The Penn's Grove record., 1921-10-14
NIAGARA, THE BEAUTIFUL

Always with the thought that one
must see Niagara before seeing
Heaven, as it has seemed to me that
God in his great creation, must have
made Niagara his master stroke in
this great world, and surely in Amer
lea, where one stands so aWed before
its greatness, so when | was to put
the finale on my vacation-it vas
made easy for me to see the great
wonder, and in company with another
lady who was making her second trip
there.
We left Philadelphia in the morn
ing, taking thirteen hours to arrive
at Niagara, without change to Buff
falo, then the trolley to Niagara. The
word ran around the Pullman, that
the Temperance House was the one to
stop at, and on entering the lobby, it
emptied there. Being a little out of
season, and a $50 capacity house, we
were all accommodated with good
rooms, with service most excellent,
and the food delicious.
The first day was rainy and windy.
We saw very little, because of the
heavy mist. The next day we went
after everything. Over on the Cana
dian side, an elderly driver followed
US with his barking, to get us to take
the sightseeing trip with him. 1t was
a case, like the girl who married a
constantly importuning lover for her
hand. She had to marry him to
get clear of him. We took this old
fellow, to get clear of him, and when
to Our amazement he went after his
team, it was a surrey and a slow horse,
like of forty years ago. We found
out that we had made no mistake
after all, for he knew every interest
ing sight and g~arrulous to the last de-
gree, talked and talked.
On or near the Canadian side there
Was a huge barge out in the waters
on a rock. This had been there two
years. 1t was loaded with earth and
stone and had broken away from the
tug in its travel. Five tugs had been
unable to get it off at that time. Four
men were on it. Two left it to swim
the waters, and were never seen
afterWard. Two staid on and the
Gables system materials were brought
from Fort Niagara. Ropes were
thrown to the boat, or rather shot,
there, and then the cable. Late that
night one was brought to the high
building from where they were work
ing. The next morning the other
man was saved, but his hair had turn
ed snow white in his frenzied fear.
Being loaded, this barge will likely
stay there many years, unless the ice
from the spring freshets dislodge it.
The English driver could not refrain
from s%pringing the age old trick, of
growing over we American kids. He
said in solemn impressive tones, that
more water flowed oven the Canadian
falls in one hour, than on the Ameri-
can side in "a hours (maybe). Then
he explained the wonderful building
for the water system, which necessi-
tated such wonderful engineering, with
its breakwater, intakes, damming and
SC on. On the American side the wat
els are used for the power, and in two
different works, where they have q
system that uses the water the sec
ond time. He did think that wonder
"ul for America, always ending with
Ladies, tell you that money anc
brains can do anything"
The Canadian side is lined with
beautiful homes, much like Riverside
Drive, New York City, but not sc
wonderful in money values. Many OF
these homes are peopled with business
men working on the American side
Homes over there rent for about SO
where on the American side they rem