Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-09

! Palmer House, the Court House and Pos
| Office are all massive buildings, and beausi
full within and without. After drive
through the fashionable residence portion
of the city, and pausing an instant befor,
each of those immense stone churches, the
/ like of which We native Calif0Inians
bad never seen, we soon we're upon the
! lake shore. 1t must have been a three OF
| four miles drive along the side Of Lake
| Michigan to Lincoln Park which though
not very large, is indeed very pretty, and
| its green lawns and little bed of psnsies,
| the first we had seen since we left
| Sacramento, were hailed with delight
| by US who had not seen even a tulip
| since we left Salt Lake CITY.
The day was cloudy, in fact it began to
rain bsfore we left Chicago, and as We no.
/ ticed the gardeners preparing beds to re-
ceive the seeds and plants which were in q
month or two to send forth the flowers.
such as we had left 10 full bloom at home,
some one exclaimed, "WeI, certainly
Time has turned backward in his fight.
Can it be possible that this is May and not
March p At one point the driver insisted
upon US alighting from the carriage that
ne might show us very strange and won.
derful animal, which he thought We would
be interested in seeing. 1t proved to be a
sea lion, such as we had so often seen on
the rocks near the Cliff House, and which
was no novelty TO US. Upon our return TO
the depot we found every one ready to
RESUME THE JOURNEY
Eastward, and that cars had been reserved
for the use of our party. Soon we we're
Fastening on through the charred forests
of Michigan, that awful fire having left
an Noticeable brand upon that portion Of
this footstool. A heavy rain.storm had
been raging for several days; not a grain
field was to be seen, and it seemed that
we must have gone back TO our mid-winter
months. In Canada we found but little
change in the climate and appearance of
the country until we neared Hamilton,
where the scenery was very picturesque,
and spring seemed to dawn upon us again.
But all beauties of scenery paled into in
significance when, at about noon, we
crossed that grand suspension bridge which,
being 800 feet long, extends $50 feet above
that roaring, tossing, fathomless stream
which comes rushing down from the falls,
situated about two miles above the bridge.
NIAGARA.
Az soon as possible after our arrival upon
che United States side Of the riyar car.
riages were procured, and the fryt point
visited was the Whirlpool Rapids" The
lofsiest of human expressions could not
describe it. All that any of US vera able
to utter was, Wonderful - Many of us
walked as We recrossed the bridge to the
Canada side, in order that we might the
better appreciate the grandeur OF the works
of nature and of man. There was some.
thing awe.inspiring in rejecting upon the
bravery. energy and skill displayed in the
erection Of that marvellous piece Of work,
with that ceassless, turbulent river be-
meath, confined as it is within banks of
apparently solid rock, perpendicular from
Their crest to the edge Of the water
Very near to this bridge the workmen
were laying the foundation for the piers
from which another suspension bridge bear
ing double railroad track is to be built.
OF course, once on the Canadian side, we
drove Immediately 90 the falls, and as we
stood just at the waters edge, aud watched
that mighty torrent rush and foam and
roar, how thoroughly "a never before did |
appreciate the truth and the beauty of
Mrs. Sigourney's matchless Apostrophe
TO Niagara E."
Flow Oh forever. in thy glorious robe
OF terror and OF be uiy. God has set
His rainbow on thy forehead, and the clouds
Ma tied round thy feet. Aud lie doth give
Toy voice Of thunder rover TO speak Of Him
Eternally bidding the Ito Of man
. Keep silence, aud upon thy rocky altar pour
Incense Of ave- truck praise.
Although Prospect Park, the Three Sisters,
Goat Island, the Cave of the Winds and
Whirlpool Rapids, as seen after returning
to the United States, were full of interest,
nothing seemed to possess the fascination
to hold one speeches As did the Horseshoe
Falls, as we stood on the edge of the Cana
dian bank / think we could have spent
weeks at Niagara and every day found new
food for thought and enthusiastic admira-
ton but at 1850 in the evening we again
started upon our way
TO NEw YORK,
Where we arrived the next morning at
halfp II o'clock. Here the party sepa-
rated, but six of us coming on to Boston.
Several of US spent part Of the after.
noon in Central Park, whittier we were
literally whiried over the elevated railway.
have not time to speak OF our very en-
ioyabIe afternoon in New York, nor OF
oar trip 20 Boston, by way OF the Sound,
IN one of those renowned Sound steamers.
Suffice it TO say that we passed under the
new suspension bridge connecting New
York city and Brooklyn, and our party
Al. -.
upon the deck, eojoying the scenery, the
night being clear and bright. One of the
officers of the steamer very kindly pointed
out to US the chief points of interest. |
wish to have space for few words about
some of the musical fessts to which we
have been treated here in Boston. The
frat was q concert in Music Hall, by the
Boylston Club, consisting Of $50 mixed
voices, under the leadership of NJ. Osgood.
TINS club is reputed to be one Of the
finest in Boston Their leading tenor, M.
johnson, is said to be the best IN the city.
One Of the leading soloists OF the evening
was Mr.. RENEE, cousin of Fred
Rsmele, of our city, who is the possessor
of an excellent and well-cultivsted bari
tone voice. The concert was deemed
DECIDED SUCCESS
By Bossonians, 2 500 of whom were pres
ent, 60 you may imagine the enjoyment
Sacramentsus could derive from it. Last
Saturday afternoon Music Hall was again
nearly filed with people-the audience
must have numbered 2 000-to listen to
concert. the programme OF which included
s1los by Nine. ScaIchi, marvelousiy ef-
fective contralto, the same who shared the
honors 60 credItably to herself in opera
with Patti, both here and in New York,
last winter She appeared to be great
favorise with the audience, and responded
20 several enthusiastic encores, the ladies
waving their handkerchiefs IN her honor as
she finished her last. Adamowsky, the
violinist, and Josefry, the pianist, it is
needless to tell you OF They played as
they only can, ard as they always do play.
Bat jsst think ri the programme
for that matinee With selections from
the Beethoven Quartet of violiDs, solos
by Mss Emma Howe, young but exqui-
sItely sweet soprano, and tho artists Ihaye