The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-06
a HERO or 1919.


Monument.
QuEENsrowN, Ont, Sept. 5.-The beau
ties of Niagara Falls have been set forth SO
often and SO thoroughly in detail, that
almost any man, even though he may never
have visited that famous American resort,
can state with certain degree of accuracy
the many attractions Of the place. He can,
If he be well read, tell you the granduer
with which he was impressed by visit to
the Gave of the Winds; how he delighted
in his visit to the Table Rock, under the
Falls; and, again, what grand sight the
Whirlpool Rapids are. He can describe to
falls differ from the Canadian falls. and
how much grander than the former the
latter are. He can tell you how the hack
man soaked him, to take him to Goat
Island, the Three Sisters Island and
through Prospect Park. He will take
pleasure, also, in telling you how pleased
the average sight.seer is with the contrast
between putting his hand in his pocket for
a quarter every time be turned his head
as it used to be-and making clean round
of the sights on the American side FREQ of
cost In fact, though he has never been
there, he knows it all pretty well. But how
many visitors to Niagara are ever advised
to take drive from Suspension Bridge to
the Brock Monument at this place? Not
one in Thousand. Your correspondent
was seated on the piazza of the American
House the other evening, thinking very
seriously of taking the next train for the
Metropolis, when one Of the gentlemen,
with whom he was sconversing, asked him !:
"Have you ever been to the Brock Mon
| ument at Queenstown?
informed him that had not.
ssWell," said he, ssif you don't care to
miss one of the prettiest sights you ever wit
messed. you should drive down there before
| you return"
AS l would have had to remain over
night in Buffalo, concluded that I would
remain in Clifton and visit the famous
battle-ground Of Queenstown, where the
| gallant British Major General Brock-in
whose memory the splendid spiral column,
| which bears his name, was erected-laid
| down his life In the lost cause of 1912. l
made arrangements for good horse and
| dogcart at IL o'clock the next morning,
| then and there, and dreamt all night of the
| fun was to have on the morrow, especially
as had in view the invitation of two hand
| some American sisters-who live at Sus-
pension Bridge-to accompany me. They
were fair-sized young ladies; but then, you
know, our cart was wide-seated. Ny invita-
| ton was accepted, and at IL o'clock we
started. scarcely dared to hope that all
my dreams of the night before were to be
half realized, but they were doubly real
lied. don't know how all the roads
in the Province of Ontario are, but
/ do know that one of the most
delightful drives ever took was that from
the Clifton depot to Queenstown, dis
lance of about six miles. The roads were
smooth, dotted here and there on either
side with lovely groves and beautiful subur-
ban residences The day was too perfect
| to describe with sufficient accuracy, and
our horse-well, she was goer from Go
town; you couldn't make her walk. call
ed her Lottie, after one of my young lady
friends, because she was so lively, and ]
found out after that that was her name. !
thought it must be, for every time 1 said,
$50 on, Lottie !" you could feel the differ
ence in her speed at once. Well, we got
to the Brock monument in about three
quarters of an hour, witnessing the most
charming country all the way.
The monument grounds are on hill.
which must be 300 feet above the level OF
the surrounding country. Arriving at the
monument, l paid the required quarter o
head, and then we began to climb. And
! then, as the fellow said, we ssclumb" and
We 'sclumb" until we began to think there
was no end t& the climbing. I know o
heavenly sensation came over me. / don't
know how the young ladies felt about it.
at any rate 1t made as all tired, for we rest
ed on the winding stairway twice on the
way up. We counted the steps there
were 235-and when we got to the tor
there was just room enough for three-twc
had to stand and the seat would accommo
date one. / did not want to offend either
of the young ladies by asking the other t.
be seated, so I occupied the seat myself
There We were, almost 500 feet above ths
level of the most beautiful stretch O.
country imaginable. The Niagara River
almost q mile wide at this point-stretched
majestically before us in its winding cours,
to the lake, calm as Summer zephyr, its
beautiful, almost sky blue, hue impressinf
me as never river did before, Sever
miles to the northeast could be seen tn,
majestic waters Of the great Lake Ontario
and across the lake the city of Toronto SEN
forth the smoke from thousand chimneys
Directly to the north could be seen th.
level country, laid out in fields of the mos
perfect squareness to the southwest tn,
Niagara stretched to the ceaseless roar o
the rapids and the falls, and mile away
could be seen the fast decaylng cables O
an old suspension bridge, which once die
service to thousands of pedestrians. Th,
ladies were as much pleased as was, TO
although they reside within seven miles O
the spot they had never before visited it
The English government provides tn
keeper of the monument with house q
the entrance of the monument grounds
but gays him no salary, all the fees he re-
ceiyes from people going to the top beinl
retained by himi ont of the proceeds from
this source he keeps the inside of tn
monument in good oondition-that is, b.
whitewashes it every two OF three years
He informed US that the height to the tot
of the steps was 40 feet, and to the top o
the statue on top Of the column, 210 feet.
i When returned to Clifton / met tn
gentleman who had told me of this spot
and thanked him for posting me, as ha,
really enjoyed the sight as much as any
thing had seen at the Falls. BUD.
Jersey CITY Firemen SO a Visiting.
| A delegation from the JERSEY City fire
| department, composed of engine companie
1, 2, 8, 8 and IL, and trucks l and 5, VISITED
z Railway last Monday, as the guests o
Franklin Hose Company, No. 8, of tina
city. On their arrival the laddies were re
ceived by committee and escorted to tn
company's quarters, whore COLLATION.
awaited them. After doing it ample justice
they were conducted to the head of th,
line. AS the parade was about starting
Foreman Francis, of the Jersey delegation
was presented with a handsome basket O
flowers with the initials j. G. F. D. in thu
center, which he accepted in graceful
manner. All along the line the visitor
were repeatedly cheeFed. After marcel
through the city the parade was dismissed
Stages were then procured and the Who'll,