Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-12
The world's Fair by Easy Stages.


+ But overlooking trivialities, my pen fal.
i ters in the attempt to adequately describ,
my first impression of the Falls. UnspeslS
able GRANDEUR With what thrilling aw,
! gaze over the precipitous bank close b,
the American Falls, watching with ire.
sistible fascination the headiong plunge
OF the whlrling, resistless, roaring mass
caashlng down with increasing force two
hundred and fifty feet below, there swirl
ing, foaming, advancing, retreating, until
finally, deciding that it has struck bot
tom, ii succumbs to the inevitable. thence
flowing serenely on to swell the waters OF
the neighboIjng lakel o magnificent
Phenomenon! what power or grandeur
can surpass thy wonders? Giving due
honor TO the triumphs of human skill
which we have noted in the five mile Hoo
sac Tunnel and Suspension Bridge, let us
pay our tribute 10 Nature seen in her
strongest mood and most awe-inspiring
work. Our last view of the Falls was In
crossing suspension Bridge while at din
ner, which must have been part Ameri-
can, part Canadian.
The scenery through the Province Of
Ontario is exceedingly limited, to say the
least. Even the pretentious names of
London and Paris failed TO produce any
thing more enterprising than side track
and sickly-looking line OF cabsl
pleasant memory is that of Detroit
seen by moonlight, while we were being
ferried across the st. Clair. The city Is
lighted by a system OF towers supporting
arc lights, to which distance lent charm,
thereby adding to the subtle witchery of
the peaceful moonlight reflections on the
eXpanse OF water. Twas here our watches
were set back an hour: and how well we
used that hour gained was attested to bv
the absolute stiffness that soon reigued
In the early morning, we observed the
change in couniry--fertile fields and
broad prairie were now in order. The Ia
" interest of the party now changes to
alertness; ! handbags are repacked and
locked for the thousandth time, Each
one is striving to maintain his dignity and
to impress the rest with his old-traveler
airs, while he can hardly restrain his ca
gerness to oe of.
At length the moment arrives when
0 perfidious Fate!-despite our readiness.
our early morning rise and willingness to
seek fresh tields,the porter had the audac-
ity TO forget hat he was to lose our enter
tsining mpanicnship at a certain sta
tion, so that, On casually enquiring il any
one was TO leave the car at Englewood, our
assent caused him to turn sickly green
IN his chagrin and haste to belp US of.
Amid laughter and merriment. we
found ourselves on the platform, part of 1
Us laboriously counting our grips to be |
sure none were left behind in the fast
speeding train, the rest of us looking for
he man whom we did not know and who /
did not know US. A munlal recognition
s happily reached by means of our tails I
man, and after riding thro' miles OF street. 4
'ach seemingly the exact counterpart of 4
Is peighbor, in cable cars whose limits
IRE taxed TO such an extent that fares are
,nly with difficulty collected thro' the
we are permitted to rest and
breathe in tranquility, having reached our
destination where, soiled but happy, we
top TO recuperate and to brush the accu-
nulated hayseed of New England of be-
ore stormlng the magic citadel posted as
63rd St. Entrance"
FANNIE NJ. FISHER.
NoTE.-This trip was taken in the COM
any of tive Others, the whole party being
nder the safe-conduct of Mrs. NJ. ID. Fra
ar, agent acting for the Boston Globe. in
omplianee with the agreement of the late
ontest, OF which the prize was a free
Worlds Fair trip.