the min
te-4 COO gallons per minute. They groan like
uman thiRgs at their great labor.