Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-06
Bill Nye on His Travels,

CalSktllS, at Inc nedl VI LhC b"'"
ware 1t WAS there in that quiet ana
picturesque valley that the great
philanthropist and ameliorator, Jay
Gould, first attracted attention. lie
has number of relatives there who
note with pleasure the fact that Mr..
Gould is not frittering away his
means during his lifetime.
In the Office of Mr.. Nish, of Walton,
there is a map of the county made by
Jay Gould while in the surveying
business, and several years before he
became monarch of all he surveyed.
Mr.. Gould also laid out the town
of Walton. Since that he has laid |
out other towns, but in different
way. lie also plotted other towns
Plotted to lay them out, mean.
In Franklin there is an old wheel
barrow which Mr.. Gould used on his
early surveying trips. In this he
carried his surveying instruments,
his night-shirt and manicure set
Connected with the wheel there is an
arrangement by which at night the
Young surveyor could tell at glance
with the aid of piece of red chalk
and barn door, just how far he had
Travelled during the day.
This instrument was no doubt the
father of the pedometer and the eye
lorama, justas the boy i jS also no i
f.Iha,. - 49, -.f'su' ~ was oieO ~ .
doubt the dudnt courier OF the Dutch
clock, now used on freight cabooses,
which not only shows how far the
car has travelled, but also the rate OF
speed for each mile, the average ram
fall and whether the conductor has
eaten onions during the day.
This instrument has worked quite
a change in railroading since my
time. Years ago can remember
when | used to ride in a caboose and |
enjoy myself, and before good fortune
had made me the target of the alert
aud swift-hying whisk.broom OF the
Mace car it was my chief joy to catch
a freight over the hill from Cheyenne,
on the Mountain division. We
were not due anywhere until the fol-
lowing day, and so at the top OF the
mountain we would cut off the caboose
and let the train 90 on. We would
then 90 into the glorious hills and
gather sage-hens and cotton. In the
summer we would put In the after
noon catching trout in Dale Creek or
gathering maiden-hair ferns in the
bosky dells. Bosk dells were more
pleniy there at that time than they
are now.
1t was delightful sensation to
know that we could loll about in the
glorious weather, secure small string
of stark, vanished trout with chapp-
ed backs, hanging aimlessly by one
gill to CORY, willow stringer, and
then beat our train home by two
hours by letting of the brakes and
riding twenty miles in fifteen min
utes.
But Mr.. Gould saw that we were
enioying ourselves, and so lie sat VI
nights to Cypress us. Inc result II
that the freight conductor has very
little more fun now than Mr.. Goult
himself. All the enjoyment that tb'
conductor of "Second Seven" has
now is to pull up his train where J.
will keep the passengers of NO
train going west from getting view
of the town. lie can also, if lie be OF
night run, get under the window
of a sleepihg.car at about 80 a. nj.
and make a few desultory remark
about the delinquency of "Third Six
and the lassitude of Skinny Bates
who is supposed to break ahead OF
No IL going west. That is all tn
fun he has now.
saw Niagara Falls on Thursda
for the first time. The sight is on
long to be remembered. did not
to the falls, utviewed them from til
car window in all their might, maje
~, power and dominion forever.
Niagara Falls plunges from hug
elevation by reason of its inability
remain OH the sharp edge OF prec
pIce several feet higher than the poii
10 which the falls are now fallin
This causes a noise to make its al
pearance, and thick mist, compose
of minute particles of wetness, rls'
TO its full height and comes dow
again afterwards. Words are mad
auate to show here, even with u
aid of a large, powerful new pres
the grandeur, what you may call u
vertigo, of Niagara. EyeryboC
from all over the world goes to see al
listen TO the remarks of this gre
falls. How convenient and pleasa
II IA TO be cataract like th
and have people come in great crow
IN see and hear You! How muC
better tnuJ IS tilau W no 'NN'"''
for instance, and have TO follow pc
pic TO their homes in order TO attra
their attention
Many people in the United Stat
and Canada who were once as pu
AS the beautiful snow have falle
but they did not attract the attehl'
that Niagara does.
For the benefit of those who m
never have been able to witness \
agara Falls in winter, l give here
rough sketch of the magnificent spt
tacle as | saw it from the Americ
side.
From the Canadian side the aspt
of the falls is different, and the nam
on the cars are not the same, but
effect ON one of sensitive nature
ono of intense awe. l know that
can not put so much of this awe in
hurried-sketch as would like
In crude drawing, made while I
train was in motion and at I'll
when the customs officer was sho
ing the other passengers what l h
in INV valise, of course | could
make a picture with much sublim
i'm II. but tried TO make ii as true
nature as could.
TIE officer said that had noun