Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-09
HAS NO FAULT TO FIND.


ON Il bald head at the same timer
HAS NO FAULT TO FIND.
An Engishman Who Grows Enthusi-
astic Over Niagara.
Not every visitor to Niagara Falls
has for his benefit a full moon every
night and Il brilliant sun by day, says
the London Telegraph. They tell me
that the grand time to see Niagara is
at midWinter, when huge tons of ice
so laundering over the cataract. and
the lower falls are one mass of spark
ling icicles. But one cannot see every
thing, and Niagara in summer time is
quite good enough for me. Arriving
in the middle Of the night, with the
moon at the full, it was impossible
even then to resist the fascination of
Niagarl's deep diapason sound of well
come
We wandered out, the night as light
as day, under acres of white blossoms,
to see the upper torrent before it falls
over the precipice. This was to be all
The rest was to be left to the imagi-
nation. You cannot conceive the effect
of that midnight ramble-the eternal
thud of the cataract emphasizing the
delicious silence of the night Standing
as [ did, on the edge of the green gar
den on the American side, looking over
to the deep and somber belt of pines
on the opposite island, watching and
eternally watching, these angry waters
dashed into foam and hurrying to their
downfall below, it did not seem to me
at first that this Comparatively narrow
course could end in a triumph of mag
nificence.
But there was no veStige or shadow
of disappointment in the morning. How
should there be? The apple blossoms
We're waXen, the grass of emerald green,
the sky was blue, the sun was in the
heavens. At last it was all right with
the world. SO l took the picture gradu-
ally, piece by piece, like a miser. /
lifed the curtain gradually and peeped
at the wonderful scene, point by point
and bit by bit. The plan was to walk
by the side of the torrent and pause at
every resting place; first the very
edge where the water breaks from
it's narrow bed into unreasonable dis
tance and becomes a mighty cataract;
next, a little lower down, where can
be seen the effect of the great fall,
the majesty Of which seems incOmpar-
able; then a little further down, where
~,
child's play compared to the misty
majesty of the horseshoe falls. The
proportions of this indescribable pic
ture are so equal and admirable that
at first, as at st. Peters in Rome, you
are apt to be Il little disappointed. You
cannot be convinced of the magnifi-
cence of st. Peters unless you go to
the top OF the highest dome. You can
not be completely persuaded of the
astonishing majesty of Niagara unless
you descend to the very bottom.
Modern enterprise allows you this
experience. Formerly you had to stand
on a slippery rock in a macintosh
and go literally under the falls. Now
adays a plucky little steamboat plunges
into the very heart of the torrent and
takes you so near the falling mass
of glittering and rainbow tinted water
that you gasp for breath. This eXpe
dition 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 indescribable attrac-
ton and fascination. While resting
there I could not get away from them.
The roar in the distance seemed a
call which ] was bound to answer. All
day long | was strOlling 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 as l would I
could not tear myself away from the
attractive cataract The most hideous-
ly fascinating corner of all Is the ex-
act break where the rushing waters
fall sheer down the precipice.
One-half step here and death would
greet you in less than a second. This
is in a corner that ought to be barred
from the sight. If it is necessary to
heighten the barriers of Clifton sus-
pension bridge it should be dcubly
right to hide these fascinating corners
of Niagara, where the roar SoOthos
and the rushing water allures. Bus
for all that, hither suicides eternally
come. Niagara has been the Nepothe
of many a weary soul. If 1 were to
visit the place a hundred times l 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. Niagara is to my mind
one Of the most fascinating spots on
earth.
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