Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-20
Over the Cataract.
The Current Leading to Reath's Whirl- pool, and How 8 Prominent man Avoided It.

The Current Lending to peath's yvhirI-
 pool, and How Prominent nan
 Avoided It.
 [From the Albany tN. Y.) JournaLJ
 Among the hundreds of thousands of tour ists who have visited Niagara Falls and stood in awe before its miracle of power, there is probably, not enc who has failed to notice the large stone building which stands direct ly opposite the cataract and short distance below the railroad suspension and cantilever bridges. This building is known to all as the ''Monteagle House." and it has been popu- lar place of resort for hundreds of travellers during many years. Nearly every place in America possessing unusual natural scenery has it's legend, and a most tragical one is To- cated on the site where this stone building | now stands. MonteagIe, a young chieftain l of the Miami Indians loved the daughter of | mighty chief among the Iroquois. His 1 wooing unlike that of Hiawatha was not re- l ceived with favor by the father chief, and l hence he was compelled to resort to the usu- | al method of abduction and flight The es- caping pair were overtaken on the banks of l the Niagara where the hotel now stands, and | rather than submit to capture the lovers cast 1 themselves into the cataract below. Their l bodies were subsequently, found at the mouth [ l even the cataract could not sunder. Many 1 occurrences since that time have tended to l make the Monteagle famous, and it with l surprise that it was learned 8 short time l since that the edifce was to be entirely | transformed, rearranged and refurnished for | the benefit of tourists, and especially inva- lids.
 Feeling that this is subject in which the public would take unusual interest, especially 1 as the National Park question is being so eff 1ryVv orYIt0 tn6 kTrn 1f TS
 paper visited Niagara Falls yesterday and learned the following facts: Dr w. R. Crumb, who is about undertak-
 ing this important task, is a gentleman who ] is well known throughout the land, having successfully practiced medicine in the city of Buffalo for nearly thirty years. He is ex-
 ceedingly well preserved, though nearly sixty
 years of age, while his energy and ambition
 are something wonderful. In conversation
 with the reporter he said:
 sI anticipate great success here, although ! few years ago should not have dared un-
 dertake it, for was then what people call a
 dead man."
 ''How was that, Doctor? How did it oc- cur?"
 ''It was brought about, as such troubles usually are, by mental and physical depres. sion, arising out of troubles and reverses The mind has remarkable effect upon the
 body, and when one meets with misfortuneE , financially or in any other form, they are likely to be accompanied by misfortunef
 physically. Such, at all events, was my case I was irritable, restless and feverish. I had heavy and irregular pulse my, food did mol assimilate, my heart would throb violently P and then stop and the fluids I passed were
 profuse. high-colored and thick with depos } it's. I was obliged to abandon my practice ! and also to suspend pushing my valuable in i vention, known as Crumbs pocket inhaler } for the cure of catarrh and asthma ''How long did this continue?" ''For about two years I realized that
 was quite sick, but like everyone else felt il would only be temporary. The majority oi
 people drift along the way man might whe
 knew nothing about these great Falls and
 was floating with the current It is so easy
 to drift, you see. At the end of year, how ever, my condition became simply horrible I had serious irritation of the throat, hard, sluggish pulse, a swelling of the limbs
 and numbness extending down the thighs. ] had terrible night sweats and my urine was loaded with albumen and acids I called ir
 several of the most skillful physicians, but continued to sink rapidly. I was the victim
 of Brights disease of the kidneys, and
 looked forward with almost certainty to 6 few weeks of terrible agony and then death! It i5 painful to describe this experience and it is sufficient to say that
 I am entirely well, and that my life has beer saved by means of Warmers Safe Cure
 which arrested the disease, effected 8 cure } and has preserved me in health ever since. 2 ''Then it was this remedy that saved youl
 life, Doctor ?"
 ''Yes, can testify from 8 grateful heari that it is invaluable for men or women who
 are depressed by reason of disappointmentt r and reverses; who are losing flesh anC 2 strength and who must find relief or a fata 8 termination awaits them. I prescribe thi great remedy to my patients constantly ant
 the wonderful effects I observed in my owI Q case I see repeated in their experiences. I ] is this that makes me certain I can endure
 the cares of the great sanitarium I am abou 1 to establish" :"