| Show niagara in winter the of oldest dest aih inhabitant abitanta cannot homem ler a time whoa when niagara falls presented such a tight eight as an at present the unremitting cold calil of th the winter inter his has had tt a wonderful erfal effect in in transforming tho the great front cataract lee ico began to form in in november and las kept on forming arming ever since binca without a daas day a thaw the rhe snow I 1 fiill all bus been plentiful storms heaping beeping it ap to a decroo set fel dom before wit nessi I 1 tho the ice ico daina dinuis tit t ilia toot foot of 0 like eric eno check clief k ilia how flow of the niagara somewhat but ito ihu cut cat bract arant plunges vilh still the namo irresistible force oron us at ever in consequence ol of the ice fee dams damn near buffalo the water wafer nt at the falls I 1 ii i oot not so 0 o deep us as usual and the dark color of 0 the ilia b bed ed rock la jet vi visible lible through the shallows and rapids ou the canada side eido spotting in broad brand patches the green of the tha flood unit aud ilia hie of fl I 1 lie ie torrent the highway from clifton to the rails falls blurts tho edge of tho the preal pitons banki of the ilo niagara here and an codar whose routs roots find la ia the crevices of 0 the rock shows shown its bruak above tho ilia cliff some indeed with it great gnat air of bravado brav ulo hang ut at a dizzy anglo angle over the prebi pice pica the tha snow is n beaten down in 10 the of the ilia road but there P tro aro places where tho the slant is la toward the margin la irgin ol of the cliff anti where tho the bleigh chows tto an alarming disposition to topple that way rat far down below the intense groan of tua the river river shows itself iL it possible by with the snow tile ilia nervous traveler shudders adderi eb as aa lie he contemplates a tumble from tho the verge of the cliff turtle turns his bia eyes away and instinctively loans loam over to the other tilde tido 11 the upper bridge the american americal Ame ls eido do shows ranches of abita ice the overflow of iho file mill extended from tile rivers edge to tho the top of the bank folded and coagulated they drapo tile the rough dark storto etino cliff us its with carta curtains ius of lace the rha now suspension bridge looks moro more like a spiders wab in the tha sunlight than over ever before tile the hoar boar frost fro atnia fins turmoil formed on cables and stays aull the iron work fairly glistens the trees in fit prospect park buum island goat island the canada shore ebore in the vicinity of the rails falls art loaded down with crystals such bach fau baltic forms of 0 foliage were nover never soon RUOU ae and lit the iho imagination of man could icv line depict ouch bach wonderful RS as trees shrubs nad and bushes everywhere present the ever bribing mist lim has glorified the abo forests foresta after ia u as ro manner A writer in in the current number of SH bIs doah deals with the husn music of ni adani there 1 bora la Is a sound of grandeur to the full of alel waters the iha reverberations lev erbar broken modified and b w the ice massia which item them abut about ring ont on tho the frosty air with a musical clamor at times soft keyed and melodious like tho ilia 61 sound of heavy bells if there is music at niagara it ii barely during this winter season ico ice bridges hive have been formed and have bavo disappeared there oro lira nono there now the iho ico ice that cornea comes over the falls is broken into bits biti and a weeps swoops down thi the river in diminutive drifts and panoramic lines linea ranch much like the foam hacks flocks that ill fill the surface on a still ilay day in summer at ill ahti loot foot ol of tho the falla at the chyo cava of 0 the winds under the bank on the canada side below the house hoisa shoo nt at the goat island tido side gigantic iou ICU mounds monads havo have formed from the spray some homo of these glaciers are round like haystacks others urd are irrean lar nud and riven some tiro are wanto w h to an all I 1 covered others are of 01 crystalline talline too lea and congealed one w wi with T casios of dependent icicles visitors up to the top ot of some of these mounds but others are arc inaccessible it if tho the cold weather continues they aro likely gromia altitude until they ibey tower up tip fig high or oven even higher ilia than 11 tho the rails U ua di ia lesa on tho the vehement hood flood which boils and b bubbles u balas nt at their bases scorning ruing tho the stilling of wint winter sr should sweet sweep akem no nil icebergs aro airo borne born on bosom of 0 the At atlantic lautic there is 13 a largo large stone otono house of 0 gothic construction neur near to tho the iiorio shioo rails falls on the canada side it la is across the road from table rook rock or rather tho the place where table rock wua was before its fall all the winds havo have driven tua the rising mists of the cataract against this house stud and they have bavo clang to it it is now a study tor for an architect ita Its EI siles lea ate plated ted with an armor of 0 icenho scales arnica of which point upward at a most extraordinary tra angle A cat for instance might climb from ground to gable g ibid with every adv antigo of 0 foothold which the ile ice scales bcalel out tie BO large and protrusive are clay and at such clos a a sud iti regular intervals the iho cortices cornices cor corn nices coo am and I 1 do dor dommers dormers riner mers tho the bilo onies chini neya and cupola are or orlia a rented with surprising icicles and illine agglomerations such lt palace for a winter kini king was never dreamed of outside of the tha fairy further tip towards tuo the prince of wales tower tho the trees anil and shrubs tire nce so EO thick ly coated with ico ice as to present a statuesque appearance MI kit tile graces nymphs and heroes ot of antiquity are here in ice foe it needs but little play of tho the imagination to pick out the figures tho the river shore appears like a pastoral scene filled with flocks bound backed anti and fleecy these theeo ice sheep rest upon the margin of tho ilia swift moving stream and lore and thero there among them ice ice figures of men in in marions rind and attendants with crook and stave 11 these rhese are eight I 1 eaid eahl to the tha driver thirty three winters he ha answered 11 have I 1 seen been these falls with foe bridges mounds and figures but never anything like this the wind you see boo this winter LAS been mainly always alway up U stream and toward this side eijo thaida that baa carriell carried the spray hero and Is littered pitt ered it over tree house lio usi and boulder and it 11 has frozen as yon see hhall 1 tako you a up above to the rapids 1 thero ia a alno road load now low alongside tho the river river and llva ilya little bridges ouch as you yon sea BOO thero there you 11 eee more rare sights aud and another dollar take rake u us back to clifton tor for dinner and wo well 11 stop tit at half a dozen points of view low v on tho the way down und and take our lights eights through though an opera Wed we di idso 1 BO the views wore were sublime it if ever niagara was worth a journey i it is I 1 3 worth it now at 10 the tame same night matroit was reached 1 acar detroit press |
