The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-06
"A Trip Down East
AND WHAT i SAW THERE.
sSII.ENA MOORE HOLMAN.
tIContinued from last week. ]


to Horseshoe Falls, which is or
the Canadian side. These falls
were seen mostly from the upper
side at this time, the best view be
ing from the Canadian side, which
we were to have later. Then we
went further round Goat Island
and up still to where the Three
Sisters Islands are connected with
each other by substantial bridges.
Around these we could obtain the
best possible view of the rapids
above the falls, and we thought OF
the utter impossibility of any boat
or any living thing, if caught in
the swirling waters, ever escaping.
They must inevitably 60 over into
the vast abyss below. The wild
beauty of the river at these points
was scarcely second to that of the
falls themselves. Then our driver
carried us back over the bridge to
the mainland and through the city
to the Whirlpool. The Whirlpool
is not free to sight seers, as had
been all other things up to this
time. They charge fifty cents at
the gate. But a ticket bought as
we started for twenty five cents
admitted us. We were disappoint-
ed here, for the deep, quiet, re
sistless whirl of the waters tell no
story, at first glance, of the mighty
power hidden in its depths. Any
thing cast in here whirls round
and round for days together, being
sucked in and thrown up again
gnany times before escaping. The
guide book says it is about 200
feet deep at this spot. Back again
up the river we came to the Whirl-
pool Rapids. Here we entered
car which took us down what
seemed an almost perpendicular
incline of two or three hundred
feet. The descent seemed to us
very perllous, and we drew
breath of relief when we reached
the bottom. This brought US to
the bottom of the gorge through
which the river runs, almost to
level with the water, where we
could see the rapids to the best ad
vantage. These rapids are below ,
the falls. The river here is very !
narrow, between two mighty walls
of rock that extend upward 200 {
feet or more. The river flows +
rapidly down, with such resistless t
force, boiling and seething and {
snrging, as to give one good idea a
of the power and force of the /
stream, which seemed scarcely sec. q
ond to that of the great falls. +
Then we went back up the steep n
incline, which seemed more fearful {
than in descending. Taking the i
again we crossed over to s
the Canadian side. We crossed f
the lower bridge, paying ten cents a
toll each for the privilege, and {
drove along the Canadian side up n
the river toward the Falls. A +
much better view of the Falls can 8
be obtained from this side, as we c
are on the lower side, as it were, n
and can better see the water COM r
ing down. Words fail me when / a
try to tell Of the glorious vision t
that met my delighted eyes here. d
But as | stood there watching the a
resistIess force. of the waters, | +
thought of the wisdom and power S
Of the Almighty God who had t
made it all. And then suddenly d
the sun shone out, and a beautiful v
rainbow flashed through the dane S
ing spray, and | thought of the b
love that encircled Gods children n
and tenderly cares for them all 9
through the good and evil of this n
life. v
This was the first time I had 9
ever been out of the United States. 9
But there was nothing to make me n
know it other than my knowledge /,
Of the geography of the country. v
Canadian soil, Canadian homes and a
differ in nowise from ii
those just across the river. il
Our allotted four hours carriage Il