The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-07
NYe AT NIAGARA.
lie braves q Storm and Interviews Po-
comOco.

I Niagara into the river below. lhe falis haSI
been visited In summer and in winter. In ia,
broad glare II day and the soft and mellow
moonlight. bat very few people have gone
/ there during blizzard.
The day broke moist and mcasly at Buffalo
but at noon the gray and choppy clouds sat
/ tered a little and a patch Of sky could now
and then be- discoycred Eating hast meal,
our party. arrayed in alpesrocks and COZ
scious rcctitude, began the ascent from
Buffalo los circuitous route We reached
I Niagara Falls station. whence we proceeded
by drosky to our chalet Here we alighteL
The chalet i, kept Toy a native American, and
after our long journey from buffalo 1t was
good % once more hear the music Of our own
language Hastily eating light lunch, we
put ON our topcoats, and in charge Of John
Darn we proceeded 10y diligence towards the
falls via the American side.
Tho storm now burst upon Us in all is
fury, and the rain descended in the widest
profusion, saturating the falls and rendering
them well nigh impossible Our muleteer
covered himself with his pontoon, wrapped
his tarpaulin around his ears, and while our
slender diligence swayed in tho blast be
drove Us across 20 Goat Island. The thunder
If the immense volume Of water was now
swallowed up by the mighty roar Of the
bursting tempest, and then. as 1t died away
ike tho wall Of a perishing soul, ono would
again hear tho sullen thunder Of the great
American dam site.
We now began the descent on the sido oi
Goat Island looking towards the Great Horse
Fall. Tho rain fell in torrents, and as our
umbi elias had been turned wrong side out by
tine blast, we were soon wet 10 the skin. There
we stood IN the presence Of the greatest spec
tacle America can produce, perhaps, outside
n congress. Like an egotistical author Ma
cara for centuries has been pouring over It's
own works II IS really, however, beyond
criticism. I went there thinking that If the
Falls really deserved scathing, | would scath
them through the press and iniure their busi
ness. but | must say that, like Mr.. Booth,
they deserve their great success, and do not
blame them for respecting themselves and
having their pictures taken every little While
and getting their names in tho papers. They
deserve all the glory Tiny have got, and far
be- it from mo TO put straw in the way OF
the progress of Niagara Falls.
We next went down 10 the Whirlpool, and
on tho way detachment Of John Darlns e.
corted US with an air OF suspicion Our
drosky driver evidently watched Us every
moment like a cat. At the whirlpool we
alightcd again, being narrowly watched by
the driver and a John Darn from Cohoes
Here as we reached tho brink Of the elf
the blizzard struck us amidship, and. the
great Niagara which has assisted 50 many
temperance lecturers in soaring 10 death tho
moderate drnker seemed TO become silent in
the presence Of Oil Mr. Blizzard. from the
wild and unkempt west Just then my high
silk hat, which wear In ascending tho Alps
and doing tho tourist act generally, went up
into O. largo blue hole Ia the SKY. and while
was watching Il tho square red remark,
Keep of the grass, D. with an iron rod on one
side. swattcd me across tho organ Of ulimon
uven,es
The storm was now at is height The ro0f
of tho hotel gently lifted with the breezo, and
through the fast falling rain we could REQ
surprised gentleman In his room Just emery
ing through tho neck band Of a bright new
.hlr.. With a look OF horror and wonder no
tried 20 pail down tho roof again and conceal
himself, but ho could not do ~.
The storm now took of is coat and
shrieked, while the Whirlpool was lashed 10
its greatest fury, and at the Whirlpool bazaT
genuine Indian moccasins. made ia Connect
cut, went down 10 e. pair. | made a move
ment towards the brink Of the precipice, IN
tending 10 peer down over It into the boiling
waters, when felt the grasp Of a gondarme
on my shoulder and was jerked back with
an oath which would have sworn in whole
precinct Of non-residents at a presidential
election.
Monsieur fool heem@if" said the John
Darn in pure Buffalo French, with a slight
patois Of the Rue de Main street Then
grinding bis teeth he managed 70 mako mo
that had stated in Buffalo that
Il was going over the falls and through the
whirlpool but that nemesis was on my
tral 1t Is very disagrecable 10 have your
trail stepped on by a nemesis, and 80 / ex-
planned that meant 10 30 fguative, and 30,
when the John Darn had opened my over
coat and found that / was not dressed in
tights with double loaded bridge jumping
shoes he allowed mo TO pasa II was here at
the bs.nr that l met my old friend POGO
moco Of the Pluto tribe Of Indians. And
what ara you doing here, 50 far away from
home, Pocomocof asked, in tho light run
ming domestic accents Of the Pluto tongue
Il am here, no replied in the Same Ian
guage ITO procure our regular supply OF |
Indian relics for tho coming year. We can |
not compete any longer with Connecticut in /
he manufacture Of genuine Indian relics [
So We come 70 Niagara Falls for them. We /
also get most Of our ornamental bead work /
ione IN England, and our ornamental mas /
aero business Is done there too. The white /
nan has facilities which we DO not have, and /
20 tho rcd mans gooso IS practically cooked /
We buy all our weapons and headache sticks /
low at New York We get our bows and /
arrows made at Waterbury, Conn, and
Boston furnishes US with our lingerie
No can buy arrow heads cheaper than
so can mako them, and why should
so toll over homo made arrow
head all day when he can steal horso in ton
minutes that viii bring Us nice new relics
'nough 70 last Us "A yeari We have In our
rlbe favored free trade, and So We with our
nfant Industries arc thrown into direct com
'etition with tho pauper relic makers Of the
]owory. You can. buy good scalp az Chat
Iam square for sixty-nino cents today, and -
ho war path is practically oyergrown with
.rass. In year or two men with sample
asses will no doubt visit tho Indian tribes and
eli their years supply Of everything Ia that
ne. We ara utterly discouraged There
as not been warlike attitude among the
flutes since TIE Buckwheat Pancake Outbreak
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