The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, July Il


There is perhaps nothing i'll the
life of "a newspaper man that is look
ed forward to with fonder anticipa-
tions than the annual editorial out
ing. A relief from the cares and re-
possibilities of every day newspa-
per duty is a most welcome change,
vet for those of us who must do
double service on our return, IL
might be more pleasant experi-
ence. The writer joined the Penn
sylyania Editorial Excursion on
Tuesday morning at Sunbury. we
travelled on "a special train furnished
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany stopping only at Williamsport
and Elmira. 1t being our first trip
on An excursion of this character we
had many acquaiDtanaes to make
Our task was an easy one and we
sped on our journey. Elmira
was reached Mt l:30 p. NJ. where we
secured our dinner. Before cross
ing the New York state line we were
shown n large observatory on a
mountain, said to be Mt. Bisgah,
the highest point in Pennsylvania,
Not far from this place is Canton.
the home of Fanny Davenport, the
great American actress. Reaching
Canandaigua. we were transferred
10 the New York Central and Hud-
son River Railroad, the great four
track road of America. BY special
service we were fastened to Buffalo
until 6:3O, one hour ahead of sched-
ule time. After fixing Headquarters
at the Genesee Hotel, we started
out to sec .he city, a grand aud i'm
POSING m~-i iclpality. Buffalo boasts
,,.cgsS .bnes OF pa, ca HslleSs.s. e ORD
than any other city in the world.
Even the beautiful city OF Paris can
not equal in this respect the city on
Lake Erie.
On Wednesday morning special
excursion was arranged to go to De-
pew. a small town not far from Buf.
falo. Depew is Buffalo's child and
contains large manufacturing IN
dustries. We did not Join the
excursion, but those who went have
the highest praise for the royal
treatment received. A business
meeting of the association was held
at ll:3O o'clock. No special pro-
gramme was arranged for the after
noon and J. j. Kintner of New
Bloomfield, representing the Dun
cannon Record and the writer
boarded the steamboat, Pearl for
CryStdI Beach a summer resort III
Canada. known as "Buflalo's Para
disc. We were now for the first
time riding upon the turbulent wa
ters of Lake Erie. a number OF
messengers became sea-sick and
speedily left the deck, seeking a
ouiet corner in the cabin. 1t re-
ouired more than an hour to reach
our destination and there for the
first time we beheld the Dominion
of Canada. Crystal Beach is a de-
lichtful place, provided with dane
ing floor, Ferris wheel, and bath.
house and host of other means OF
entertainment. We detained our,
selves IA few moments too long at the
dancing pavilion and had the salts
faction of seeing our boat depart
without us. The question how tC
spend our time until the next boat
would leave was easily solved. We
hastened to the bath house and pre-.
pared to take a plunge into the wa,
ters of Lake Erie. This was novel
feature in two respects, viz: We
had never bathed in the waters of
lake Erie and second, We We're for
rLe first time on Her Majesty's pos
sessions. A cold wind came in
from the lake and our first plunge
was not as delightful as we had an
ticipated. BY keeping under the
water, however, we experienced no
discomfort. The bottom of the lake
was sandy and rs even as a floor.
The large waves rolled in from the
lake and frequently covered the
heads of the bathers. Leaving the
water after a most delightful ex-
perience, we prepared for the
steamboat, "Gazelle" that left at
6;l5 bringing us to Buffalo at 1880.
sSaml The Posen,n the great actor,
played at the Academy of Music