Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-05
CLEARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1881.

satisfied that none of our boat.loat
were to be bled they urged us to wall
to the end of their gallery and look a
the falls through their stained glas
windows We did so, and beautifu
sight it was, There were panes o
) red glass, blue glass green glass, anC
yellow glass, and the effect through
: each of them was charming. Their,
was a path leading upward among th,
rocks, within 80 feet of the great sheet
OF water, and almost Immediately il
front of the window. Looked a
through the green glass, this was one o
the prettiest things had ever seen
The price Of our ferriage entities us L
} admission to the "park" that hides the
American Fall from the public, anC
we rode up in the elevator This i,
the machine mentioned in former
letter, and pronounced dangerous
The fact that it has been running
since lS45 without an accident docs
not alter my opinion of it. No place
is safe, in my humble opinion, where O
human life depends entirely upon the
strength of a single rope. The dis.
tance travelled by the elevator is 800
feetup an inclined plane.
"This is the place to 90 under the
falls, said one of the oilcloth men at
the foot of the cliff. "0ver on the
Canadian side they charge you dol
lar for putting on the suit-tbat's what
they do" Over on the Canadian side
they told us Just the reverse of this
story. At the top of the inclined plane
we were in the "park, which has been
owned by the Prospect Park Compa-
ny since 1872. The natives know this
spot as Ferry Grove" or Point View, "
and one Of them told me that the Park
Company had not been successful in
their negotiations to buy the space
around the late comet and fence it off.
This is the only place on the high land
from which good view of the Ameri-
can Fall can be had, and the admission
is % cents. | will not express any
opinion of this company it might be
libelous.
They do not charge anything for
walking up the street after leaving the
Park. There are more "Indlan curl.
osity" stores in the principal streets of
the village than there are clothing
stores in Chatham street. Behind the
counters in all these stores, aud sit
ting about the doors, are scores and
hundreds of girls, making merry with
the few customers, ogling and smiling
at the passers by. After seoing some
Of the New York shop girls, l thought
there was not much more to learn in
that direction, but it was little start.
ling, upon entering one Of the stores,
to be asked, by one Of these gorgeously
decorated misses, any dear, what can
do for you to day2' 1t was about
the time Of arrival of train and
nearly time for the omnbuses to be
going across the river. Having fin.
ished my business, | desired to return
to the hotel on the Canadian side and
TO 60 in the hotels omnibus. Know.
ing the street it must 60 through, |
stood for somo time at a corner wait
ing for II to pass. No omnibus came,
and at length | asked a policeman who
was standing near by whether it was
not nearly time for it,
"Oh, no." the policeman replied,
"there will be no omnibus along for
more than two hours now. The only
way to get over there is to take car.
riage." To my everlasting shame be
it recorded that | believed him. We
are used to tough policemen in New
York, but they are not liars. / found
hackman on the next corner who
thought he would not sacrifice his
professional standing by taking me
over to my hotel for s2, | to pay the
tolls. He was not quite sure, he said,
whether the toll was fifty cents or a
dollar was sure enough. We had
nearly reached the bridge when the
omnibus of my hotel came along and
passed us. hailed it and lett the car
riage and 1t was worth the so cents |
paid the hackman to learn that the
Niagara Falls policemen are in league
with the other swindlers. Safely back
on the Canadian side (it is too bad to
have to say so, but enc is in less dan.
ger of being bitten by the sharks on
the Canadian sidel, the omnibus drove
past an old museum in a big stone
building, with fine garden by It's side,
Hanging on the front wall OF this mu-
scum was wooden sign that imme.
diately attracted my attention, It
read thus, in big letters: