Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-13

EDlIDR DEAtUN Ill Uu iluNC al
odd corncr in the Beacon this week, /
will send you Il few notes jottcd down
while on 4 flying trip TO Niagara, if
not, the waste basket is always Il most
hospital receptacle for all literary out.
casts.
Here in Washington, driven TO dcs-
pair by hearing nothing but "Fcderal
Election ll,""Tarifi" and Pension APP
propriations," | in company with a
party Of friends, decided TO take ad-
vantage Of excursion rates. and see
what has justly been called "Thc pride
of America"
We left Washington at $50 q. m,
Thursday, and were soon literally spin.
ming across tho country; left Baltimore,
catching only a glimpse of her wonder
FIJI "Druids Hill Park" crossed the
line into the "Keystone State" taking
in the characteristic Dutch towns of
York, Germantown NC, and a birds
eye view of her substantial capital,
Following the Susquchanna tor many
miles, we passed through the finest ag-
ricnliural section of the stare nOtwith-
standing lis occasional mountainous
nature. 1t was here that | saw buck
wheat growing for the first time in
my life, and had to "tess" to ignorance
rs / at first thought it fields of white
clover.
The Pennsylvania and New York
farms are the pretticst | ever saw; cv-
cry available spot fortified aud util-
lied, not one broken down fence or
neglected corner. They have M eye
Tor haoniifni. ! h.ni.. ihnen North
ern farmers, for even the fences arc
picturesque, a great many of them
formed of the roots of very large trees,
placed one after another and giving
the pretiiest rustic effect. The farms
are blocked out rs regularly as the
map of the United States.
| saw II farm fenced Off, on u hill
side, exactly as the states Of New York
Pennsylvania and New Jersey appear
on the map, New York being buck
wheat, Pennsylvania, corn, aud New
Jersey, tobacco.
Leaving Elmlra we reached Wat.
kins Glen at the head of Seneca lake.
Our route took us along tho shore of
the lake for nearly Its whole length
1t was just at sunset, and the vine.
yards sloping down to the waters
edge, the still waters of the lake with
an occasional steamer or row boat, and
the fertile farms on the opposite side,
lighted up by the rays of the setting
sun. formed a very pretty picture.
We reached Niagara at 1880 At
night, and voc to that unfortunate
tourist who had not secured his abid-
ing place, Crowds of excursiOnists
were wandering around with their
%gripsacks. going from II hotel TO an
other, and begging to be "taken ill.,"
and, Judging from the experience re-
lated by some Oh the return trip, 1
thiak they Uere.
Being SO late, We were obliged to
content ourselves for that night with
the roar of the Falls, which we could
hear distinctly from VI hotel, and
started out, after an early breakfast,
tor our first sight Of the wonders of
Niagara. How on earth any one can
say that the first sight is sometimes
disappointing, l cannot understand.
Some say people sometimes expect too
much. Well, | had heard and read
and thought so much about it,, that rs
we walked down through Prospect
Park, 1t seemed TO Inc | could hear my
heart beating above tho roar of the
Falls, and yet, when we came suddenly
in sight OF the magnificent cataract,
my heart stood still: not disappoint.
ment, but wonder, and awe and--well,
| can no more describe my feelings
than l can describe the Falls, and that
is impossible, for Niagara must evcr
remain ''unpaintod aud ~unsung."
thought of what Carlyle said of an
lure :.-"But the natural sense of man,
in all times, If he will honestly apply
his sense, proclaims ii to DO a liutng
thing h, an unspcakable, God-like
thing; towards which the best atti-
.tudes for us, after never SO much SCI
ence is awe, devout prostration, and
humility OF soul; worship If not in
| words then in silence"
l had q helpless sort of feeling, and
thought.-if they ask me any thing
about this when | get back, what mast
| tell them; l know II isn't C0te, aud
rocks. | can only say $50 and see"
did not feel like tho lrishman who
was nothing wonderful about 1t, be.
cause there was nothing 10 keep it
from falling"
We took the boat, tho "sfail Of MIST"
and passed so close TO the falling wa.
ter as TO seem 10 those looking down
upon her, to almost pass under the
sheet. On going on board VIC were
provided with waterproof coats. caps
etc.. and were completely developed
to protect us from the spray and mist
which is sometimes binding, but pass.
ing out Of II, VIC had a magnificent
view Of both the American and Horse.
shos Falls, from below.
The cataract is formed by tho pre-.
cip!tious descent OF the Niaga' a river,
at this point, one quarter OF n mile
wide, down a ledge of rock more than
i64 feet of perpendicular height into
M abyss or basin below of unknown
depth. Tho Horseshoe Fall extends
from tho Canada shore TO "Goat ISL
ana'0niho American side, tho perpen-
dicular height being.i5S feet. Theyil-
lage of Niagara did not impress nc
fayorably. l was rather surprised t.
find Il town cluimiupnbout 1900 inhnh,