Show Ix r f. 1 I- I n Y I I tov t I c fJ IUD ClO N I I K r tom r I t I iIi I F I 1 y K f f i 1 u 1 r 1 0 i ft 1 r I 1 A L I 11 I 1 r. r t 8 I 1 c R i I I f w h t t.- t. Q J V j. j V 17 1 7 j- j 1 i Ai tj I II 4 11 rr t Ghosts Ghost's Ih there tt be ghosts IH ghosts of or past I. I who vho steal l from rom the do deaths f ihs of nowhere re and In t r I serried ran ranks k pass fur for or silent rl review t J along along- the tho paths of mn m lOP mOr mor Their J bugles busk s ring the tho melody y their drumhead give gl gl vole no sound their vole I r 1 1 r ha have H e no tunes tUne and th their lI foe Coot footsteps eps fall Coli ty with I I I 1 noiseless trend on un the th- miRt misty roads of or an III Imagination that grows with i 1 age JrE The lute ol old constable n nt at t Fort Fori Erie erica doz In the tho supra sunrays Y s of a n m warm October Oc Iki t r lIa day shifted un uneasily tI us the slag n- n non 8 on T th r I.- I. r hickory 3 bench made ridges In his I back and h with e eyes es still closed gently gentl murmured Ten 1 11 rods lods more mor and nil all Is 4 safe 4 y l' mL The ghosts were walking for Cor him He lie is himself IC an old soldier soldier soldier-a a soldier r I I of oC the tho crown with flowing g r of oC a vintage e lung long antedated and a j r memory m mor that serves him well in the till uniform of the rhe Canadian militia with natty nally ted red trimmin trimmings lw s-he s he his dally vigil on Ih the site sUp of of old Fort Tort Erie Eric and passes s his days dars In peace pence ful fal III ship of th the blood bloody plot The site sito of oC old Fort the Erie the scene of or man many a sanguinary conflict has conflict has been In in- in closed un and made a n part of oC the Canadian National Park Pirk system It II Is lIc t Buffalo on the Cana Canadian side at the th h head of Niagara river rl an and stands as a n agrim grim g specter of oC the British barracks barrack J t I that guarded tho mho river rl In n the da days lIas s 1 when there thore was Mas enmity between Am America Amer l'- l' r ica and Great Britain On the Amerl- Amerl can cnn side of the river rf is the site of oC oldFort old WI Fort Tort Porter now a 11 b beautiful barracks where re soldiery are arc sent to 10 rest up after hard service and a. a 35 miles mlles away at at the mouth of tho the river glaring across at ut to each other oUter In p peaceful rivalry now J are Forts George and th rhe the former for for- mer In Canada and the litter latter In th ther the tho t. t l When When the the do day is h cl clear ar r and nd good nil all this 4 4 Jon long Jong frontier r stretch b between mn may Ii be- be seen by y tourists from r the top of monument cither the site atte hf the battlo bat- bat of Queenston ton tits Dut But the old m conta constable e nt at Tort Erie Fre needs eeds no wearisome wean wean- J some ome climb cUmb TO view the panorama The historic Jr ground of the Niagara frontier t Is familiar to him Slumber does for foi t l him what travel does for or others The noonday doze dots not only paints In realistic realis tie tic colors the landscape of the tin historic Niagara frontier but summons b by com coin companies b by brigades b by armies an and perhaps per per- perhaps haps hap sometimes ulan alone and unattended d the almost forgotten olt n heroes of a n bygone bygone by- by byj byI I j gone ont da day As he hp shrifts shifts his po position an and murmurs Ten rods more and all nIl Is safe who can tell lell what whal he h in Is N seeing i The ghosts ho arc are walking for Cor him Perhaps the they come Conte In ht overwhelming numbers those stout hearted red red- I I coated soldiers driving the colonists before them and cheering for King I George e and the dragon Perhaps It Is 18 I Isa a n mighty ra race e to see ace whether tho the small detached detached body body of or redcoats ts ou out 1 on aI ati a a- I ti foraging expedition o shall reach tho time fort before the body of American patr pat- pat 1 r- r riots shall succeed in cutting them off ort Perhaps tho the hoA are arc those of oC the I War 01 Of 1812 1512 and the sl sleeping constable sees sc's the Tout attended the thc British in the first attack on Buffalo Duffalo Jul July 11 11 t 1813 1513 Perhaps his hie slumber is H lighted b by bythe bythe the blaze of the burning of oC Buffalo J G it the village was destroyed by my redcoats red red- 1 tt coats and Indians in a latter an and successful suc sue t c ful attack on Dec 13 and Dec Dee 14 ti of the time same year r. when but one rest resi residence tf dence was left leet in the ruins Perhaps the scene stands out in III strong strong- con con- contrast to any of these It Is a abright bright Juno day with scented flower sae air and antl balmy breezes There Is no p J r sign of war wort and all Is still except for forthe forthe the flying footsteps nn and the heavy breathing of or the solitary figure In th the t. t constables constable's a dream dream a young joung girl with vm t wa wavy hair hull and burning checks who whose e f Journey journe is bt beset et with many difficulties t Now she Is lit Hying fI along a secluded d roadway now ng a prickly hedge anon anoil l struggling through swamp and with wilh undaunted de tie- determination de- de In proceed proceeding morass v. v termination towards her destination passing along by circuitous routes Y avoiding here a figure t that carries ar n it ngun und and loops looks like a soldier ol without 1 gun un r uniform an and now hiding until sonic some J 1 suspicious traveler eler ho has j assed And An Andi I liter i an n nil all ii is i h nil ch Wet and dirty with ili the the muck of lowlands s and barnyards barnyards barn barn- dashes yards ards clinging to her skirts skills she harn into a u British camp camp- There is the tle call r.- r. to arms the quick and silent I Son tion the forced CorCe march the terrible bat battle bate e. e all and again a balmy balm June da day of or the thc old ohl redcoat redcoats s This sweet girl Irl this dream Canadian Joan Juan of or was Are has named mimed Laura Secord A monument In the t he oh old been boon erected to her he memory battlefield eld of or Lundys Lundy's Lundys Lundy's Lun- Lun un near the graveyard side I e of f the thc the Canadian dys dy's Lane Iane on frontier Not l with t Niagara perpetuating h her r bravery bra the people with characteristic of her race In vanity II have ha In included bombast and an an 1 to het Jet memory n a touching I the tribute of how hone a mere han handful ful advertisement a or of British defected an American mens men's men men- army on the mon mon- Says Sn's s 's the inscription t and fame tame f To perpetuate a the name walked alone who of oC Laura aura Secord circuitous a miles by n nearly arl route through difficult lH c and p perilous and miry rO roads to I woods nn and swamps at D De Co Cows outpost warn wt u a attack and there there- Falls Fals or of an Intended dc thc on Fitz Gibbon c IJ enabled rift by than less or of June 1513 1 13 with ninth Fort reg 1 r or of her majesty's men and n. n mm militiamen tUff 1 meat ment about fIfteen ec n and other Jn In- Nation Ion small force forc of Six Johnson Capt titans under Ducharme Duchar Jj e to tu sur- sur Kerr and Dominique at Beech- Beech enemY and attack the an u. u e and after Dam woods or Beaver Cal Col capture C engagement rc short his S 8 army um and or of the U ler tWO fore orce of fat 2 men with ot tourists tK up- up A AK our fries sin g caretaker care caN Fort start and d asked taker wae waked wakeel with a Dl Did 1 hear i an- an Whit was that noise v mile rippled n a body shoot And Amid tl than then ion his m search old on among the tho wr Inkles Its now 1 l was wat I 1 battle bat bal battIe countenance dreaming nib ot or time ihu I 1 was watt dream CommO- CommO tle tIe of or Lake brie Eric when your y our across th thedore the tho he Crom o dorc dore l You Perry crry are alO Yes Yeti I Knew ll It arent aren't you our ou as ns border bonier f pretty telly girls uS r There are arc no other II I tap wa saying American J Kill girls us its Battle of or Later Late Lake dreaming of ur t the c u I IVal was Val r I ot 2 i ff if 1771 f. f f SI 4 t. t f r P 4 i j f 0 ti F lQ J A i 1 e r Al 4 ii 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I I I r i i W f l b bl q J I f f JW rO 1 t 11 t l i 1 i L I f. f 1 H ir ii 7 1 t f J ro- ro i. i 1 l' l f 1 L l IF F-IF D 4 A L- L r 4 A ti v 4 Eric Erie when y your ur commodore with boats boat that he had made himself captured and destroyed our fleet It on Sept 10 1813 1513 and n tx relative of mine mine long long since since- dead dead served ll one of or the guns on a British ship atilt that W went l I down lie often oCten told me the of that battle and In m my ny dreams I aw saw him training his gun and lighting hi his fuse Cuse for tor one last shot Milot before before be be- fore Core the water should run into the time no- no zit of the gut gin guon on the thc badly careening ship Just as he fired Invoke I woke up and andI I thought that the tho noise of ot the shot had awakened me mc But Jut th the battle batlle was Cou fought too long ago and und the scene of till the engagement eng was wms is too far awu away ay for forme forme forme me to have ha heard the shot It must have been heen something else I am nm an old man now and things are arc not alwa always s 's clear to me This ladies ladles and und gentlemen gentle gentle- men melt Is old Fort Erie Here we see re remains remains remains re- re mains of the ol old British storehouse storehouse storehouse-or or proof bullet retreat an and there are arc the earthen breastworks cs thrown up it at mingles angles that enabled the time defenders to meet the force foice with a n terrible terrible terrible ter ter- fire Here on the other othet side you cc And A so he wandered on through the Intricate mazes of oC a lecture long ago agol l learned b bj by heart while we sometimes lI listened and I sometimes lo lost losi t ourselves In pleasing conjecture as U to what the lime place might have looked like In Inthe Inthe inthe the days as a's that thai he told about about In In tho the days when frontier tights lights i revolutions evolutions International squabbles of all kinds s numerous bands of or treacherous In Indians In- In lans made the tenure of life liCe all too uncertain To properly Inspect all the points of or Interest Interest all all the battlefields scenes o or ambuscade e nn and terrible lc slaughter along the banks of Niagara river rl on both Guth sides should take lake about a week i 1 n Niagara frontier fairly breathes breathe with historic Interest Prom Front time the days day 01 vl nu tu great explorer La loa Salle Salic and ana the time of Father the first white man to 10 see sou the thu mills falls of or Niagara down clown on through tho the years ears that witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- the war of 1812 1512 and the burning of oC Buffalo the Buffalo the shores of the river hav havo continually b been en tro trodden den b by the makers maker of nations Blood letting there ther wa was too an and here her the British nn and French have da clashed redman has fought and anel scalped his white brother and amI Americans Americans Ameri Amort- cans engaged In tin revolution have o grappled grappled grap grap- pled In hl deadly conflict men of their own flesh Mesh and blood Soldiers of pf r the mother country have hu engaged d the th In Indians In- In to swoop down upon the settlers along the shores of Niagara rh river r antI and raised no hand to stop the savage cruelties upon men whose whoso blood was as JS n red d. d if IC their coats couls were wore not as scarlet as the hirelings in th the pay of King Icing George of England Through years of or peace we c come corne to the time when tho the eagles of or war again Happed flapped their wings an and countless slaves es escaping from the South during the Civil ai wal were 1 rowed across Niagara ara river by Abolitionists to freedom In Canu Canada a. a An And then when war was declared with Spain during till the administration of and the Spanish ambassador De Lome was gl given gi Il a Cl polite Intimation that his room loom loomas rooms w was as s more desirable than thun his company he made malIe for Cor Niagara and crossing to Niagara Falls Fulls Canada attracted the thee ees c e es of or the diplomatic world orld In that direction while the State department at ot Washington demanding of the Iho I British government that thai he be dislodged dislodged dis dis- lodged ed from Crom hi his point of vantage antage Again guin In time the city of or Buffalo on the shores shorts of the tho mighty river enterprising lu ing g citizens reared in the he year 1901 1001 the beautiful Pan American exposition where In tho the month of September PresIdent President President Pres Pres- ident McKinley met death by assassination nation Niagara river rl Is virtually a u strait separating the United 11 States from Canada Can Cart ada and connecting connecting- I lako ako Uric Brie with Lake Ontario It is about a mile wide VIejo nn and thirty live miles 8 long Its lilt entire length Is dotted dolled with Islan Islands s. s which aggregate In nil all 1701 acres 8 One of or these these called Goat Gout Island island island-Is Is rl right ht at atthe atthe the tho brink of or Niagara ara falls and separates sep sep- the river rl Into two u channels each one fulling over o a precipice feet high Early explorers from the I East Kast followed the waterways Inland along the Si St Lawrence rh river rl going r t to Lake Ontario Jn In ceaseless efforts to I 1 I OW I c 1 f 4 t l. l 1 i. i tr oJ p. p J f ii c 1 i I 9 T G Ih T tL G OJ I l r Y t 1 t r 1 f ff f i r r J 1 a z E. 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L discover tr disco vcr tin time stern cut an tad nid n ii I along ulong the o iks ba iks of ii river 11 i i tl to Lake Lako Eile Erle and farther arther st l thus Thu hu Ni Niagara Nt-I Nt I- I agara narn river rl earl early became the scene cene of or battles between the whites and In In- In titans and belts being regarded as us the water gateway of or lh West Nest was wars the scene of ot a continual contest between the French and English for control The French in to the tam early stages were the most and nd history shows that as early carly us 17 a French officer Do Non threw up lIl earthworks on the site of what whal is now Fort Foil Niagara on limn tho American side Hide of oC the river ilver ri right ht at Its mouth in fact talt This barricade barricade bar bur was held hel and lost with varying fortunes until 1725 when the ih th French after a a. tricky deal with the time Indians I secured their consent to ei erect elect a u stone on the site this was the foundation of the permanent fort there It ft was captured by the British in 1753 and was used by the English us a i post for tho the maintenance of an open road rond of tra trade e from the In interior to the setler set se- e tIed portion of or the lan land near the coasts The rhe fort fori played an un Important pai part t In km the Revolutionary war an and was used as time the hea headquarters from which the bands of In Indians laDs that ravaged the colonies colonies col col- onies during that awful ll period wore were sent out After the time War ar of or 1770 irra It ft came Into American possession A Luis ills MUI pel em pet naps article u tide would woula be bo boa bea a 0 better word-does word not pretend to lo ben be be- bea a n complete history of or the the- Niagara fron fron- tier It Is la rather ruther the faithful chronicle of or what hat a p party irly of tourists tourist saw traveling trav trav- cling eling up one sill side of or the ara ira river an and down the lh other other other-a a trip of or n about out l' l t ints nl nth Th 1 In n r. re tri tn in Iii m my point point- 1111 al ll the thc trip equally as Important as i that thai 0 oi of Fort Mag Niagara ira Tin lime march |