Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-04-23

| inspiring IMAM trip to the foot OF the
| Horse Shoe; but with a strong wind
driving directly down the river, fore
ing oceans of spray over and around
US, and comparing the small volume
of water passing over the American
Falls with that Of the Horse Shoe, it
is my opinion that, under the condi-
tions mentioned, a trip to the foot of
| the latter is the most thrilling. There
we stand in the midst of a never
casing roar, with the binding spray
continually dashing over US, clinging
to wooden rail for support, and
looking up at a massive wall of water
rolling with laundering noise over
straight lined mass Of rock, and
plunging down, down, down into a
seething, boiling and surging cauldron
at our feet. If at any one time we
were disappointed at the magnitude
of Niagara Falls that disappointment
was quickly dispelled after one sharp
glance around us. The volume of wa
ter sweeping over that vast height in
each succeeding moment of time is
tremendous; and we only wonder
supply. We no longer wondered at
the suction in the Rapids above. 1t
was all explained in that prodigious
wall of water pouring unc easingly
over that hollow curved limestone
edge. The earth seemed to tremble
and vibrate beneath our feet; clouds
of water-smoke were continually
sweeping over us; great waves Of wa
ter, churned to creamy whiteness,
rolled up over the rocks and then fell
back to be dashed and broken by 9TH
ers following in quick succession the
roar was deafening; our voices were
drowned in that mighty turmoil, and
we only looked and-wondered; Won
dered at that stupendous and ineom-
parable scene before us.
Returning to the hotel we crawled
out of our waterproof "bloomers,"
entered the carriage, and were driv-
en- through Victoria Park, beautiful
two mile drive skirting the bank of
the river = and eventually reached
a small wooden building with the sign
of Burning Spring" in large por'ent
Gus letters over the door. For Won
der no admission fee was charged to
witness the curiosity within. We we're
into large implanted rom
of inky darkness and left standing in
front of circular wooden railing.
Then the guide, in the faint glareof a
tallow candle, pointed out the sp.ing,
which was a large black hole illed
with water in the center of the nom,
walled up, and closed in on all sides
by the wooden flooring. Afte' we
had inspected the spring to our ,atis-
faction, he took a long hollov iron
jube, inserted into the water ct the
same time connecting it with some
Kind of an attachment underneath,
and left the rod standing upright in
the center. Then he puncheda long
iron poker into the spring, which also
seemed to connect with some Kind of
apparatus out of sight, ano which
caused the water to bubble md boil
up as if in an iron Kettle over hot
fire. After It HAD Boiled long enough,
he held the blaze Of the camille over
the top of the hollow tube, lighting a
kind of gas which issued from it, and
which, when burning with pae white
y appearance. Then, after extin-
gushing the flame, he pulled out the
ron tube, punched the spring up into
l greater commotion, and set the
whole thing on fire. The rom be-
came brilliantly lighted up, 5he odor
IF birthstone was strong and often
i've, the heat grew insupportable,
and we were glad to seek more
climate. 1t is evident that
Burning Spring" when we read Of
t in connection with the Indians, was
| natural curiosity, and possibly was
interesting to look at; but 10 see it
,oxed up in that small room and
ouched off with tallow candle, was
o me, if 1 may be allowed to express
ny opinion, most ridiculous farce.
from Burning Spring we were driven
,ver beautiful section of country
Jack from the river, a country tenn
ng with history, on past we'll kept
grounds and pretty villas, until finally
,fter strong half day we'll spent and
With pocketbook partially depleted in
ash, we were landed at the hotel
rom whence we started.
TO BE CONTINUED.