Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-11
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ais benefit . fall moon ever night md .
brilliant sun by dsy. They tell me that tha
krzud time 70 see Niae1xa Il - midwinfer.
when hugs tons Of Ice go thnndering over
tie cataract and the lower falls are one
mass Of sparkling ic;eies- But ene cannot
be everything, and Niagara IA summer
time Ia quite good enough for me-. Arriv-
ing in the middle Of the night, with the
naoon as the fnil. IL YVES impossible even
then 60 resist the fascination Of Nia2ar1's
deep diApasou sound Of welcome
We wandered out, tina night - Hight as
say, ander acres Of white blossoms. TO see
the upper torrent before It falls over the
prse;pice This Was 70 be all Tbs rest
waz TO be left to the Imagination You
cannot conceive the effect Of that midnight
ram ble--the eternal thud Of the cataract
emphasizing the delicious silence OF the
night Standing as did On the edge Of the
green garden on the American side, looking
over to the deep and sember belt Of pines
on the opposite island watching and eter-
nsily watching these angry waters dashed
into foam and hurrYing 10 their downfall
below. it did net seena TO me At first that
this comparatively narrow course could end
In a triumph Of magnitieeDce-
But there was no yestige or shadow OF
disappointment In the morning. How
should there be, The apple blossoms were
waxen, the grazs Of emerald green, the SKY
was blue, the sun was in the heavens. AZ
last &c was all right with the world. SO l
took the picture gradually, piece by piece,
like niiser lifted the curtain gradually
and peeped at the wonderful scene point BY
point and bit by bat. The plan was TO walk
BY the side Of the torrent and 70 pause at
every resting place the very edge
where the water breaks from its narrow
bed into Unreasonable distance and be-
comes a mighty cataract; next. little
lower down, where can be seen o effect OF
the great fall, the majesty Of which seems
Incompatible; then little further down,
where you find that the first falls are mere
child's play CONF pared to the misty majesty
OF the Horseshoe falls. The proportions Of
this indeseribabis picture are 50 equal and
admirable that at first. as at St Peters In
Kline, you are apt To be a little disap-
pointed. You cannot be convinced Of the
magniiicenee Of st. Peters unless you 20
TO the top Of the highest dome. You can
not be completely persuaded OF the aston
ishing majesty Of Niagara unless you de
scend To the very bottom.
Modern enterprise allows you this expert
ence. Formerly you had to stand on slip
perry rock In macintosh and 60 literally
under the falls. Nowadays plucky little
steamboat plunges into the very heart OF
the torrent and takes you 50 near the fall
ing mass Of glittering and rainbow tinted
water that you gasp for breath. This ex
petition should be missed by no one. You
cannot see the falls or understand them
without it.
You will ask me. what is the effect OF
Niagara falls on the SPECTATOR To me they
have an understandable attraction and fas-
cination. While resting there could not
get away from them. The roar in the dis
lance seemed call which was bound to
answer. All day long was strollinR about
Goat Island or standing on the bridge, or
over on the Canadian side sitting and look
ing at the rainbow and the waves of the
opposite fall. Try rs would, could not
tear myself away from the attractive cata-
ract. The most hideously fascinating cor
ner Of all is the exact break where the rush
ing water falls sheer down the precipice
One-half step here and death would greet
you In less than second. This in a corner
that ought to be barred from the sight. II
| It Is necessary to heighten the barriers Of
Clifton suspension bridge, it should be
doubly right to hide these fascinating cor
hers OF Niagara where the roar soothes and
the rushing water allures But for all that,
hither suicides eternally come. Niagara has
been the nepenthe Of many weary soul.
If | were to visit the place hundred times,
should still be found all day long walking
round and round the falls and rapids. and
watching the everlasting rush from peace
Of lake to turbulence Of whirlpool. Nj
agara is to my mind one of the most fasci-
| hating spots on earth.-London Telegraph