Show bayt r NIAGARA v A lolic rails extortionate curiosity tellers EDITOR aur journey from to niagara falls was attended with no special incidents of interest from detroit our train was conveyed by ferry boat to aln sor at which point we met the custom lionso of her estyll dominion and had tho exquisite pleasure of having our dirty linen exhumed and inspected this trying ordeal over wo repaired to bed and boat time to the tuno of fifty mile per hour until am of sunday morning when we arrived at PALLS to our great astonishment wo ascer bained that all passenger trains in this section of country laid bye on sunday benco our car was sidetracked and we made the best of our time until evening we had heard considerable about niagara falls on our journey and among other things were warned against tho rascally and the bewitching importunities of the pretty lady clerks of the curiosity stores wo therefore fought shy of the former class who espied us immediately upon our arrival and concluded to take ft view of tho place on foot when to our surprise we arie offered a two seated carriage capable of carrying five persons for the moderate sum of fifty cents pr houri thinking th il we biad struck it rich wo closed the bargain in a breath and were oon on our way to the grand rapids arriving at the brink of the roaring chasm we were courteously escorted to a curiosity store near by where an elderly matron assessed ua chiy cents all around for alie privilege lege of descending to alic river in an elevator which wo after wards learned was run by tho current of the stream below the niagara eiver which is a short distance above is 1200 feet across and is now pent up in a channel but feet wide and walled in by gigantic perpendicular banks over feet in height the whole force of the water being con cent rated in this small abyss seems as though it would tear asunder the sleep wooded hills eliat it so wild and startling is its terrific power for a considerable distance thunders down in seething heaving maises of foam throwing up streams of water with spray and in places whirling i into angry billows from 30 to 40 feet in height the k ivar nt anis point is estimated to bo feet deep with a current at the centre of 27 miles per hour it is deafening in its roar and almost transfixes one with terror as he gazes upon the wild tumultuousness of its mighty rushing waters to the surface we pass into and through the curiosity sity store and are invited in a most bewitching way to inspect the vast and valuable collection of natural and artificial curiosities here tastefully displayed some f our party being yet vulnerable it would seem to the shaft OF WILY acrid aro dazzled liv the bewitching ances and sweet persuasion of the air ones and boon led to invest bite liberally while others to escape the same dilemma ruah frantically away looking neither to the ight nor to the left until freedom is achieved ichi eved beyond W next proceed the falls situated about two miles ip the river hero we aro again assessed 50 cents all around for the privilege of passing through narrow park 20 rods jn width to the brink of tho river these falls are a quarter of a mile in width and 10 beet laigh and ara characterized ly an irregularity which giac them a wild and lungu i lar beauty he water flows over in a broad billowy stream and is thrown out by craggy points in a hundred places so that it passes down in a snow whito drapery and possess BO much variety that it delights while it awes and one almost forgets its immensity while contemplating its singular beauty at first sight it does not seem BO impressive but as we continue to gaze upon its swift descending torrents tho sublimity grandeur and magnificence of alio scene gradually bursts upon our senses and at length we are constrained to acknowledge that it far surp anstis oven our brightest and greatest anticipation THE HORSESHOE falia are viewed best from the canada side and after being assessed 25 els all around for the privilege of the road and around for something ele wo finally arrive in front of a largo museum where we are invited to tower of the building and view the alls from an elevation perhaps 50 feet abobo their summit we next go icelow and after paying another assessment or two descend by a winding stair case to tho level of the river we here obtained a better view of the falls than that presented from any pro point of observation at once became enchanted with its grandeur magnificence THE GREAT HORSESHOE FALLS extend from goat island canada shore a distance of 2376 feet and leave i perpendicular height of K feet tho the falls has now little a horseshoe shape of an inverted letter ceaf lh canada shore water lalosin fleecy snow like masses white and shit ting but from thence what is known as the kicks distance it rolls down in one dei de i unbroken volume to attempt to describe this mighty work of nature bywords would alone bo the height of folly the awful sublimity and grandeur of this the most natural curiosity la world must seen to bo knowd it can never be described on returning to he american s wo were again assessed and pro drive was ended found s sy of paying to eee the fall rn it I i i cost in from 12 to 15 in fact it la almost correct to say that view every of the fall you tako from any commanding position has so much for the nver ia rt hedged in by park saud drives that one cannot approach it from either sido without paying from 50 acts to a dollar for alio privilege visited several curiosity stores lii Iii ullar I to the first eoma of which sold id tho articles from one fourth h to one tenth others and ascertained that in nearly every case the t trane erni regarded M common arv fry K TO HB at every turn fricas are ree regulator regul atod th by probability of what hat can nn te i bained for tho article beardless eard less of their boil in the evening even inc afi aart ting HI an early hour and took act roomi att tho hoew this tt i of he handsomest city places v n r yet visited it contain about lOO inhabitants conducts ft large business haa fine public buildings magnificent charcho ch miles of palatial one of the finest an galleries in the united states without a single exception I have not apace to speak at length of thier beautiful place in the communication but may reter to it when I write you again we are now off for new york X N Y may 12 ano says that ogdan basht enough amusements now SICKNESS still prevails among til e children of our city THE S complains of numerous sunday drunks ane salt lakers are making simple preparations for a grand fourth of july celebration MB W IT kor went lo 10 ogden this week and laid in a new stock of goods so the park record mr tt ia bensi ble joss ff on fifth street has the latest magazines and period s police gazette puck te MB S W SEARS bupt supt of ogden branch of Z C M I is once more wath us he feels first class after bosan francisco THE great improvement made by the fourth ward brass band was matter of much favorable comment at the entertainment last evening herald so little interest is taken in base ball this year that there is little prospect of anything worth mention taking place in this regard THE young men s free hash club are requested to meet at the residence of the president at p m harp tomorrow to morrow afternoon if they arc all journalists friend S there is no doubt they will all be there from the country are expressing high dissatisfaction att those sidewalks on the west side of main street and elsewhere and think that they will have to patronize mer chants who do not endanger their customers limbs and lives by those awful man traps THE NEW YORK herau celebrated its anniversary by the usual annual dinner of the herald club on the ath the bill of fare was unique in its design on the first page of the cover was a facsimile of the morning herald of wednesday may ath 1835 and on the page a facsimile of the editorial page of the sextuple sheet of aar apr contrasted with the sextuple of aar apr 18 the morning herald was but a mall beginning indeed its four pages were sent out among a population of in new york while in 1880 its twenty four pages cabied the news to a ity population is one and one barter millions and while the population of the united states in 1840 was but seventeen millions in 1880 it is fifty millions and it would seem to be a fair m chanilal ch anical test at all events of the claim of the herald that in forty years dur ing which the country has doubled and the city quadrupled its inhabitants the been compelled o sextuple Us issues when the world of trade was at its busiest |