The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-08-22
Corner Grocery,
Centre and White SITS.
THIRD EDITION
e JOURNEY WESTWARD.
Letter From One of the Local Worlds
Fair Parties.

Letter From One of the Local Worlds
Fair Parties.
THE following is an interesting letter from
one Of the excursion parties which left town
last week for the Worlds Fair. Ed
EDITOR HERALD: We arrived at Buffalo
on Thursday evening, 18th, after most de-
lightful ride oyer the Lehigh Valley Railroad
from Sayre and found many excursionists in
the city, some bound for the great exposition
and others on their way home. Lake Cayuga,
from Ithaca to Geneva, is beautiful sight,
and a splendid view of it is afforded to the
right of the Lehgh route.
We put up at the Iroquois hotel, a magni-
fcent building furnished in elegant style and
in all respects first class. Notwithstanding
the elegant accommodations and excellent
service the rates are but So per day, breakfast,
supper and lunch 81 each, and dinner $1.25.
Major Finney joined us this morning. He
came here in a sleeper in which he didn't
sleep. / do not think he travels much. After
we completed breakfast his eyes fell upon a
finger bowl and lemon. "Oh if Phil. Hol
man was here, wouldn't he pay the tax ~
juice into the water and motioped for sugar
This morning, the 18th, our party went to
Niagara, because everybody else seemed to
be going there and the landlord praised the
place very highly. We thought he was anx-
ious to get rid of us 50 we would not be on
hand for the grand dinner, but if such was
his intention he was fooled, for we all got
back in good time When the conductor
yelled, Niagara Falls!p Finney partly awoke
from his slumber and shouted "Well, set em
up again, the rails have arrived" and all in
the party acquainted with the Majors anxiety
to get the Lakeside electric road through at
home roared with laughter.
Upon arrival at Niagara we went on an
electric car to the Whirlpool rapids, and at
the terminus Of the road we entered den
which proved to be an elevator and in the
twinkling of an eye we were dropped to the
bottom of the shaft. After viewing the rap
ids we started TO return and just as we were
about to re-enter the elevator we met Super
intendent William II. Lewis, of VIM. Penn
and party, with Superintendent Bakeslee, of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, who were taking
in the Falls on their way home from the
Worlds Fair.
On reaching terra frBa Major Finney with
his usual generosity insisted upon paying the
expense of the elevator, twenty cents for
four of u.s. supposing that the trip in the ele-
vator cost five cents but it was no go. The
sign above the elevator door was something
like this "oO,' but Finney read it sc" The
trip cost him 81, 1 promised not to say any
thing about it. After bitter
wrangle with the hackman, we
succeeded in getting him to take four of us
for 81 and we had good long drive During
the journey Finney got the "cabby" into good
humor by talking about beats, heart
beats, red beets and dead beets, and before the
end OF the journey he proved such a good
fellow that he offered to make Finney pres
ent of his carriage The Major politely de-
cllned the offer ON the ground that a livery
man belonged to the Borough Council at
home and if too many of the Councilmen got
into the business they would be driving over
to the Valley every Sunday. In conversation
with the hackman Finney remarked that the
cab and hack business must be paying at the
Falls this year on account of the great stop
overs by Worlds Fair tourists, but the hack
man said the business is by no means good, as
the Fair visitors generally stop at the Falls
on the homeward journey and are then pretty
well strapped" so they cannot "do"the Falls
as people must to see everything.
Tonight Saturday we leave for Cleveland
by boat and expect TO reach that city to-mor-
row morning
1 hardly think it worth while to give you
a description Of the sights [ saw at Niagara.
1t has been written up so often 1 am sure it
would be a chestnut to your readers. l for
got to tell you that upon our return to the
hotel at Buffalo Finney called the drinks for
a new acquaintance and the Major almost
burst with suppressed merriment as the new
made friend soberly said before the liquid
disappeared, Here's your health, Mr..
Finnegan," @.