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J.1 ^ *'"°'" "' "• """«l«g«t public" bribi wireyos. we ha»e purposely abstained from roakini a»» more hcent.ou. use of our undoubted privilege iZ. .? ^ «ry for preserving to cur book the c J^ctf o^^ ^^^T" »Iuch that is written is not nt to be nrini.rt ,^i Md it is deenlv to h» r—.-d , " ■ - ^ ' '° '" ""• ' wrii»r. -I,.!' " ' '-»"— va i..«v sue ittniiraerable host of, ..»e«uU,f,.;;-^;:::rrnerr.r.'"ii: IT INTBODDCTIOir. the aofual amount of fiivolous nonsense which constitute! so large a portion of the contents of the books from which our selection is made, is not at all to be calculated by the speci- mens now and thus exhibited. We have given the bat ; and, when, in any degree, redeemed by wit or humour, we have not been so fastidious, perhaps, as we should have been, in «?xcluding the worst specimens of this gratuitous author- ship—always endeavouring, however, to take care that de- cency Bhall not be outraged, nor delicacy shocked; and in this respect, however improbable it may seem, precaution has been by no means unnecessary. In criticizing this «Album»»— if iAny body should conde- scend to honor it in that way, it should not be forgotten that the articles of which it is composed are written, not only by persons who are not recognized or professed authors, but without the cure, lime, or study, usually bestowed on com- position intended for the press— genf rally, it is to be presu- med, without any premeditation whatever. In making up the book, we have not unfrequently been obliged to add and deduct, as the case n)ight be, to lines which their authors evidently meant to be of a certain measure, in order to bring them within the rules of prosody. If, in such cases, we have weakened or mistranslated an idea, the best excuse will be to plead guilty ; and we do so accordingly, with ihis condi- lion, that we be distinctly chargeable, at the same time, with making all the alterations which we have made— and they are not few— on purpose, and because we thought they were amendments. It is likely— very, that there are numerous plagiarisms in this as in other " Albums" Nay, we do not know that tM may not, in some cases, have made a readable stanza here and there out of another'* lit«r«r«r loroonw f}..» ^^» hiving read all the printed books in the world, we put io iXdoraoee as our plea io defence of the unintentional error. INTRODUCTION. ititutet HO rhk'h our ihe speci- the be»t ; nour, we ive been, 8 author- } (hat de- ad Id this ition hat Id eonde- tten that t only by lors, but on com- >e presu- king up add and ' authors to bring we have » will be is Condi- 36, with id they ey were There in, perhaps, little originality in the book, upon the whole; but the idea of getting up such a work has not hitherto, to our knowledge, been acted upon ; and if the publication of it should be attended with any measure of •uccess, It may have a tendency to elevate and purify the character of these Albums and Registers herearter; inas- much as when people tind that "there's a chiel' amang them takin* notes,*' they will, in all likelihood, be moreguarded- perhaps more Mudious, too, to write well what they do write ; and let us hope that in the next edition, we shall be able, not only to add much that may be inleiestinif, but also to furnish the names of our numerous contributors. It has been very annoying to us in compiling the present work, to find such, an extreme parsimony of signature ; so much so that in many cases it is difficult to tell wheie one article ends and another begins in the original. We now send forth our little pioneer, not without hope that It Will meet with some favor ; and at all events, without any doubt that tl)e idea thus suggested will hereafter be •uccessfully followed out, whether failure or success be the recompense of our present undei taking. (larismt ow that stanzm 'U If uv% put io error. PART I. ALBUM OF THE TABLE ROCK. *p|f»t of Homer ! Thou whose song hag rung From thine own Greece to this supreme abode Of nature— this great fane of Nature's God. ?S i?° '"y heart— oh ! touch the fervid tongue Of a fond votaress kneeling on the sod. Sublime and beautiful ! your shrine is here— Here 'neat'- the azure dome of heaven you're wed— Here, on .ock that trembles o'er your bed, Your blended sorcery claims both pulse and tear, Controls life's source, and reigns o'er heart and head. Terrific, but O beautiful abyss! If I should trust my fascinated eye. Or listen to thy maddening njelody, Sense, form, would spring to meet thy white foam's kiss— Be lapped in ihy soft rainbow once, and die. ^^^» "opth, heig;hi, extensive, all unite To chain the spirit by a look intense. The dolphin in his clearest seas, or thence ni ^r '^' ALBUM EXTRACTS. Ta'en by some prince to give bis love delight, Dies not in chtlngeful tints more delicately bright.* Look, look I there comos o*er yon pale green expanse, Bayond the curtain of this aliar vast, A glad young swnn— iho 8milirjg beams that cast Light from her plumes, have lured her soft advance- She nears the fatal brink— her graceful life is past. J^ok up ; nor her fond foolish fnte disdain — An eagle rests upon the wind's sweet breath : Feels he the churm ? woos he the scene beneath 1 He eyes the sun, nerves his dark wing again, Remembers clouds and storms, and fli,es thelovely death. XT ' "Niagara ! wonder of this western world, , And all the world beside — hail, beauteous Queen or cataracts !" an angel who had been O'er heaven and earth thus said ; his bright wings furled, And knelt to Nature first on this wild cliff unseen. MaIIIA del Oc-CIDKZfTE. H ! Great Spirit of the waters f I have come From forth mine own indomitable home,f Far o'er the billows of the eternal sea. To breathe my heart's deep homage unto thee. And gaze on glories that might wake to prayer All but the hopeless victim of despair. Flood of the forest, fearfully sublime, t«n«T • When these lines wore written in the Album, the foarth itaasft was omitted, test It might ocoasion some oonfasion of imagery ; but the beauiiful tints reflected by t|ie water of the cataract are one of its principal attractions, and so exactly re- •embled those of the dolphin, that the idea of one was contiBOalir in thA tnin/i nP iUi% .gpi*.. «,•.(•>. . ^ . — ' — — -.--* ^a »t«v ^ritvi, Wutxi7 Table Rock. tSootland. iio xtSMvian iifd svvhq irtna mo right.* Bxpanse, cast ance— is post. eath? 'ely death. # leen igs furled, nseen. DSIfTE. the fourth nfosion of lerof tbo xactly re> antiBaalij :. ^ .... «i.- 3 irain i:ia ALBUM BXtRACTS. feleetlefli, resistless as the tkle of time, There is no type of thee— thou art alone, *n sleepless glory rushing on and on. r lood of the desert I thou hast be^^n to me A dream ; and thou art still a mystery. Would I had seen thee, years and years agone, W hile thou wort yet unworshipped and unknown, And Ihy fierce torrent, as it rushed along, I hrough the wild decert poured its booming son«. Unheard by nil save him of lordly mood— The bronaed and free-born native of the wood. How would my heart have quivered to its core, To know its God, not all revealed before ? In other times when I was wont to roam Around the mist-robed mountain peaks of home My fancy wandered to this Western clime, ' Where all the haunts of nature are sublime ; And thou wert on my dream so dread a thing, I trembled at my own imagining. Flood ot the forest I I have been with thee, And still thou art a mystery t .» me. Years will roll on as they have rolled, and thou Wilt speak in thunder as thou speakest now j And when the name that I inscribe to-day Upon thine altar shall hare passed away From all remembrance, and the lay 1 sing Shall fong have been but a forgotten thing Thou wilt be sung, and other hands than mine Shall wreathe a worthier chaplel for thy shrine. . ,^„. GEOaOK MCNZIKS. Augustt 1835. Mighty water ! headlong tumMiag Down the vast abyss below, ' Ceaseless pouring, endless roaring Music Ilk6 this— semper amo. O. W. WiHftow, Bmfalo. 10 ALBQM EXTRACl^ God spake the world into being, and it was created. He made all the wonders of the earth, and this the greatest of ***• A. P.M. i.'i f W 1 • St' To hear this water roar. To see this water pour* Is certainly much more, Than I've heard or seen before. . H. FooTi», To hear a jackass bray Is nothing new to^ay — • Toil can neither sing nor say ; So you bay go away. A. Lbgo. You had better toddle too, For your'e blockheads through and through Ton my honour, it is true — Cock-a-doodle*doo. Francis HcAD. Grood morning, how d'ye do 1 How much wiser, pray, are you I Than the other stupid two ? Tell me that, and tell me true. DaRHAM. Ill) ' Roll on, Niagara, as thou hast ever rolled, Since thy great Maker called thee into being : But wilt thou never stop. ? O, yes thou wilt, ,..^411. When the great Archangel sounds the final trump-^ One fnnt llnnn fho con nnri nriA nn «Un><. L —J — -.-« w^^^y ^..... ^-51^. -^i^ ^. .-_-^ j5^^ ^^ And swears that time shall be no more forever ; ^^t The thundering ^und tha^ swells upon our ears, ALBUM EXTRACTS. Will then be silenced, and the mighty flood. That pours itself o»er the tremendous precipice. Will cease to be—There is but Oiib IlonIb- 1 De first, last, ever-living Trinitt, That can control thee whensoe'er he will. LaminghuTgh, N. Y. ^ ^' ^^"^^ U edSlirJn'ir* ^^'^^''^ ," t^^'Wy destructive to starch- ed collars, and laker e curls out of one's whiskers with a- «Mi2ing celerity. Charles Augustus Mandbvillb. * J«fi ^!"^ ?~iT •-'*«»»o«W have put itself, whiskers and all, into a band-box. Shouldn't It ? Venii vidi, and gave up the vid Julius C^sar Rbmvivvs. The mighty cataract of Niagara rushing over the rocks, and ihe deep waters of the Mississippi rolling onward to the ocean, are everlasting evidences of the prowess and efli. ciency of the American militia I his Anbrbw X Jackson. mark. Farewell, O Niagara! rolling in splendour, Thy beauty is matchless, thy power is supreme : And now, ere I leave thee, my homage I render— 10 return to the world I must rouse from my dream. I'll i r i^ / la ALBUM CXTRACTa. In a trance I have been, while sbUimest emotions Hav« crowded (he ohamberj of soul and of thoiwht * But my breams of delight and my deepest devotioiDs ' Are faded ixvf ay -^there's a iok m my coat ! P. Now, 1 11 tell you what it is— these here water works amt nothm' what they're crocked up to be— Be they? 1 hey're a downright imposition— that's a fact. They're aijiazin' nice and sublime and roarin', sure enough: but y '1*^T^^?.,**"**, ^^ ^^^y S°°^ ^•'^ ^ A" our old schoolmaster. Job Diddler, (ho'd an awful sight of larnin-hadnn be f ) Well, ae Jcb Diddler used to say, ''Fox eat Peter Nieh. o.^ •- great crv and little wool. They ain't good for noth- III tor manufadturin* ; and they completely spile naviea- tion-that's a fact. '^ Sam Suck, Ji««. Hark, hark .' 'tis mighty Niagara's roar. As o'er the ledge i't. Lawrence' waters pour. FatheT Oomipuient ! in this we see An emblem fit of vasi eternity ; As downwards in their course the waters flow. And then are lost in the abyss below, So hMte thy creatures onward to that bourne, Wmm wbence no travAliers shall e»er return. TW Ta Jtfiagara Biver. Roll on, goat River, with resistless force, Whicl^ike old Tinie'fi stays not for human will ; For who shall stop him in his viewlras course, Or who ahall bid i&jf mighoy yajc« ^^}^\ f ions thought ; otiobs ?. ter works Be they? They're :>ugb; but E)ol master, dnH be t) eler Nich- dfornoth- e naviga< rill; ALBUM EXTRACTS. None but the Power thai taught ye bd& to fleo^ Thou to thy misty gulf of clouds, while he Rolls likewise onward, changing all but theo^ So both shall stop but in eternity. Thy course is onward, downward, free And loud. While his is silent, dim, but no leti sure. He creeps along, scarce lioticed by the crowd. Whilst thou dost stun the senses with the roar Of thy tremendous cataracts, which call Each to the other, and all ears appal ; Leaping in thunder from thy rocky wall, And, like a hero, greatest in thy fall. UcMaY LlMIMAT. 13' Niagara to iti Visiters. ye, who come from distant climes, To visit me and read, my rhymes. Ere you condemn my noise and vapour, Read what I have to say on paper. Through Lakb Sitpbrior, it true is, 1 descend from old St. Louis. Vm a wise child, you see, and rather Proud to know, and own my father. MicniOAN nurses me in her lap ; Huron feeds with Saoinaw pap ; St. Clair then undertakes to teach, And tries to modulate my speech. Through Erie next I guide my stream. And learn the power and use of steam. I'm christened next, but losing my humble* Ness, I get an awkward tumble. AHu cROUgh xiiUaiCiauS an agree, I pitch my outcry loud on E, Sure two such tumbles well may rtx, And make me froth up £>ouhl€ X it, ■)i ! if; 1! ' i 14 ALBUM EXTRACra Although the Rapids rather flurry me, And into wheeling whirlpools hurry me, The DeviPa Hole does most me scare, loh/ And makes me glad to reach Ontario. Travelled so far, tis thought of vital Importance I should change my title ; And though it should bo his abhorrence, They make my sponsor old Saint Lawrence. 1 he course 1 steer is rather critical ; For, not much liking rows political, 'Twixt both my favours I divide- Yankee and British, on each side. Thus equally I share my smiles, And wandering 'mongst the "Thousand Isle8,»» With equable and constant motion, 1 gladly run to meet the ocean. Once my deep cavern was a mystery, But now 'tis known like Tom Thumb's history. By ladies, gents, natives and strangers ; Led on by Starkey through my dangers, They bid adieu to fear and doubt, And come to try my "cold without ;" While those who like it best, can get A good supply of "heavy wet." I fear no money-brokers' pranks— They're welcome to run on my banks. I pay no money nor "mint drop,'' Yet daro them all to make me stop. I'm proof against malignant shafts ; Am ready still to honour drafis ; Have a large capital afloat, More current than a U. S. note ; And I can liquidate all debt, ■ Though much is dew from me ; and yet. About myseiri often uflpour— But ne'er before hnvA >.«pt#«// *.«« lou may thii.«. this is a brag or a ' '• ' I' alls HaH Cave, half past 11, } July 25. 1837. \ H. LiKDtiiT. w ALBUM EXTRACTS. I» These are the great Niagara Falls, Down which Sam Patch did jump ; The people said he'd break his Deck — He only hurt his rump ! Tub GsNERiL. Fair Albion, smiling, sees her sons depart To trace the birth and nursery of art. .Noble their object, glorious are their aims, '^ They go behmd llie Falls— awd write their names / it ry* m I u. DIAT. WRITTEN DIRECTLY AFTER GOING "WITHIN THE VEIl" OF NIAGARA. Bi; GrenviUe Mellen. O God !— my prayer is to Thee, amid sounds That rock the world— -J'vo seen Thy majesty Within the veil— I've heard the anthem-shout Of a great ocean, as it leapt in mist About my thunder-sliaken path— Thy voice, As centuries have heard it, in the rush And roar of waters. I have bent my brow Beneath Thy rainbow, and have lifted up My shriek 'mid these vast cadences— I'vo seen Whut is. the wonder of Eternity, And what this visioned nothingness of man. Table Roek, August 22, 1838. J»ioat fij/ima .1 .r) Can man stop yonder Cataract in its course I Can Mian traco up the Almighty to his source.* And cannot man in yonder torrent see A striking emblem of eternity I *'f bit line is unmitigated nonsense. 'I* f I i H ALBUM BXTRACrrS, ^'j^T' ^^''^^ ^^^ *'® ^••*«<^ »» *y flood* And thy greea waters have been tinged with btood. Yet comes the when swallowed thou wilt be m the vast ocean ,>»' eternity. With colours brilliant, arch-so bright its rays Thy beauteous Rainbow to frail man displays— That wondrous bow which at God's wor«f appeared, Whea Noah, worshipping, rejpiced and feared. And saw, by faith, it was the covenant given, Ihat man should be restoredr-lhe heir of heaven., n-S? J*""' *'r r''*?*^ *°'~°* ' ««"»<* thy thunder, tS f ^JI'^J^? ^°°^' ^° wondering man a wonder, 1 111 forth shall sound thai) theirs a louder voice, 10 bid creation tremble or rejoice-^- Then, shall thy thunderings and thy rolling end. And GoQ descend, man's angry Judge or friend— 1 hen shall evaporate thy mighty Fall, Mjdst burning worlds, and God be aU in aU. Sandwich, U, C. '' ^ This IS the cataract whose deathless name L,ive8 m itself— it hath no need of fame. It IS Itself eternal. Look, and trace I J)ar St thou forget me," written in its face, lis Its own record— His the living throne Ut independence, rolling, rolling on- Spurning alike resistance and control, And breathing terror on the human soul. 6. J. K. •ALBUM fiiTRACTS.' ^7 ill bibod. ill be rays ys— tpeared^ ed, ™. enven., hunder, onder, ice, end, md — J. B. "PrOi crush the head with id the boil. ) make us ansions of ch the im* with pleas* Not in the forest vast, when winds awake, With giant energies and mighty power-— Not on the boundless deep when storms arise, And tempests loudly roar, is nature seen In grandest garb arrayed—but where Niagara's Thundering voice is heard, nnd where her waves, In angry majesty are seen to pour ', Then doth she wear n garb that wins from man The incense of his wonder, awe and praise. E. S. Smith. I have looked on thee, thou mighty Cataract, and think thou art the greatest coffee-fot in these here parts. J. E. Wharton. I guess all natur' is going to wash out to day ; for how that 'ere big kettle biks, John Downing* > fiooks) I ». G.S.. Yes, traveller, go under ; And amidst the wild thunder, The spray and the dashing^ The stones and the crashing. Turn not on one side, But cling to the guide- He's safe though he's black. N. B. Pay when you come lack. Zanvy. 'OON.- N. B. On the 27th of August, 1836, a large green pea went over the Falls, and made a great noise in falling. I SAW IT. 20 ALBUM EXTRACTS. B. D. Jones has this day done— What can't be said by every one— Has gone as far as man can oo As his certificate will show— . And counsels all who value fame. Immediately to do the same. tn after years when memory comes, 10 cheer us in our happy homes, A twee, amid the social cheer, bhall speak of what we witness'd here. 1 hose that we love are with us now. With happy heart and youthful brow. Heaven grant their lot in life may be An ail unclouded destiny. When fancy brings us back this day, Perchance we'll think, where, where are they ? XNo t mo, no chance nor change can sever I he links that bind our hearts forever. HOBKRT. Joel. Mr WeUer rS\f ^'*" ''• ^'^t' ^^'""'y'" '^^^ ^he elder thA*rn!h5n ' ?' """'"t^ ^JS'''''^^ ^^« ^'^i'' he looked hard at tj^ ^ T''"'''''' ;;^ '^^"'^ '' "'"^^ ««°» '"« itself oit of breath-must soon pull up, Sammy." ^'Why, yes, father » replied the junior taking off his white tile?a^nd\TiokL aown his smooth hair, « it .-un" I'mr-* s-. i-- i / - ^ Mer, and, turmng .o Mr. Pickwick, cominuS, "y^ ;i I ALBUM EXTRACTS. 21 know, Sir, M how I married a viddy." That benevolent gentleman nodded his head acquiescingly, and after looking significantly round, said "Come, dinner's ready.!' )y? OBERT. • d failure. Joel. the elder I hard at >lf out of father," stroking 1 as loud ined the If "you Vertes, ^WRITTEN At THE TABLE ROCK DURING A THUNDER STORM.) Niagara, Niagara, careering in its might, The fierce and free Niagara shall be ray theme to night. A glorious theme, a glorious hour, Niagara, are mine- Heaven's fire is on thy flashing wave, its thunder blends with thine. The clouds are bursting fearfully, the rocks beneath me quiver, But thou, unscathed, art hurrying on forever and forever. Years touch thee- not, Niagara— thou art a changeless thing, ® And still the same deep roundelay thy solemn waters sing. There is a chainless spirit here, whose throne no eye may reach, "^ ^ Awakening thoughts in human hearts too deep for human speech. This is the shrine at which the soul is tutored to forget Its earthly joys, its earthly hopes, its sorrow and regret; For who that ever lingered here one little hour or twain, Can think M he hath thought, or he what he hath been agam ? Where'er the wanderer's foot may roarn, whate'er his lot may be, 'Tis deeply written on his heart that he hath been with thee. ink- >•_.«« George Mknzies. VnipfQWSf ASjpisii 1834. 39 ALBUM EXTRACTS. NWUre k <\\ thnngeless.— We are but shadowt. "„- , , H. J. Much, New York. Lhangelett people are no use here ; and if you are only shadowt 8o much the worse for your baker and butcher- you can live on vapour. This is just the place for saoJi as you. P!« L. ! the wonderful Falls of Niagara- Hop, skip and jump, and here wo are plump, At the wonderful Falls of Niaeara. X. Of all 8tu|)id asses, I call you the trump. In climbing Parnassus you fell on your rump. And your brains of molasses fell out with a plump. if..- We are Here to-day, and gone to-morrow. W. M. Well, why don't you stop a week at the hotel 1 The beds and grub are good. A. B. Yes, but de vilish dear. CD. Sacred MnsingiL TABLK ROCK, NIAOAKA FALLS. By Rev. John Dowling, of Providence, R I Niagara ! thy mighty voice hath waked 'The slumb'ring fancy ; and the beams which from •i [ ALBUM EXTRACm Nrg. iw York. 9u are only i butcher — ce for sui'fi EL. mp, X. plump. W. M. Jl 1 The A. B. CD. I m Thy crefited bonom dart, kindle again The smothered flame of wild poetic firBt Which in the days of youthful ardor burn'd Within my breast. Yet hard the task To sinff thy wonders? Laboring fancy reels ? Thought staggers with amazement, and in vain Essays to grasp thy vast sublimities'! Yet though the hand which feebly touched the lyre To sing thy wonders, palsied is still. Yet may I tell the sweet and holy thoughts Which crowd upon my brain, as on the rocks I stand, and gnae upon thy face. Thoughts, which The love*tttfi'd harp of Zion woke, and even Thy thunders cannot hush. 1 gaze upon Thy watere as they leap, foaming with wratli, From rock to rook, till vast and vehement, The mighty torrent with resistless force Tumbles into the gulf; and as i gaze, I think upon the awful flood of -wrath Due to the sins of vile apostate man. Which dash'd upon the meek and holy ONE, And wrung the bitter cry — *' My <5od, my Go4 O why dost thou forsake me 5" I behold The beauteous bow whkh spans the roaring gulf, And thoughts of melting tenderness come o'«r my soul ' The bow, the heavenly bow of peace and love Whteh spnnn'd mount Calvary when Jesus diedl The eye of faith turns from the scenes of earth. And sees — O love divine ! — the wondrous words, Inscribed by Gods own hand upon that bow— " PEACE, PBACB -ON bakth" since Christ the ransom, died. ! stand upon the rocfcl here Am I safe;— Of everlasting ages. * / Thus secure from harm, < As on this solid rnck, contemplate '' That overwhelming Cataract oi wrath, . M* l4 It. 1: 11 II l< I 1 «* ALBUM EXTRA0T9; Which on my Saviour pour'd to rescue me. 1 hus may I gaze upon the bow of mercy, Read Its bright lanes, and wonder and adore : And as I gaze, in yon bless'd world, for ever. Thus sweetly m^^ the fountains of mv soul, ^e broken up J and tears, luxurious tears^ t >t joy and gratitude for ever flow. When God went forth in the work of creaHon, attended by a shmmg array of Cherubim and Seraph m.thesf 'living ones" veiled their faces and said, "gSS" Glory TI A 1 ^- k'"^' .r r. ^'" •" " 0«« ^ork more,^ slid the Almigh^iy "and inanimate creation is complett" He spake and the mountains started back, and Ocean, hea- ved affrighted as Niagam sprang into birtL ■ C> A> ri. O ! not to sing presumptuous praise^ In studied words and measured lays, This scene survey — Omnipotence is imaged here. Let vainer homage disappear, And kneel and pray. R.C. Niagara's mighty waters, rushing by, That stun the sense, and yet delight the eyew Whose breakers dashing on the rugged rock, With thundering uproar and with deafening shock. •^ waken feelings never known before, A«u nil the memory with an endless store Of fancies and of thoughts that ne'er can die, Uut treasured in the hcftrt.^oreiter lie. ALBURf EXTRACTS. 2» ^?.%^ lion, attended aphim, these 5od of GIory» roore," said 3 conaplete. i Ocean hea Cm A> H. it The white fi>ain dancing and the clouds of spray- That boil beneath me and around me play, The circling, rainbows with their vivid dyes, Like fairy forms from out the waters rise, Deck'd with those lints, so pure and all so bright, They seem like rays of heaven's own hallowed light- All, all unveil, and placo within my sight The great Creator in his matchless might. T.S. Jam The most insignificant plant, the minutest insect, the smallest drop of water, when examined through the medium of a microscope, proves beyond a doubt, to any reasoning mind, the existence of an Almighty creating and sustaining Power — must then the circumstance ofa large body of water rushing down an inclined plane, anTl over a precipice of 150 feet in height, urged merely by the universal power of gravitation, be selected as the most striking demonstration of the greatness of the Almighty I Skooks. R.C. shock, The most stupendous work of Nature ! The mountains, oceans, lakes and cataracts are great specimens of the mag- mjicence of God's works ; but here his beneficenee is also indicated, by the perpetual rainbow. What mind i» not enlarged, what soul not filled with ennobling emotions, by the contemplation of such wonders ? Let man behold with awe and admiration, and learn — HrJMIHTY. Roll on, mysterious^ river, in thy might Awakening dreams of terrible delight, Or thrilling fear, and turning into nought AU that hath e'er been sketched in human thought, tin * ALmJM EXTRACm Of beauty hnd of grandear-God hath th«»ii CaS'Sjh^'^'^r "' thee-God afc^e"*^ Oan curb thy wstlew torrent— He who mve Hw vo,c« of thunder to thy rushing ^v? And buiJt on foam the ln.i|ht prisnfatic t^w Tha; sheds Its glory on the gJlf below- 4hnii 1 liTu"*^® P***" ^ ™ ^*»e secret deep, Shall lull thy troubled spirit into sleep, ^ Still a. a wearied babe's that ^n the breast Ut yearning love is cradled into rest. Chippawa, Nov. 9, 1834. ^^'*'''" ^''''^"•• I dare not write iny name where '' ^n't attempt to versify tt'aft rV« r*^ r ''^™*' « ""^^^^ intolerable & lonce IS, after all, the best poem on the Falls of Niagara. '.HUM 'i I KNOW, ALBUM EXTRACTS. ^ Mbnzixb. lis seal Roar away, mighty Fall I am done— that is idl. Call for an ice-cream, a eake, or a tater^ And if you don't get one of them, just kick the waiter. Good Pobt I. I saw them fall, I saw them fail— And that is all, and that is all. Sir Isaac Nkwton. ^ad entered concentra- m and on, been pass* lold an im- 'able glory or of time, tispiration, B of senti- 'Niagara. ■• R. K. Ye prosing poets, who dull rhymes indite. Why in this place your lenden nonsense write? Can scenes l^e these no nobler strain iaspire Than vulgar slang and wit whose jokes miss fire 1 These Falls are nothing, after all, to the great cataract with a name ten syllables long, which is about a pleasant sleigh-ride from the capital of the Georgium Sidus. The Major w^Qt clear up the Canada Fall, swam round Goat Island, then down the American Fall, and finally crawled up a rainbow to the Ferry House. Long Bow. and when lently im- ► versify, kble. Si. ;;ara. XMOW. Ye who would feasit your souiis on heavenly food, /-<_ , l:i XT: / »_ is--j . vjru iiiUso uwiiiiu uii I'Hiuga ras iiuuu : Turn ye to Him who pours its rushing wave. And praise the Power who rules us but to save. Whose might could crush the world he deigned to form, Whose love redeemed mankind — who feeds the worm. 28 ALBUM EXTRACTS. Niagara ! thy waters were not made A toy for puny mo?tals' idle gaze. 1 hine IS a hymn eternal, and the tones Ul thy mysterious voice ascend the skies. And pour the strains of Nature's melody Before the throne of Him who made the earth, And seas, and skies, and all that in them is. On Table Rock we did embrace And then we stood both face- to face. 1 he moon was up, the wind was hioh— 1 looked at she, and she at I. Tres fratres stolidi Took a boat for Niagri r Magnum frothum surgebaty Et boatum overturnebat, Et omnes drowndicferunt, Qui swimmers non potuerunt. W. K. Howell. A seen© so vast, so wildly grand May well a mortal's mind amaze : ' ^o; even the swift-wing'd angel band, Un mercy's errand, stop to gaze. S( R N In M Cc W The time may come when steam boats up Niagara Falls win sair : ^ And then no stage will be required lo carry up the mail. shf thii am ALBUM EXTRACTS. The codfish may have pic-nics then, Or take a little spree Among the frogs at Chippawa, And then get back to tea. G. M. Adieu Niagara! Pm off for New York, To measure out sugar, molasses and pork. Next year I'll return, if I crib enough cash, And It won't be my fault if I don't cut a dash. I put up at the ''Cataract," but could not stop there— 1 he landlord and I were too much of a pair. Brass Spurs & Brown Coat. See yon troubled waters ! how madly onward they Rush to the precipice, and the voice of Him obey -.J , , The Great Invisible. Now down the "vasty deep« the raighty floods are pourine Into dissolvmg spray, while upward clouds are soaring ,, , , To the illimitable. Man looks upon the scene >yith mingled hopes and fears, trails back to memory his long departed years, ,,,. , , ^ , ^^^ at the future trembles : When lo! the drooping soul beholds the covenant of peace, 1 he Rainbow, token that the troubled waters cease.-- God ne'er dissembles. U. C. Keblk. .K-T^'%"' to <:ertify that this company passed under the sheet of water, conducted by th« "darkness visible"* of this establishment. They were splendtferously delighted, and wen t home tse-totaciously satisfied. ^ •The officiating guido~a colored man. m ALBUM BXTBACT9. Great is the mystery of Niagara'^s wafers ; But more mysterious still are some men's daughter a I saw the foam come tumbling down^ And spoil my ribbons and my gown, Nor heeded it — because I felt That nil around me here there dwelt A seven-horse fotnr of majesty ; Andy overcomoi I cried " Oh my P* EizA Ann Judo, New York, I never Experienced. so much mist before. In fact I am- completely misUjied, R. The best remark is silence — G. Then, pray, why do you break it I — H. For the same- reason that you do ; Because 'tis hard to tfeak it. — Y. On memory's page two things will never fade—' Niagara Falls and Starkey's Umonaie ! What a confounded noise that 'ere "brook outside makes t W. W. B. all. It is only some water running over some rocks^that's- Jr N. TOLU AN. daughter ft !»f Bw York, In fact I am- R. r fade—' itside makes f W. W. B. rocks—that's [. TOLU AN. ALBU3/1 EXTRABm ai It beatffftll natur'. It is the wickedest sirht I ever »^ Jo«w Ceaseless, Niagara, shall thy thunder roll, lill time shall cease to be, and like a scroll W^nV^'lu ® «**^'''*^ "P' *"<^ then the soul Will heed thee not ; for God will claim the whole; N. Brooks, N. BL Thou image of the Almighty One, as on thy wave f «aze It seems^as God from ol his bro; the shro^u Jof timi d^th And m thy might I see the hand that cleft thy headlong "^""^ if'spilyl '^^ '"'"""^ ^^~"^ ^" '^y <^-'"°»n'd clouds The diadem of mercy in tliy many-colored bow. tnit'1^^^'?'^u^^^^''«^' '" the gulf that boils below- of thee r '"''~^ • *^'°» how dare I speak When^thus» [he Godhead speaketb, vain man must silent C. H. Copa, Efigiandi 2 to W '"""'"• " "" """ ""^ "S""? he weigh, °S Too Good to be Lost. Nov 17 iflQ/i tr- • j , Falls with Miss --_l«rMki J, !T' *"^^- "isited the •lis wim miss — ofPh]ladeIi,hia, and her little sis- 31 ' 14 »2 ALBUM EXTRACTS. ter, Fanny, aged nine. When opposite Tonawanda, part of the carriage harness became disarranged, and the driver stopped to " fix" it, when just opposite a little cascade, formed by yesterday's rain. Little Fanny, who knew we were going to Niagara, supposing by the stopping of the carriage ihai we had arrived at our destination, looked at it for some time very earnestly through the carriage win- dow, and then exclaimed " Well, I do think it is very grand ; but it is not quite so large as I expected." W. P. D. 1 stood upon Niagara's dizzy heights, And gazed upon the fearful depths beneath ; I Hstenea to the awful melody. For ever echoing to the praise of God ; Fearfully behind the flowing drapery, Entranced, 1 stood, and heard terrific sounds. A slippery path, a yawning gulf below, And the huge precipices quivering, Bade me beware. — O God ! I know thou art j For here thy presence overwhelms noy soul. Oh ! how I wish I were a poet. And had tn:onch shell — how I'd blow it! Prodigious. Beligion. From hallowed shrines let holy incense rise, In wreathing volumes to the azure skies. When man would own his Maker's high control. mwanda, part md the driver ittle cascade, who knew we tpping of the ion, looked at carriage win- link it is very ed." W. P. D. h. rt; I. Prodigious. ise, control. ALBUM EXTRACTS. But spices spread upon the marble mound, Or perfumes scattered on the humble ground, • Or prostrate head, or bended knees alone, Find no acceptance at the heavenly throne. So costly churches and the glittering dome, May prove that wealth hath fonnd religion's home, Cut Nature's wonders must inspire the heait, That worships God by love and not by art. Vain are the hymns which feeble choirs may raise, Compared with Nature's all-pervading praise : So like the praise of Niaga'ra's roar. Our praise should rise from this for evermore. For 'tis the heart devoted and sincere, Bowing in grateful love and holy fear— The up-turned eye with an imploring gaze. The heart-felt prayer, the joyous song of praise— 'Tis the firm faith, the condwot free from guile, The mind exempt from thoughts that mny defile, 1 he strict obedience to our Maker's laws— That prove the votary of religion's cause. A. R. P. 'Tis well— on sunny dreams of youth. And glowing hopes that o(t would steal On manhood's hour, the hand of truih Has stamped its impress, set its seal: And all that I have felt and feel Rush on my soul in currents deep — I see the thundering billows reel, Niagara, down thy rocky steep — Callous the heart that fails to see The finger of the Dei^y / 83 8< ALBUM EXTRAtJTS. The grand, the terrible are thine— In majesty thou toilest on ; Unceasingly thy rainbows shine, And will till time has ceased to ran. Emerging from the forest dun, The sayage stands in breathless fear ; And awful glories, one by one, Arrest the white man's eye and ear. An emblem meek thou an to ine Of limitless, eternity ! J. Bp, N. y: " The living know that they, must die." _.„ NiAOAtA Fall*. lidle^tum and tidle tie.. VoT OF IT f' I looked upon the water, and I smiled^' To see how furiously the ereetur biled : • ' And then Itheught T wiped a tear away. But folks that saw it said it looked like spray, Anne Todd.*. tip If it were not such a squally day, I guess tlfat I would write. Some simple lines, and say my say On this stupendous sight. O, what a pity that there should Be such a naughty squalli That pretty missy cannot 'write^ Her poem on the "/a//." W. H. A. Q IN A COINBft.. p; Bp, N, y: it iHk Falls. ^T or IT t' oray. NNK TooDw. W. H. A* A COtMEft*. ALBUM EXTRACTS. They're all my fancy painted them; Ihey're dreadful, noi divine j For they're falling in the devil's mouth— 1 m thankful, not in mine. R. Kat. 35 Roar oa Niagara ! thounT.ll«i""'r!J ^**"''^'* ''°'^" wonderful to man is man's Ignorance of them. Jd alorl"*''*' '''''°*^ "^^ thing-that power belongs to T. A. H. God alone. 38 ALBUM EXTRACTS. I'i! i ! If you wish to immortalize yourself, don't write in any of these books— jump over the Falls. Never mind the weather, if the wind don't blow. Nextlo tlie bliss of seeing Sarnh Is that of seeing Niaga'ra. In foam these Falls resemble gtJt^er pop — In force a comet ; for they joaver stop. •SALOMON Swop. ! if I were a XiUlt fish, and had a little £n To keep my little self afloat, 1 swear I would jump in ; And having seen the mighty Falls, and heard their mighty roar, Myself would be a mighty fish, henceforth, for ever more. G. M. Chippawa, O ! if I were a little bird, and had a little wing, I'd perch upon the highest rock, and sweetly would I sing^ Thence would I wing my hasty ^flight} -and scud across tiie foam, And having seen the wondrous sight, I straightway would go home. K. C. Somebody, apparently under the impression that the above verses were written by the same person» inserted be. low them the following jeu d'esprit : — If that you were a littlejb*, You say you'd take a swim below ; And if you were a little birdy To sing upon a tree you'd go. irrite in ony er mind the ' ALBUM EXTRACTS. There's nothing but a Jittle beast j For which you after this can pass ; You had been thought a man ,• but by These lines you've proved yourself an ass. J. S. B. H ON Swop. jmp in ; :heir mighty ver more. G. M, On Tahle Rock I stood, and viewed the wonders o'er, Looked on the wast and foaming flood, and wished to look no more. ■ N.-N. O ! rather^ay, amazed, let roe stand Submissive— a poor sinful child of Him, At whose omnipotent and dread command Came forth the waters — and "the cherubim. Pray him that o'er thy soul he may not bring The bitter waters that destructive prove ; But ask in faith of Him, thy Sovereign King- To drink the living waters of his love. Mart Keble. ouldlsing^ I across rtie tway would K. C. }n that the inserted be> I came to see Niagara toolate. Five years ago, I was a creature of enthusiasm, poetry and devotion. Now I am ieelinglessy heartless, soul-less. The once gushing founts of youthful emotion have been broken up by the withering blast of adversity. The flowers of my life are blighted • and all is dull— all tame. I lauffh at Niagara, and what care I for thunder i Great God! how I should have en- Joyed'this sight once ! Bit. :nv Bit with aflfectation— that is all. Any man so blighted in prospect and broken in spirit would not think of remem- bering the eiypyment which .h« would ihave had here, or 4d ALfitJM EXTRACTS. anywhere else. One who is trhat this scribbler affects to be thinks not of his past capacity of enjoyment, but of his present sense of misery. One who knows now. Go to prayer to heal your sorrow^ And it will not he to-morrow. One who ha» known. Boast not thyself; Niagara, That thy deep song shall ne'^er be o*er- The archangel's voice shall yet proclaim That ^hou and tkne shall be no more. Boast not thyself; though God hath set * His seal of glory on thee now j For he shall veil thy glory yet, And take the rainbow from thy brow. Though thou may*st sing a requiem o*er The grave of millions yet unborn ; Thy sun of glory too shall set— The universe for thee shall 'mourn. T. S. L. liight dawned upon the waters ; and the Creator called rock and mountain and vale out of the immensity of ocean, and stamped upon all the impress of grandeur or of loveli- ness. Then he looked abroad over the many beautiful ttimgs he had called into being, and said, "Yet will I fash- ion one more wonder of nature, more instructive to the soul of man than all others— one that shall be an enduring mon- ument of my greatness, and that shall speak in a voice of tiiuiiuef until im eiid of time, proclaiming to mortals the immensity of ttjy power." This was Ntegara. E. £. Smith. ALBOM EXTRACTS. 41 jler affects to It, but of his «OWS NOW. LS KNOWN. T. S. L. eator called ly of ocean, >r of loveli- y beautiful will I fash- e to the soul juring mon- i a voice of tnortals the I. Smith. I have just pfeturned from under the great sheet of water; arid here record it as my deliberate opinion— and opinion is every things— that there is not a finer shower hath in the world ; and what is more, a man must hold his head down whether he will or no ; of course it is a good school for "stiff-necked" people. W. C. B. Lost in amazement— that is, in plain English— rfrtfhit toith brandy and water, Bacchus. Grand spectacle this Fall is ? Grand pair of spectacles these Falls are ! R. S. The voice of the Almighty is heard rebuking the vain and frivolous ribaldry so often uttered here. Bow thyself, O son of man, before him whose wisdom ordained, and whose providence sustains the wonders which surround thee. Yea, bow thyself to the dust, and whilst thou admirest the creature, adore the Creator. Eliza. Could I feel secure that my life would endure, Right over the Falls I would go. Of this I feel sure, that the journey would cure An/ pain you might have in your to«. L. a »■ ^ ALBUM EXTRACTS. h^riTJ ^^A*^^V T ^^'^S"*' dined heartily Within ti,Tp ?i' f Q*'®" PW * S^™® ^* bowls. before liiking at the Jails r So much for enthusiam, poetry, sublimity and all. that sort of thing. Went to the xible R^Maid it wodd ^eofsrsr ^'" "'"™^ ^^"^"' '^"'^ -'-r^ I love to roam o'er the'Swelling foam Of the dark blue ocean's waves ; When the bursting storm in its wildest form, With the fierce wind madly raves, When the writhing shark, by his form so dark, Is seen mid the rushing spray, So I like the sleet of the water sheet Of the grand Niagdray ! •John B. Schunk. It is only a step from the sublime to .the ridiculous. J. T. The Falls the one and the other you. W.J. With regard to yourself (W. J.) there can be no step, as youhave nothing that is not .ridiculous in your compo- Annotator. 0,.but you have something very sublime in yours, so you may go up to the head. J » j'"" Dominie. This is a great>Ai»^ place ; but there are more «*«♦•*» And more gudgeons than either. 6.M. ALBUM EXTRACTS. 4» arlily within re looking at iblimity, and said it would melancholy Q. m, dark, SCHCNK. ulous. J. T. be no step, 'our compo- iOTATOK. )urs, so you Dominie. ore Sharks J. B. S. *G.M. Niagara, we see thee— God we cannot see. Which shall we worship I Pasraw. Any man so unutterably ignorant is not likely to be much at a loss on that point, as he cannot understand what is meant by worship at all. The very fact of the falls being visible, sufficiently shows that they are not an object of ra- tional worship. One of the reasons for worshipping God is his being invisible. xr Loud roars the water, O, Loud roars ihe water, O ; When 1 come to the Falls again, I (hope they will not spatter so. S.B. out How Jonely and desolate would the life of roan be with- What has woman to do with the Falls ? Woman. Quip. If woman has not to do with the Falls, I should like to know who has— she made the first /aW herself. Crank. O what a fall was there, my countrymen l—Shakspeare, Clink. Who that has heard thi& thundering roar (^'an he elseyvhere A thundering bore f I/l, C „ I 44 ALBUM EXTRACTS. Frivolity and lightness appear to me altogethei. out of tea"" ht"^ ."ncorjgenial to this^scene of awful grandeur. While the voice of the great Creator of the universe is proclaiming his matchless power, while Niagara 7s giving L ITI \\r«'P°tence let us be silent an! adore. ^G^ ence bi ^1 l"'" '^'? " ^^^'^Hustice, to be held in rever- ence by all his creatures. Let us not, then, provoke the anger and just punishment of Him at whose biddine the«e inighty w;nters flow-at whose command they wHl ce^ their roaring, and at whose will u,e also move aJd live !! Man—weak, finite man, may laugh and trifle ; but the day hLe seen N?''^' '"'•^''^ '?""'• ^^^ '' "«^ ^^^^^ that 7e nave seen Niagara m vain. Philadelphia, lih Mo. 31, 1838. Here, when thy feet all other climes have trod. See nature's glory show the power of God ; And if thy soul, ascending with the spray, in rainbow light seeks God's eternal day, Turn homeward-prayer-ward all thy thoughts and looks» Nor lose the charm by drivelling through these books Niagara, July l^,l%ZQ. Long Island. Once on a time, with nought to do at home, My wife and I determined we would roam • But to agree upon the route * Admitted much domestic doubt. If I said East, sho said 'twas best, She thought, to travel to the West; So after many arguments and brawls She brought me, nolens volens, to the Palls. "A man convinced against his will, Is of the same opinion srill ;** As Butler says— though 'tis the wit iMore than the sense that I admit. ALBUM EXTRACTS, f^ jethep out of ful grandeur. B uniyerse is xra is giving adore. God leld in rever- provoke the )idding these y will cease and live.— but the day said that we .d, ts and looks, «e books. I Island. For I came here to end the strife Between myself and my good wife. /Veil after staying here a week, I took a rather curious freak ; For after having often been At every oetebrated scene, I thought I'd study the effect they made On men of different country — different trade. The first, lie was an Irishman ; The second was a Scot ; 'i'he third was an American ; ---' The fourth I know not what ; t^ The fifth was a Canadian — Their names I will not tell ; But their remarks upon the Falls I still remember well : **0 Banagher, you're surely balCy For on my soul they're mighty 7ia/c.*'~(Pat.) "I'm no that sorry I cani' here, But by my sooth that public's dear ; So when I've written doon my name, I'll tak' my boondle an' gang'hame." — (Sawney.) "Them Falls I've seen from every quarter. And judge them but a waste of water." — (Jonathan.) "Ce'st grande, superbe, ma foi, Magnifique-0, by Gari ver pretty !-( Jean Baptiste.) >s. O God ! David has said of thee, **Qutre»picit in terram, tt facit earn tremere, qui tangit monies etfumigauU " Here thy mighty power shakes the rocks themselves, and the ve- ry depths of the waters smoke.— O, THOU art mighty ev- ery where, but terribly so at Niagara. » f I in It .' i HI 46 ALBUM EXTRACIU At morn the rising God of day Unveils ttiis temple to our eyes Incense ascending to the skies Bids man his grateful homage pay To God, at whose supreme command The waters war, and dajh, and leap. And, thundering down this awful steep,. Whirl furiously along the strand Bfelow — beforo three altars now, We bend the knee— three mighty Falls- Faint ty^te of Him who on us calls Before the '2^hree in 04c to bow. \ he R. Roll on Niagara,— fbr ever roll— You look so oRAflOi and yet so droW Embhatic. at I can compare these Falls to nothing in this world j there- Ibre as I have never seen the world to come, and have no language to express my feelings, I leave the subject in the hands of Eternity. Rt)BBRT Wallavi^ Kentucky^ Fill oni fall on, ye mighty Falls- I'm going now to make my calls. When I come Back I hope I will Just find you falling, falling still. But lest you lose the chance; my friend, You'd better stay and see the end ; Lake Erie's "packing up her awls" — Perhaps she may discharge the Falls.. by Si. M.. R. ALBUM EXTRACTS. 41 The Falls make a noise— O! nothing is louder, And their spray sparkles 80«~like a good sodapntder ! SCIUIBB JOMIS. Reminds me of Daddy's millpondf when the gates are hoisted. ^' JoNAe. Bmkhatic. Went under the sheet. Good gracious how we looked! at it. '' I AND AuNv Mart. ^orld ; there* and have no ubject in the Kentucky^. Are those who tr jr to express their feelings the most awed by the sublimity of this scene? Don't know. Much may be said on both sidds of the sheet. Si. M»- To the Atheist. "killllEniv linn I jiiimgniy uoa . The waters sing to Thee in awful praise ; Theii» mighty voice, in bursthig thunder, says,, "Believe fn God." SitiJ S 1/|||J k , 1 i 48 ALBUM EXTRACTS. Eternal God I •Thesun was dark— earth paled at its eclipsj A still awe said, as if from Angel's lips, "Believe in God .' Tj. . , ^ ♦♦Believe in God !'• Myriads of worlds in their eternal speed Hymu to their spheres the soul.exalting creed- '■%' "Believe in God," Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan this work fn vain j God'is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. John Smtth, Land Agents L. L. D. and P. L. Poetic Smyth, the Muse's favoured child, Thou prince of rnil-roads, seller of lands wild ! Idol of women —handsomest of men— 'Tis nature speaks by thy poetic pen. Canadians, round his brows the laurels twine, " And wreath a chaplet worthy of his shrine. A few short years, when Smyth will be no more— His fame will leach the Transatlantic shore. f I I • / 1®.^"^®^ °^^^^° ®^°^® ^^y* the scene at the Falls 're- minded him of a total eclipse of the sun which he had seen m Georgia. Though the links of the chain of association are certainly not very perceptible, the Editor of this cornpi- lation, having no sympathy with the ribald jester who at- tempts to turn his seriousness into ridicule, has purposely Jet the witticism on his senses which is played off in the Album, under a »»total eclipse," ritM^®^^"®''P^''***^^'^'^'8 prophecy has been alreadv lulhlled, a!i may be seen by consulting dant. Mary aft ^s book on Ambrica. o i j ^ ^ ALBUM EXTRACTS. 40 ipsj eed — d Agents '. and P. L. wild ! me, le. lo more- ore, f the Falfs re- he had seen f association f this compi- ster who at- IS purpose!)' id off in the Ben already t. Mary art's Of all the roaring, pouring, ♦Spraying streams that dash, Niagara is number one— All to immortal smash ! JSFFKRSON BaoO. If Lover's leaps were now the fashion As they wore in days of yore. Oh what a place to drown the passion ^ In Niagara's foaming roar. , , W. A. Stephbns. Origin Of the Falls. Once jipon a time (the date of which Is not recorded) the three rival Deities, Jupiter, Pluto, and Neptune, were eacjj desirous of evincing their superior power in the work of creation; when Jupiter built Olympus to frighten the world with his thunder ! Pluto set fire to Mount Etna f and Neo- tune with a dash of his Trident made the Cataract of Ni- These are thy works, O God! Let man approach With cautious reverence, and behold, and wonder. And with profoundest awe adore and worship Thee Ten thousand thunders in the rolling ilood Send forth their peal in deep-toned harmony, bounding their anthem of eternal praise To thee, thou great First Cause. Man hears thy "voice Jrom out the deep abyss,— and overwhelmed Witli sens© of thy dread preaonce manifeRt Amazed and struck with speechle* tiw^.he shrinks ■ •Appalled away* M. F. D., New York. 99 AISV^ EXTRACTS. u fS r ' I ! I Iw Rush on and on, Nlngarti, rrish. Till the Archangel's trump shall knell the world; And join to chant earth's funeral dirge With thy last dash, when the last earthquake Shakes the pillar'd globe. M. a See Niagara's torrent pour over the height, , How rapid tlie stream ! how mojestic the flood Rolls on, and descends in the strength of his might. As a monstrous great frog leaps into t/ta mud ! \ Then, see, o'er the waters" in beauty divine, The rainbow arising, to gild the profound— The Iris, in which all the colors combined, Like the yellaio and red in a calico ** goumd** ! How splendid that rainbow ! how grand is the glare Of the sun through the mist, as it fervently glows. When the spray with its moisture besprinkles the air,. As an old toasherieoman besprinkles her cloiAes / Then see, at the depth of the awful abyss, The whirpool careering with limitless power, Where the waters revolve perpetually round. As a cooper revolves round a barrel ofjlour ! The roar of tho waters f sublime is the sound Which forever is heard from iho cataract's steep* I How grand f how majestic f how vast ? how profound f Like the snort of a pig when he^s buried in sleep ! The strong mountain-oak and the tall towering pine. r? ticii pjuiig'cu our tit@' Sleep wiin h. cruck umi a rofuy Are dashed into atoms — to fragments as fine 4* a J>»pe when His thrown on a hard marble floor f ALBUM EXTRACTS. wi rorld; M. a flood s mightr mudf id** ! be glare y glows, les the air. irf '; I steep'! profound f sleep ! And f should some mortal— ho<^ dreadful the doom '— Al£Th« J° uW^^'^"''^ ''^^ ^\a^\^>oo\ carouses, * Alas f he would find there a watery tomb, . Or, at ieast, he'd be likely to fracture his ^UrowsesP* John G. Saxb. Niagara's tide is pouring, Swift down Ihe rocky sieep ; Loud as the thunder roaring, The bolinding waters leap. A sheet of foam descending, In boiling surf below The whfte spray high ascending Pure as the driven snow. Rn^#^ ber uty there is glowing, vVhon glittering sun-beams play, The rainbow tints bestowing Upon the rising spray. Niagara, it has been sung, Can speak so loud without a tongue, You hear its voice a milu nence :' Bui la greater wonder know— A pretty woman, who although She has a tongue, keeps silence ! E. J. H. ig pme, ku a roafy Not in thn miahftr f^nn^s- Not in the whirlpool's sound, w-u^i® cataract's foaming fall, Will Uod be always found ; th 52 ALBUM EXTRACTS. But in the still small voice That speaks tgf, man for aye, In silence and in solitude, And in the rainbow's ray. And here where Niaga'ra roars This beauteous bow is placed—" Here may the finger of our God, In loveliness be traced. Liz. « In the year 1836 the names of 30,000 persons were registered An the two shores at the Falls of Niagara.' » 51 ! All came to see whate'er was to be seen ; All saw, because they had their eyes, I ween ; Some pondered, some wondered ; all went away ; Whether they went wiser— can't pretend to say. Job TnoaNBURY, England. "This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given ;" But all who visit here must know, Niagara is of heaven. ' . J. R. H. We read that in heaven there is no material sun and no material moon j but J. R. H. seems to intimate that there is a material wafer-fall ! Verily, the "wisdom of the world" is now confounding the "things that are mighty." 'Tis first a little disappointment, _ And next a little wonder ; Then plenty of aquotic ointment, And awful lots of thunder ! Oh?!! Liz. persons were Niagara." veen; ni away ; i to say. r, England. J. R. H. al sun and no e that there is of the world" Oh ! ! ! ALBUM EXTRACTS. 53 As we see it now, can we des«ibe our feelines ? What dvmzTdln^;'' '''" 'a' ^™^^'°"« -i^h which t^ewiJSn civihzed Indian viewed it as his own ? In unbroken soli ZL'"''^'T^^' ^° ^' ^^'^'^ ^'^^^ the deep roSg ofte Trayr'tS^^ ""^ "^^ ^een to U a place of 0?ilr M s ^ i** ?°"'' °".t ^^^ untutored homage to the 2.H ?i ^""*'" '* '°°^^ ^'^« ™°°kery to see thf houses prletlS'"^^^ '' fjshlonable\dies. among Ze primeval rocks. Yet even these do not entirely break thA are nearer to God than in the crowded city. Stupendous river— mighty cataract ? lou excite my wondef— thai>s a fact. I love the music of thy roaring In awful torrents ever pouring. E^oth truth and poetry— <«that»s a fact"— Tis truth indeed that you are crack'd • That you're a Bard is poetry, Or, in plain prose, an arrant lie. Crack Bakd. No Bard. whlnt P ,.T' u"""* f'®"*^ ' '^ ^^ ^^ by the Creator when he called other things to order, to show ma^ of wh«t rude materials he formed our fair world. D.R. ««Tho ^oll «r ..... 1. n w' '*^*® *"** ^*"*'"» Niagara, We mark thy waters hurled From off their giddy summit— Thou wonder of the world. on. I,: f ( ' h\ 81 III 51 ALBUM EXTB ACTS. Let sceptics doubt a Qeity, But in tbeir proud career, They'll own that more than mortal hand Hftth left its signet here. . J. E. N. I will not woo the heavenly nine to sing thy matchless glory, O Niagara ! For should they strike the harp, and tune the lyre to notes of sweetest music, they could not weave a song of numbers true as those which thou hast sung ever si^ce darkness was dispelled from off the face of the waters. — One ceaseless hymn to nature's God, since earth firat owned his power, hast thou been singing — not in language such as mortals frame, but in a voice that speaks , louder than thunder from the angry sky, telling to all that nature has a 6rod— to whom in presence of this his grand- est work, in humble reverence I submissively bow. J. M. Smith, Jun* Land of my birth ! land of the " stripes and stars !" Studious of peace, victorious in thy wars ! How has my bosom swelled with patriot pride. To think no rival could thy fame divide. Oft as I've climbed thy summit's loftiest mounts, Aod traced thy mightiest rivers to their founts, Or braved the fury of thy inland waves, Or sought the depths of thy capacious caves — How has my heart exclaimed, *' Land of the free. What matchless wonders centre all in thee !" With thoughts like these I sought these Western shores, Where Niagara's stream its current pours. I passed the rapids to the Isle of Goats,* (But saw no creatures save the cows and shoaUk;Y^ •Goat Island. fPigs of a certain age. ALBUM fiXtitAt^tS. S» J. E. N. ly matchless he harp, and )y could not ch thou hast f the face of 's God, since ging — not in i that speaks , igtoall that is his grand- bow. iiTH, Jun, ars!" Toiled up the turret, walked beneath the cliff, And crossed the foaming watel*s in a skiff. Rode up the bank, and stood on Tabie Rock^ Felt the earth's tremor at the wondrous shock ' ' But here for thee I felt a thrill of shame- No conscious triumph warmed my drizz'ed fraitte. My pride was humbled, and my boast whs small: t^_ England's King has got thejiercest Fallf UuitedSiates, June l,l8'3ti, A.t. Z. Now, if I try to write, T guete You'll find it but an awkward mess. When I do write there is none such ; Therefore, I never do writ« much. All creation's sons and daughters. When they come to view those waters, Think they must scribble poetry And, if I can, why should not I I But lea is ready now, they say, And I must put it off to-day ; And if I can't write well to-morrow, I'll do as others do-^I»Jl borrow. >H: IL. B. n shores, My wife and I went round the Falls ; My wif« and I came back again : My wife and I went up the hill ; And only think— lee felt no pain / ^t) The Ftlllr are aH 1 faftcied fhem, But 0! They are not miM; And if thdy were I'd wish them thm^ Nttt what Ihey *r«— 'but #$ui. S 'in ll 1 r' II h' L, ; 1 1 1 ' 1 1 56 ALBUM EXTRACTS. Sit by this roaring surge, Thou whom acorn wasteth ; And let thy musing be Where, the Flood hasteth. Mark, on its troubled breast, Rolls tho white billow's crest : So deem his thought's unrest, Who of love tasteth. Smile thou, O greatly wise ; Arid if fate sever Bonds which thy heart doth prize, So was it ever. Deep ^s the rolling seas. Soft as the twilight breeze ; But of more truth than these, Boast could love never. SG in m at hi bu A. H. Here may each traveller behold The names of friends belov'd of old. oln .'nV''® c'ime from which he came. Still will he find some well-known name, lo call to mind departed hours. When friendship strewed his way with flowers, Or youthful love, with sun-lit eye, Look'ddown to bless him with a sigh; And fancy, fired, will plume her wines. For eagle flight to fairy spheres, While memory pleased-^enraptured, clings '■ lo each loved name, with smilfes and tears. D. C. M. At Ae So It] Theefl^ect produced ifljqn the mind bv cazinrr qj. ♦»»•- mighty avalanche of watWa is the reverse of th^ exhil! S£T^'°"''l*'r*'^''*^f "^"^ ^'^ ^^"^y^S the quiet beauues of a sparkling cascade, which, charii the ear and ALBUM EXTRACTa 57 soothes the heart with its light tones of music. Our feel- inM partake of grandeur and sublimity, as we behold these maddened waters take their tremendous plunge into the abyss below. Let proud .nrian look on in silence, and feel M^" nothingness. Old Ocean herself might stand re- buked in the presence of this untamed giant of Eternity. Haerison T. Beardslby. A. H. There's grandeur in the lightning stroke, That rives the mountain ash ; There's grandeur in the giant oak, And rainbow-beauty in the smoke, ,, ,. Where crystal waters dash. :,,i >; '■ Alethes. mf >wers. sars. ' D. C. M. those exhil- ng the quiet the ear and Away, ye blockheads, to a grammar school, And learn to write, spell, scan and parse by rule : Scratch then your heads, and scratch yt)ur doggerel verse— 11 may perhaps be better—can't be worse. ••K Yoa'd better close your cye^— not eye your clotkea. If 1 were annoyed witha termagant wife, ,, Whose tongue was the bane of mv every.day lif^. To try to get rid of her pestilent clatter, 1 d hve on the brink of this great fall of water. Socrates. M) ")n'' ■'ih a.i.. M ALBUM EXTRACTS. I .® tt lon^, long way to see This mighty sheet of water j And wished that I coald only be At honne with wife and diiughter. Thos. p. Hunt, M. D., North Carolina. Well now, I swow, if Niagara aint a leetle bit the darnd- est place tha ever 1 seen. P*>rhaps, stranger, you've ney. fell Z '" lu ^''''^\' '^ y^" '-•"^' i"«^ nllow me to tell you m the most delicate way in the world, that that ere place beats aJnaiur for steam boats and alligators; but PIl bete.^ota)^'d ,f it wouldn't be mlher a skittish affai; to go down this here water .n a "broad horn." ' E. S. B. 1 1 ^^^^^^B^li ilii ^^^Hinlll"' ^^^■n.^111,1 ': ^^^HH) i. w I can only say that the sublimity of the scenery aroimd Niagara tails, with that of the Faii itself, exceeds ray most Mi^uine expectations. The lofty precipice over which the waters of Ene tumble into Lnke Ontario, might con. vince any philosophical mind that this is an excellent place for Cardtiig Machinery. ^ ZiNZENDORF. Thank you most to death, w; Pve got my money's worth OX cold water. I rather guess it «ould take a ^^considerahle'* long winded chap toiiandtwenty.four hours on Tkrmina. TIOmRuCK. n»i "• * o> at!i ;i:..^';v ^:i-) i-.: Roll on Niagara, thou micrhtv />Afni«»» Magnificent memento of the power of God f Thy changeless song of praise commenced with time. And will continue to eternity. ALBUM JEXTRAX3TS. SO Carolina. On thi»<*-the morning that commemorates The resurrection of the Son of God— The hour ivhen christians meet to worship Him I hail thee with astonishment and awe. .»<,i— .,!''« ANcis Duncan. bit the darnd- . you've ney- allow me to •Id, that that i alligators ; skittish affair E. S. B. nery around seds my most over which might con* sellent place ZENDORF. I stood on the cliff, and astonished, gnzed round, Saw the waters rush o'er, and heard them rebound ; " And I thought if my love should slip and fall so, She might tumble alone, for I would'nt go. July 30, 1837, " q^ I stare with wonder, and alas ! How bad a body feels, To chink how difficu't this pass For emigrating eels f My thoughts are strange, sublime and deep As 1 look up to thee — What a glorious place for washing sheep Niagara wuuki be I hn : ney*s worth nsiderahle** i Termina- S. r with time, Beauty and sublimity — twin sisters, rocked on the bos> om of terror ? Tell them I AM, Jehovah said ; Niagara's waters heard with dread, And smitten to the heart, At Dac«^ above, beneath, around. The Cataract, in thundering sound. Replied—'* O Lorji* Tuotf A*t !' Jos. M.PAtTKN. I»» New York. : .l.yl'tf■ 00 ALBUM EXTRACTS. On the death of a man who fell over the Falls. What can more awful be, perhaps you say. Ihan to meet death in such a sudden way « lyffcan more atcful be ? Have you not heard % 1 II tell you then— to meet it unprepared. Weymouth, England, ^* ^^^^ Look up to where the mist arises, And see where God himself baptizes ! Let no one think 'tis waste of time To view this waste of waters The scene is all alike sublime To Poets and "Bogtrotters." Ltdia. A.B. .rh All ye perturbed souls that go, With restless footsteps to . and fro, . / Running here and s udding there, Backward, forward, every where— Ye who haste, in double time. From every region, every dime. Hold one moment, pray ye, stay, ' And hearken what I've got to say :— Restless spirits, tranquil sleep, [V, Invade not ye my sacred keep ; ■/. Home not to Niagara Fall, To scribble nonsense, scratch and scrawls / On my awful solitude— , Goi ye little reptiles vain. Go, and get ye home again. ' • ;^h«^. The Spieit of the Watbrs. HB Falls. 7» t heard ? J. Hall. Ltdia. A.B. Xil/; V: ALBUM EXTRACTS. •X I am thankful that I have been permitted to view from Ihw spot the place where it has been truly and beautifully JJ™'^",*"^ Almighty notches his centuries in the eternal W. F.D. Hoy. A name! a bubble!— Whence came it % Whither gone I Like the rush of water which hurrieth to the precipice's edge— tis for ever gone-forgotten ! Thus it is with man— a worm, an atom of life's nothingness. If you should deem sublimity in water, Just take a view from Aere— and spend a quarter. Bar Tender. Built by the golden sun, by day, And bji the silvery moon, at night, Is seen amid the torrent's spray, An everlasting rainbow's light, Serene above tlie cataract's rage Cheering the storm it can't assuage. io'i' iiy. t ^ATIRS. Why are the Falls like a woman ?— Because they are always makmg a aoise. ^ Silent Man. _ What would have been the effect uoon the «lon.,snce of Demostiienes, had he climbed the rugged steeps of Niairara, gathered pebbles from its torrent-wasljed shores, and tried to raise his voice above the roar of the cataract % Zbno. •t ALBUM EXTRACTS. u\ 111 flil In all likelihood he would hwe lorn hie ponlaloou. and taken a devilisli cold. f y.t , Vl^LL, VOT OP IT ? * - Ages on ages Niagara has been pouring Its deep green waters b»er ihe ledge's brink } Ages on ages more it may keep roaring A measureless and uxx^hiy mass of drink ! Beautiful, sublime and glorious, Wil^, majestic, foaming, free- Over time itself victorious — Image of eternity. !•» .1 •' Je. jPft C. lio ! doy come—de peoples much De French, de Anglais, Yankee, Dutch— Lo ! dey come, and here dey view ^ De vorld of vaters— not a few. De peoples come, and den dey tell De verse dey know not how to speli \ And what is sqv^ much absurd, Dey ignorant of Anglais word. Ma foi, indeed, I tink my verse De best — I'm sure 'tis not do worse. F&ANGOI« •"Free! ny, as air^ Or as the stream that leaps the cataract, And in eternal thunder shouts to heaven That it is free, and will be free for ever !" • Not free from rh^qmatism though. Quia. italoo^, and OT 07 IT t r 'ink ; J.F.C. RANCOIK ALBUM EXTKACTS. ^ The morn was fair, the skies were clear, as we stood upon the Rock— four dfsfinguithed gentlemen from Texas ; and nothing was to be seen in the blue vault of heaven, save one jjttle fleeting cloud thru floated over the azure space, and looked like surae wandering angel's bed auilt hung out to dry, ° ® -"f-"* Probably angels' '« bed quilts" are peculiar to the region ^ 1 exas. We in Canada have no conception of such Why should you, when there are no " angels" in it t Are angels peculiar to Texas I « Guess" not— they would not stay long. Well, but they mighf stop one night by the way, aJid would therefore want a '« bed quilt"— the shekt is always ready here when they come. ■ • No it is n't either, because it is never dry. If they want dry sheets they had better bring them in their trunks. " Angels are not elephants, you goose; they don't carry Elephants don't carry sJieels in their trunks either. No, nor do you carry brains in your head. Nor you any where else. QtTti.' Biscovery of Termination Rock. A young salmon, one day, To its mother did say, *' I should verv miir^h likA n hiVa 1<>«^ tu- l *i ^ » 1 he old lady said, '* Why, If you like, you may try J But I guess that the jump will be found rather high." fflijfr in 04 ALBUM EXTRACTS. WK h 1 t Then she just took a peep, But thought it too deep : " No, no,|' said mamma, " catch a weasel asleep — IMind, child, if you go ' To the regions below. What will become of you then I don't know." But the young fish, so wise, Did its mother despise ; And being adventurous strai htforward tries. Soon it fell from the edge. And got dashed on a lodge. Whence an Indian to bring it back soon gave a pledge. The Indian so brave His fledged honour to save. Found a path by the rock out of reach of the wave ; Through spray and through squall. He returned—fish and all j And he was the first that went under the Fall. Mr. Forsyth then came. And went under the same, And thus to posterity handing his name. What nfier befell. The guides best can tell — / went, with my wife ; and we both 2iked it well I H. Silvester, VicaragCf Buckingham^ England. October 24, 1839. Niagara — can words express Thy wondrous majesty. Great Queen of floods, enrobed in clouds- ''^hou emblem of eternity % I've stood upon thy trembling shore, At dead of nicht- and heard The mighty thunder of thy roar. While earth itself has stirred. ALUOM EXTRACTS. d Jeep — » 8 a pledge, wave ; LVE8TBR, , England. Pve seen thy gulf when silvered o'er, Beneath the moon-lit sky, While wreoths of sprny resemblance bore To phantoms flr)ating by ; And I have irnzed upon thy bow — That bi , jge o riolored light, On whic'i oiu- da: ies heaven-ward go, In visimi ofdcl ^ht. October 17, il} 5. J. G H. I hnve been to " Termination Rock," Where many have been before ; But as /can't describe the i^cene, I won't say any more. H. Silvester. If ptm cannot describe the scene — Which all should much deplore — Inferior bards should drop their pens— Their verse will be a bore. I sthnd upon Niagara's dizzy heights, Gazing far down into the fearful gulf. And li fening to the sleepless melody. That never tires, but still keeps booming on. Deep echoing to the eternal praise of God. Tremblingly behind the flowing drapery Of mist, I stoop, and list unearthly sounds Ringing all round, above me and beneath. God, thou an present with me and the voice Fa thinn thnt urKionAiMi >« ■■** _JtD ^ Niagaray Oct. 1839. G. M.. B '111 I .ilWt 06 ALBUM EXTRACTS. I'll climb the mountain tops, And there Pil guage the weather ; 1 II wrench the rainbow from the clouds, And tie both ends together. CO. B. Hech, sirs, but its an awfu» place this— its waur and wilder then the Clauchan of Abufayle, only there are nae breekless hielanders about it. Ma concience ! if Helen McGregor would na' hae gi»en up the reversion o' her re- venge on the lowlanders lo have had sic a linn as this to throw puir Mbrris over. Gude safe us ! but it gars me grue to thmk o' that fearsome limmer in connection wi' this fearsome gulf. If she had the hale race o' the sassenach as she ca's them in her outlandish gibberish, on the brink o this awfu' howf, I dinna mak the least doot that she could WI a crook o' her mou' get up a hale army o' hieland sava- ges to rise up out o' thae wuds to drive them ower. What would my faither, the Deacon, ha'e thocht if he ever could ha e jaloused that I should daun'er sae far frae the saut market, and come amang wild Indians, waur even than hie- landers, only that their claes come farther doun ower their hurdles, and in especial, amang fouk ca'in* themsel's civil- eezed, wha chairge sae muckle for their victual and drink. NicoL Jaevib. Here speaks the voice of God— let man be dumb. Nor wiih his vain aspirings hither come. That voice impels the hoUow-sounding floods, And like a Presence, fills the distant woods. These groaning rocks the Almighty's fingers piled : For ages here his painted bow has smiled. Mocking the changes and the chance of time Eternal, beautiful, serene, sublime ! Willis Gatloed Clark, ALBUM EXTRACTS. m ds, C. O. B. s waur and bere are nae il if Helen ►n o' her re- in as this to t it gars me ftion wi' this e Sassenach, n the brink at she could ieland sava- ^er. What > ever could M the saui an than hie* ower their isel's civil- [ and drinic. • Jakvib. mb, piled : Cjlark. Down the steep an ocean pours j jle? - .^^^%^. t Loud the rushing water roars. O, how shadowy were the way, If no rainbow lit the spray ! Here a lovesick swain may find Speedy cure for anguished mind. Take one plunge, and every wo Down tb*} gulf will quickly go. J. Austin, Texas, Here fools from all lands take of gazing their fill, In wonder that water will run down a hill. Ctrvs. The wealth of Croesus might have built A thousand Congress Halls ; But what a s^fht it must have cost To build Niagara Falls! I should have surely written a poem here ; but my muse has got water*Iogged. John Smyth, Land Agent, L. L. D., and P. L. " Water-logged," Mister Smyth, are you sure that the log In the way of your muse is not swimming in grog ? Sia Waltsr Scott. He's a gomeril, that Smyth—a puir feckless body— Wha the dei'l can write poetry wha canna drink toddy % "T iitti a puur u vricuiiVBi— an ocean ana ruair— It would tak' to mix up that cauld water down there ! Ettrick Shephbrd. h ■I I lit > ■ 'f There is a place under the v^ater called "Termination Rock," which they wanted me to gee ; but as the ticket for a dive were a ^ liar, and my name wasn't Sam Patoh, I guv Jim Lane 50 cents to take the job off my hands. Well, he went into a leetle room while I was a iookin at some puterfac- tions, kristals, and other sientific things a gal was explai^in to me, when a feller comes behind me, and guv me a bump on the back as hard as a calf suckin a dry cow, and hollers out, " Here I are, booked for Turmination ;" and thar was Jim, sure enuf, with such an out of the land coat and hat on, that I'd a taken him for a riglar built furrener. But Jim felt as fine as a pig with a sweet apple in his mouth, and went a turnin round and round, wiih his coPt tails flap- pin round his hed till 1 felt red all over, lest the gal should see him. I thought Jim didn't know his trowses was wore out from setj>i 5.:>ili.; 1' iS 'Hljjve/nny ■,yau^ 7.,f ft h 'I ! W ALBUM EXTRACTS. ^ "'•'■ When I cum here, I felt so queer To see the water pouriuj I ris my eyes up to the skies, , And fell myself a soarin. But when Pd got near out of site, I heerd a gal a callin, And turned about whan she did shout, And listened to her squallin. Ses she, « Dear Sir, 1 know you are A clever poetiser ; Rite me a line now most divine, Norjook away so shy, sir." > Now here it h, and for a kiss, I'll rite you sich another— Ses she, « you'll wail until you get ihe leave of aunt and mother." She kept lookin over, and talkin at me with her eves and someumes she'd say somethintu; and when PdTn toh«fair^^*?K'*'^ ^^'■^°'"'' *^°« ^^'^ '^ collyflower tied n to the ladies, when Jim comes up, the miserablest critter ^t ever got out of a mill-pond. He sed he'd been skeert • Tl^"""' '^u^^'^^ '^"'^ *^°"S^- ^'« P'P« ^^ put out for r««t »n . J ""f f""'?!? haw.hawed at him till he clipped away to change hisself; and arter that we went to the hottel, whar Pm ritin this; which Squire Starkey wm forre«l by fust passenger for our place. I'll be to hum^^n and fitch some curositys along with Your dutiful Son, Mrs. Slickershin, > J^a^a SLicKBRSHm. SlickersMn Holler, Ohto, «„»T^?'''t°*"''f f^' ^"^"i ^oleege Jake SiickersBin, who bot a C tf%T? °?.^°i,^^^'^^ «^^ »»»" h«'e to the fust paWn* WdL« ?^"***u°**°"^'' '^"^^f none offer but QJake^ he d best keep a koppy to send by other conveyance^ ALBUM EXTRACTS. 71 I would recommend every visiter to go behind the « Great Sheet of Water" to " Termination Rock." I have not been there myself; but from all accounts, it must be a " tarnation cute" place. ^ , T. C. TuppER, Mississippi, October 26, 1839. ^^ At this season of the year, I should advise the visiters to go under the blankets ; which would be quite as likely a way to show their " cuteness.'^ th her eyes, len Pd dun ^flower tied was a bow- blest critter been skeert put out for 1 he clipped I'ent to the arkey will » hum soon, CBRSHIN. who bot a ust passen- t Quakers, ce. Hail ! Sovereign of the World of Floods, whose majesty and might. First dazzles^, then enraptures, then o'erawes the aching sight. The pomp of Kings and Emperors, in every clime and Zone, Grows dim beneath the splendours of thy glorious watery Throne. No fleets can stop thy progress — no armies bid thee stay ; But onward, onward, onward, ihy march still holds its way, The rising mist that veils thee, as thine herald, goes before. And the music that proclaims thee, is the thundering cata? ract'sroar. Thy diadem is an emerald green, of the clearest, purest hue, Set round with waves of snow whil«i foam, and spray of feathery dew ; While tresses of the brightest pearls float o'er thine ample sheet, And the rainbow lays its gorgeous gems, in tribute at thy feet. Thy reign is of the ancient di en the morning stars together sang with Thy birth was , thy seeptre from on high, joy n ALBUM EXrRAinU The su^ the tooon, and all the od.« that shioe u^m thee Sawthejl^at wreaU. .f glory thar ent«ri«ed thi«e laftSu ^^"^freTm!'"' ^°"' '° '^''' '" ''^'''^^ ^ ^-^^^> ^pon th/ ^ '"""ben^^ ^"^ "^^^ '° "^"^ -^^ ' ^"''^' ^' summer'* sultry ''' '^ScIaLT^^^""''''^''^"* "" Pause-thy xvave., with Ipud 111 ceaseless sounds have still proclr-raed f ,e Great Eter- nai s name. For whether on thy forest-bank, ihe Indian of the wood Or since h«. days the iled Man's ioe.on his father lanT^kve Whoe'er has seen thine incense rise, or heard thy torrents roar, ^^"''adore! ^'''* ^^°'' '^^ ®°^ °^ ^"' ^ ^*>'«»»»P ""^ PmS'*;^-^"'. ^ ^"P'-f^^^y Great r O Infinite f O God! From this primeval altar-the green and virgin sod- To Th«!I'\""^u^. 't^^y ''^"^ '" Srv^'^'^dl would pay w\'nVinr4 '""'"' "" ''"'^' ^ ^^ A«15 /r*^® oceq^n be as nought in the hollow of thine hand. ofVanT; ^"^^' Armament, in thy balance, grabi If Niagara's rolling flood seems great, to us, who lowly O! G^Creatorof the W^ple; ..» passing Great art "V -. ^hough thy power is ftv ,.,,^ ^^st than finite man caa ^'^^ m^"""^^^ ^ *^^ "^'^ '^'' ' ^ *° '^^^'^^ dependant ALBUM EXTRACTS. 7S 109 iip Great Eter- the wood, ler-land hav© thy torrents worship and f OGodl n sod— wouid pay >u§h all my ' thine hand, lance, grain» who lowly ; Great art itemancaa : dependant For him Thou cloth'st the fertile fields, wUh herb, and fruit, and seed ; For^him the woods, the lakes, the sea, supply his hourly Around, on high, or far or near, the Universal Whole Proclaims thy glory, as the orbs in their fixed courses roll j And from Creation's grateful voice, the hymn ascends above, While Heaven re-echoes back to earth, the chorus—" God is Love!" ^,.j. „ L S. Buckingham. Clifton Hotel, Niagara, July 23, 1840. Niagara Falls Pagoda at Sunset. Oh ? wond'rous scene ! how mighty thou Who shap'd the forms on which I gaze. Thy signet's on Niagara's brow, Thy voice is heard amid its waves. Skeptic, from haunts of care worn men, Thy weary feet now turn aside j This lofty fabric once ascend, Despite of care, and fear, and pride. And gaze abroad as 1 have gaz'd, And think as God has thought of thee. List here his voice, see here his power. And look thou on eternity. There lift thine arm, if e'en thou canst. Thy puny arm this summer's e'en. The sky above, the cataract 'heath. And swear there is no god in heaven. vAin. vain mnn tUat au>AO ..^i-. Of mighty waters bids thee stay. Nor tempt by rude blasphemy HIM Bsfinre whom earth shall flee away* 74 ALBDM EXTRACTS. Come tutor, thou of soul lit eye, And pallid cheek, this is thy home : Come student, with thy purpose high, And cool thy spirit's fever, come f ^wsK^J"* ^^%^ "'^'*^«"' ^^^^^ now, With fairy footsteps to ascend, Flmg back the ringlets from thy brow. And here m adoration bend. Ye weak, ye wise, oh would you eye. Eternity from time's bleak shore. Uain the Pagoda's summit high. And list Niagara's solemn roar. Stanzas Addressed to the Sogourners at Niagara Falls. ^nS^^^^'* ^-'"''^ rambl'd o'er this wild domain. And still desire to view it once again ' *.nter the garden where an Abbot dwelt And rcMim where he, enraptur'd, ^az'd and knelt ^il e'en yet those plaintive st'reams I hear Which once he waken'o-and the pensive tear Steals softly o'er my cheek, while the fuU heart Essays to know what sorrow wing'd the dart 'Midtrmai"?''' ^ wanderer from li'tme. Mid these majestic scenes in silent grief to roam ! OHov ant'"'"'] ^°"^^ y^dare the wild excess Ot joy and wonder words can ne'er express ? Would ye fain steal a glance o'er life'S dark sea And gaze, though trembling, on Eternity / ' Would ye look out, look rfoSu where G^ hath set H« mighty signet! Come-come higher yet And from the unfinished structure gaze a W And wonder at the nnw«,. «r — A.j i '°*°* 1 o the Pagoda's utmost height ascend, And see earth, air and sky in one alembic blend I ALBUM EXTRACTS. 7« Up-though the trembling limb, and nerveless hand, Strive to detam thee on th/9 solid land ; Up—though the heart may fail, the eye grow dim. &oon will the spirit nerve the quivering limb. Up the rude ladder I gain the utmost verge— ^ar, far below, behold the angry surge ; Beneath your feet the rainbow's arch declines, Wearamg with richer gems than India's mines : And, deep within the gulf yet farther down. Mid mist, and foam, and spray, behold Niagara's crown. August nth, 1843. ^^""'''• niersat lin, cnelt. Bar )art t ome, oam ! ess sea, :hset 1, ad! He would immortalize his name- Jump from the Falls, mix wiih its thundering roar : And his would be high on the list of fiime As any that would wish to soar. J. BuRKB. Oh, Mr. "J. Burke," thou art a sad wag, I ween. Suppose you try the trick yourself, and let posterity Know how you felt afterwards. Should the British Lion ever come to the Falls of Niaca- ra, he will there see the proud Eagle of American Liberty sitting in his majesty ; and will go roaming down tha? in^^.^ ty cataract in despair. ^ If the American Eagle comes to the British side of the l-alls, that same old Lion will pluck his feathers, and com- pel him to take shelter behind a cotton bale. time is no igaru more com may thy migiiiy waters roll on till mail may learn how insignificant are nil his works compared with those of the almighty B. P. W. t . '.I ate ALBUM EXTRACTS. Cataratte de Niagara^ 18 Juin, 1841. De Dieu venez-vnir le genie, VenezdeT . ^-, .- nbe ^coutor I'harmonie ! Oh ! venez ce spectacle est beau ! Descendez vera le fond, et du torrent qui fume Allez, allez braver la foudroyante ^curae ! Suspendez-vous sur ce tombeau ! Et quand vous reviendroz du tournoyant abime Adurez du Seigneur la puissance sublime, Courlez vos deux gencux ! Car c'est pour vous qu'il fit ces sublimes merveilles, Oui ce beau luth d'6cume enchantant vos oreilles, Hommes fut fait pour vous ! » C. O. DvavK, I Ynvocation. Great power above! this wond'rous work of thine, An emblem is of man's all changing course ; Amid such scenes 'le worships at ihy shrine, And abser from them loses all their force. H'jre mai lands cnptive, with his soul o'erawed, A revoreniial bow he yields to Thee j Anon he revels at the drunkard's board — jjleedless o^~ time, and of eternity. Oh ! that li ail mortals saw but Edrn's shrine. With all its sr. Res of ondlessjoy r.nd !ove; How soon tnay'd break tho fetters that confine Thei'^ ouls ♦ earth, and flv to heaven i ijove. E. Rawson, W- , PhiladelpMa. June 22, 1841. If h'ttle Vic. could see these Falls, She'd jump right up and give three squalls. ) Juin, 1841. s! ae me pveilles, 3illes, '. O. DrnuK. of thine, 3ej ne, e. srawed, rine, >nfine ove. J, W . PhiladeJpMa. squalls. ALBUM EXTRACTS. "Thy path is on the deep waters." Thou of the universe, whose sovereign sway . Call'd light from darkness, and from night made day, Alone presided o'er nil nature's birf h, Gave ocean bounds, and energy to earth ; Sun, moon and stars, to each their place assigned, Subject to laws, all perfect in their kind ; Decked this gn'- world with foliage, flowers and fruit, With various seasons as each clime best suit, With mountain, valley, rivulet, rock, dell, Lawn, meadow, lake, so wisely and so well. All living creatures formed beneath the sky, From the huge mammoth to the smallest fly ; Birds, beasts, fish, insects— every thing below, Life, instinct, being, lo thy bounty owe j Man, lord, and woman, loveliest of all, . The tempted still, since templed first to fall ; Emblem of hope o'er sorrow's darkning gloom Man's solace from the cradle to the tomb. But, viewing nature with admiring eye In all her charms, wood, landscape, ocean, sky, While due proportion will in each appear, While all is good, the master piece is here. Hero, where 'mid waters wild, and torrents hoarse, Mighty Niagar. rolls its rapid course. Sublimely awful ! seeming, even nov An ocean flowing o'er a mountain's brow; So grand, and yet so fearful is the gaze No pen can paint, no tongue can tell its praise ; While standing spell bound, motionless, beside Its ceaseless, changeless, overw' aiming tide. The eye wilt see, the heart must feel, how small Is man compar'd with the first cause of all. O may we learn, without the chastening rod, Wondering at nature's scene?, to worship thee her God. Docolah Stuakt. Septethber 16^1844. n 7S ALBUM EXTRACTS. Here is recorded the aUirtling fact, I have been beneath the Cataract ; Bid Niagara's fairest daughter Bring me a glass of gin and water. When half seas over, fairly reeling, rll tell thee all about that feeling. Talk not to me of feelings now But wipe the wild spray from my brow And on the bridge the radiant bow, A heaven above, a hell below, We'll speak of love, or fear, or sorrowt Tomorrow — let it be to-morrow. W. H. M. M. I see the mist arise like drifted snow. And view the waters jump Jim Crow ; Who can describe thy wonders ? I wont try. But leave to wiser heads the laurels, so good-bye. J. C. '!!; Oh for the pen of Byron ! I'm inspired By a great theme, and it is loftier, I know, Than that which erst the *'gloomy Harold" fired, When singing of thy cataract," Velino I Alas my verses halt and blindly stagger, a- Long 'neath their load, Oh most sublime Niagara. I am unequal to my task, yet feel That 1 owe generous Mr. Starkey something. For his kind cognizance of traveller's weal. And tho' this WAV nP nnvinnp ia n Kiim «k:~. I doit cheerfully, and ope this sample, Will make all poets luiiow my example. W( An Th( But So j But J . H. M. M. ALBUM EXTRACTS. I love to read these books of turgid verses, l hey help me to appreciate the sublime i And It 18 pleasant to see witless Scratching their pates and conjuring up rhymtJ;— While gaping crowds stand by in stupid wonder 10 see them almost split their skulls asunder. Four stanzas are, I think, a dose sufficient ;~ Read these ye would be bards, and let me tell ye. If you would like lo be in verse proficient, 1 have the secret which I'll cheaply sell ye : My price is fixed, I cannot from it vary, Two shillings for my rhyming dictionary. July 4, ld4l. ' t% ttry, 5ood-bye. J. C. fired, iagara. ing, ^^"staW- "''''^^** ^'^*"* • ^^ *^'®^ ^^^y' ^«'« ''^» And spentjnuch time in eating cakes, and drinking lemon- com- '^^ If^ 'n '"!" u^ P'®"y ^"^^ *^® ^-aP'^Js rather fair, Bui how will sights so poor as these w^th eatables pare j So go your way, and soak yourselves, ye travellers as ye please y * But leave me here to rock myself, and take my fill of ease. July 1841. To-To-so-i, irMt I PART n. SKETCHES OF NIAGARA FALLS, AC. I INTRODUCTION TO PART 11. It is not the purpose of this publication to furnish the tourist v'ith a guide to the Falls of Niagara. Books with this object are already as numerous as the routes which they describe ; besides, in these days when steam-boats and rail- road cars are everywhere so abundant, the traveller can have no difficulty in reaching his destination, without the aid of a "Guide Book," provided he can make himself in- telligible to the people whom he encounters on his journey, and have money enough to pay for his passage. We intend to accompany him only while he is at and around the Falls, and to point out to him, in as concise and explicit terms as possible, the different objects which are usually deemed most worthy of the stranger's observation j at the same time giving a brief outline of the peculiar features of the more remarkable of these objects. Description, properly so cal- led, will not be altemptedj because, at best, it would only bo an unsuccessful attempt. It might be easy enough to write a voluminous essay in " prose run mad j" or to indite a poem— if we posses.^ed that gift — about the Falls ; but nei. ti.er the one nor the other would be at all descriptive of the scene. Niagara is i-selfa y^ em of God's own making; and written comment on its characteristics can convev no IV INTRODUCTION TO PART II. Idea whatever of them to those who have not traced, with their own eyes, the finger of the Almighty Author in this stupendous work of his creative power. It is beyond the reach alike of delineation and analysis; and he who reads all the other books, and ours into the bargain, which pro- fess to describe the Falls, will know as little about them, af. ter all, as if he had never read a word or the subject-let him come and see / II. e not traced, with ity Author in this It is beyond the and he who reada gain, which pro- o about them, af- the subject— let SKETCHES OF NIAGARA FALLS, &c. The Croscent. or British FalL We shall so far depart from established custom in treat- ing on this subject, as to plunge at once in medias res — not a-la Sam Patch, however ; but, in plain English, we shall commence with our remarks at the Falls themselves— the groat centre of attraction, and diverge, as fancy or caprice may suggest, to the objects of subordinate interest around. It matters little from what quarter or by what route the tourist may come, he must, either in the first place, or sub- sequently, perch himself on the Table Rock ; and notwith- standing all the rules— differing from each other, according to the varying tastes of individuals— which have been laid down as to the best point from which to take a first view, it will, in general, be found to be of little or no consequence, whether he take up his position now or afterwards at this, that, or th^ other place. Whoever comes to the Falls in soarch of -t 3c.7.r:ang first impression, will undoubtedly make the neaifcc't aj*f loach to the object of his search by giving the preferorAX^ ,0 the view frora the Table Rock ; but gen- erally, if idii invariably, the first impression is one of par- — J-J-- ,05 ,.,tt.j. u, gaiiicicru 3tuv;il. Wl pUUirV ailU anticipated enthusiasm has the first view of the Falls swept awd,y; and though afiectation may crack its jaws in giving utterance to all the rumbling polysyllables expressive of a- It- -11 !'8 ( 119' W "i ; I 6 ALBUM EXTRACTS. Lpt fhT^ "^ ^'^ d'ctionary. it is affectation nevertheless i;!nH r»T ""^^ S»ves vent to such exclamationras "W ZthST2ril'"'^^'\ ^°- ^hen he first plantehis fooT r«l J ^^ ^°^^' 8° ^^'"^ ^^°»<^e, and attend fo the W iness of measuring pennyworths of tape, or any ofher e qually prosaic occupation, to which he miy have^n esnt" rion^ oTth "^^^«videntIy anticipated nornglthej^ tion h« h ^ ""^^"^^^^'^ ^hicb he affects in his ?omposT "h^o!^^^^^^^^^^^^ »>— it istheTX process ot demolition which the fancv p[c"u1-e ^J^Je p'"^ must necessarily undergo in the prese Je of he dread rea^^ ondthoactof dissipating cherished visions must in S^nli aegree unhinge the mind for a moment, and TaDacitSL i? »a7S: Td r Th^r r '"" -«-- "f-- and Mitt^., nceni laea. Lhe v/onder is so creat thnt nm. ««♦• • pation should have been so different in fZfZ, the reS' ^eLrfmai'nir'"'"^'''''^?'" «'^' ""e dirrrnoeTn "S gree ot magnificence : and it is not imtn k„ . j »memplation of the ;eality/tU^r„ tr LetchVb^^ ta ofS'ht'and '"*•'■"." ''r "'""' »■"?!«« colls Thus itTs t nf J"?'^ ''"?' "" *""• -^'onished sensea. ihus 1 IS, that disappointment is, in most oases, the feeling with which the Falls are first beheld bv the Mrnnl.. fc^! attemionis distracted and bewildered betwirK^rL vJ . . "** 1°®"® itself, gradually develonini/ thomo«i.,^ ZThJ'T • '"" '^°"'*^ '^^^^ i^ '^ being' ge='nerali7"7ru^ IhL ?h^^'^"°^'"''"^ ^"^ ^^ disappointli with the FallJ ^hen they strike his eye for the firS'time, from whatever m nevertheless, nations as "how t plants his foot ttend to the bus- or any oiher e- r have an espe- nothing— there in his composi- > it is the lash- >ecause if anfi- J here, the very- re of the Falls the dread reali- lose feelings of well calculated ot be the case, at could have d that the mind long indulged reel of itself; must in some incapacitate it of a. new and lat our antlci- »m the reality, ference in de- by protracted shed by fancy )ss concentra> lished senses. a, the feeling stranger — his ) his own re- id sublimities V thomaaloAa nerally true ith the Falls 3ro whatever ALBUM EXTRACTS. 7 point he views them, is incapable of appreciating the rio- nesof the scene, which only gradually appear fo thelve of contemplation. He has seen all that he can see of the Bight; therefore, after having uttered all the unmeaning exclamations which are patent at this place, let him refresh himself With a glass of brandy and water at the bar-if in- deed his poetical ejaculations have not already sprung from that source, rather than from surveying the wonders of na- ture—and then hie him home, with all convenient speed, to his shop ; and let him never come back, unless he has a wife and children to bring with him the next time. If It were possible in these days, when "the school-mas- ter IS abroad," for a person to light accidentally on the Ta- ble Rock, without having previously read or heard of the Falls of Niagara, he might legitimately indulge in thetropes and figures of astonishment ; because he would not expe- nence the feehng of disappointment to whinh allusion has been made. But would he do so. Assuredly no. His era- otions would be those of intense, unutterable terror and a- mazement ; and the idea of expressing them by words would not for a moment occur to his imagination. The « how beautiful!" of this boarding-school miss, the " how sub. Tl u^i^""' unfledged poetical law or divinity-student, and the "Oh my God!" of Mrs. Fanny Butler, are all afecta^on P''""®"''"""*^^ quintessence of absurdity and But this is a long digression, besides perhaps, a violation, of the rules laid down m the Introduction. Well, you are on the Table Rock-say for the first time. ln!iA '^fJiZ ^.f"'^ r"' '"^'^ ^^ ^""^ «^ P-'^'-'^^el in the world. At first, if you have been dreaming of the Falls be. fore your arrival, you will probably say bah/ to this ; but don t be in a hurry. Wait till your dream has vanished- evaporated m thin air ; and then say, if you can, how ira- measurably beneath the_ truth your highest imaginations ^ere xne vasiness 01 the volume of water-its great breadth especially-and the impenetrable clouds of foam, which, rising from the fathomless gulf below, envelope and conceal from your view, perhaps, nearly half the altitude of Id- ' £119 P ifM'i 8 ALBUM EXTRACTS. tbr, of thl ' ^ '^l ^7' '° '^S^^^ *° ^^"« deteriora. rhoH t^^'^^u ^^'Sht, or rather depth-for it is at U,e bottom where the concealment is -tlmt the feeling of ff vn.: u ""^ ''Sam and again. Perhaps the best way, h/1 r f'^ ^""""Sh, is to prostrate yourself flat on the edge of the precipice, and look down, and down tiU Dr H,^^? T^''^ lerror-nay, not terror either, but o^e name ^Batt^'h^ ''' "^^^^^ '^"^^^^e has no appropril son to hnM k' T%^^ '"'^ ^^^* y°" ^^'^ some per. son to hold you by the feet. It is otherwise a dangerous experiment, especially if you are of an excitable teTpe'a! menu in such cn-cumstances a mysterious fascination will rsl^bi; L°"' I' ^°" S^"^ !°° ^°"^' ^-^^ y°" -ill "e7an inor? ! J^P»J?V° 'P""^ i"^« ^^^ d^'ead abyss-there to 7rl\m therambovv.glories, and wrestle with the incom' prehensible terrors of the "secret deep." This is no ideal exposmon of the sensations felt in making this experiment The writer, in company with others, has tried iS Tint ^^"^ '^^''^'"S erect, you will find the scene, [ IrLt'^-^T '^'" ''f^'^y ^-^^^ °» ^"y 0°« feature o iti growing in beauty and grandeur as you gaze. The cat- aract in general presents one expansive sheet of foam rush- ing on and on for ever and ever, except where thTwater IS deepest, and there the mighty torrent, imbued with ver' acZer Z^T """ " '' ""varying, pours itself down with a calmer, but far more impressive majesty, conveyins the Idea that the power which shakes the solid rocYs Lder ?W T^ '^' '^'^''^ ^"^ '^^ sanctuary there, and there aWv'*' In tN '^ ""^^ ^^ ^^^"^y "unspeakable and full of h^Lh ^^^^P^'^^'f"f ^^ «-^'ch which spans the restless ocean beneath, and fancied my ^teriousness in tha clouds of spray awlv 'n'nd'"' ^""^ ^"^'^ ;^''"V" 'Pi''^' •^^l""^"^' ^nd rolling aivay and away over the otherwise cloudless expanse ot •-• »^«v=ii, uui it js in xnai ever living rush of deeo STelT'' *h^ttl^t°T^.P°'""'" ^^^^"^ ^^^ h^Ids them m the hollow of his hand, is most vividly typified. *'|f .i ALBUM EXTRACTS. H ipparent alti- fiis deteriora- —for it is at fie feeling of ;egree experi- the best way, Jrself flat on id down, till ler, but some appropriate ve some per- a dangerous ible lempera- iicination will i will feel an ^ss — there to h the incom- s is no ideal experiment, ried it again sn as above id the scene, le feature of 5. The cat- f foam rush- e the water ed with ver- * down with iveying the *ocks under e, and there and full of stless ocean is of spray and rolling expanse of ish of deep holds them !d. Pshaw!— We too are getting poetical, notwithstanding our recorded determination to the contrary; but, situated as we are, on a chair which is rocking under us, with the ta- ble on which we write trembling visibly before us, and the ceaseless thunder of Niagara booming at the lone hour of mianight in our ears, how can we help it ? In such circum- stances even an oyster would be a poet! Wait till day- light, and then we will come down from the clouds, and talk of matters of fact. Well, then, the great cataract, called the " Horse Shoe Fall," though the name is not now descriptive of its form, IS before you. The idea of altitude is completely lost in that of velocity and power. The tremendous force of this mighty torrent is especially manifested in the quivering of the pillared rocks beneath your feet, and the perceptible vi- bration of the earth for miles around. But, in the absence of any power of description of our own, we subjoin an ar- ticle, which contains some s/a^/s^/caZ information respecting this ''wonder of nature," copied from the Album kept at the Table Rock. "Never shall I forget the intense anxiety with which I anticipated the sight of Niagara Falls, and still less the awful moment when I first beheld the mighty cataract dls- played before me. "To enjoy this moment I had made great sacrifices, and encountered some difficultiesi. I had not only protracted my absence from home, but increased my distance from it by some hundreds of miles. Ample, however, was my re- compense. 1 had, in the course of my life, beheld some of the most celebrated scenes of nature— Etna and Vesuvius, the Andes, almost at the highest point of elevation, Cape Horn, rugged and bleak, buffeted by the Southern tempest, and_ last, though not least, the long heavy swell of the Pacific ; but nothing I have ever seen or imagined can com- pare with the Falls op Niagara. "My first sensation was that of exquisite delight at hav- mg before me the greatest wonder of the world. Strange as it may appear, this feelinaj was immediately succeeded by an irresistible sensation o( melancholy. Had this not con- [^ II' JO It I* " If; lU . i I ' 1 ALBUM EXTRACTS. •trangelv mingled wkh» k H p" '"'"•"° °'^ '°<''"^' *<« served .hat the sp^i.s'^^eTS nS^e Zef JnT^r^ .«^»«„„er by .he ^gio influence of ^trponSoroX .he"dLMts ■:;•': ,fr itf whi^r^r-r"' "• semi-circular form and comiauhy to he p„^«h' ^T "' The smaller is named the '^mUan Fal^l " T "^'''^' of this Fall is divided by a rode from rl i ^^ ?°'"^'°'' mencan Fall is 370 yards i„ breadth^and 160 ftet hf.h"^' making the total breadih nearly 1 400 vari f ^^'" omit mentioning that, though he bed of th«V- "•' ''*'* 80 great a depth^ the level ff the% l^t^^ ues nearly the same as above the Falls "^ °^ °°"''^- rhe quantity of water which rushes over at th« mto ractsis thus computed by an American traveller .1x1; nver, at the ferry below the Falls ,« VLlr,r\ T?® and on an average 250 feet deen Th! "'^^''^^ ^^^^' six miles an ho?r ; but,™^^^^^^^^^^ KTa?'"'"' the quan^tVof'waterlS ^0^^,:^ ALBDM EXTRACTS. u the quantity will be mord than 102,000,000, and in a dav would exceed 2,400,000,000 tons. » ««« »n a aay "My object being to approach as close to the cataract as possible, I do^cended the bank by a steep winding pa?h ?o a narrow shp which forms t mmedL marglnT'the river. Along this I advance jut a hundred yards till 1 arrived at the very edge of precipitation. A pCn may IUa- P^-'I' PL'^' hi'nself within an inch of the Catar"ct^ and dip his hand into the water. Proceeding a little farther Lt tT""" "^ ''''' T""""^ ^ ^^'"^ '- ^ kind of ^rk! screw ladder constructed round a column, to enable travel- lers to descend to a path by which they gain the lower ,7 t of ^the Cataract, and have a magnificent view upwards. ^ in the evening I again visited the Cataract to behold it by moonhght. Taking my seat on a projecting rock a? a Ss etr 1 ^T V^'/'"^' ^ S**^^^ ^'" ^y Senses wire almost entirely absorbed in the contemplation of this most raagnificem scene. Although the shades of night ncreS rf^KflVod ^r^^p"' '^"i '^-p^'^^^ thVLurmro? nfl.i ^ flood.' the moon, in placid beauty, shed her soft ln« '%';P°". *^" ""'"^^ ^'^'^ '""'■g^^^d the terror of ?he fh! K ir^^'^ '^"."l"'"' ^h^^h ^^"°««d f'-o*" the abvss, and ^e bnlhancy of the falling waters, which glistened Hke ^rf^if'^Tu '" '^^ moonlight, seemed to exhibit in abso ute perfection the rare union of the beautiful and sublime. , Thomas Day, Termination Rock. ««I°" ^'"''^ ^°^^'^ f ^'^^ » hut the half has not yet been IZZr ™"^^^^^«^'"> '^ot indeed into theguKl^ „„,. ^„j^^ ^j. yjojsg (J jjj iiopejess love " piiM express it To hare stood and eazod on a miirhiv n. c~nof w..or rushing innocuously o?er your hj. ?,! to IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) V V x^ 4^'v>* . <^ o/f 1.0 1.1 1^12.8 12.5 Iff 1^ 12.2 - 1^ MUta 1.8 /^PPLIED^ IIVMC'E . Inc .^g 1653 East Main Street •ss^ ^ Rochester, NY 14609 USA ^=r^ Phone: 716/482-0300 ^=•-^=5 Fax: 716/288-5989 © 1993, Applied Image, Inc., All Rights Reserved SB * i 12 ALBUM' EXTRACTS. something to talk ©r in all youf after da^s j and if you perform the feat, you will be furnished with a certificate to that effect, under the hand of Mr. Staricey, the guide, as- suring all and sundry whom it may concern of the fact. Before going on this voyage of discovery, however, you have a metamorphosis to undergo. You must strip "m pu- ns naluralibus ;» but, don't bo startled— you do not go down into the great deep in this stale of primitive nudity. Starkey has an ample, though grotesque wardrobe for your especial use, from which you may select fitting equipment for the occasion. There are dressing rooms too, as well as dresses; and if you are a lady, you will have one of your own sex to wait upon you at your toilette. You will look rather odd* to be sure, in your oilcloth habiliments and straw hat; but never mind--"beauty is, when unadorned, noorned the most." You will also have an experienced guide to accompany you "within the veil." Your path is somewhat circuitous certainly ; but it is a good and safe path nevertheless, providing your guide is an experienced one. From the bottom of the stairs is a shelv- ing declivity over immense rocks and fragments of lime- stone down to the river. After you get down, there is a foot-prith, by which you can reach with perfect safely, the end of youf journey, appropriately named " Termination Rock." Never mind the projecting cliffs, frowning in terri- ble grandeur high over head, on the one side, nor the fath- omless gulf of turbulent waters on the other. You may, of course, and you ought, to look and wonder at both ; but you need not be frightened, for if you keep by the guide you are perfectly safe, and if you are nervous, he will take care of you. Pay no regard to the spray ; it makes a good shower- bath for the benefit of your hdalth. Your silk or satin dress, you know, is in no danger of being spoiled. Your curls may get a litilo discomposed ; but what of that ? You will see— but why should we attempt to describe what you will see. There would' be just as much sense in going out with a land-survGyors chain to measure the extent of the universe, or in professing to compute the cycles of eternity by the vibration of a pendulum) as in trying to describe tha ALBUM EXTRACTS. m scene on Termination Ilock. Perhaps we cannot better LaL A ? ^''''"^ P^"*'^ ^"^ *^^ following little bit of ««. oiio^raMv from the pen of one who seems to have exhib- f^nVr'*"^/' **•' rock which would do honour taour Inend the oyster mentioned nbovo :— witK?^"\^ ""'^^'" ^''! \^^^^^ °^ ^''*^«'''* a few days ago, Tf rn^if r ''"? ^"5^ observing a tolerably smooth eurSe nn r 'm "^^^ '^'"^^ "^'^^ ** '^^'^'•^ °^ ^""'"g "'v name up- nlL. ^ °^"?P«"^on endeavoured to dissuade me from the attempt, as being one attended with much difficulty and seme danger^the latter arising from exposure to wet for task''"^r S.?I"' -' T'i^'^ ^^ nece^ary to accomplish the oKt • A °®*f '*";'."^^' however, to persevere ; and having obtamed tools this morning, (August 2, 1835) I entered a^. lZ.luf.u''"'uT^'^ "'y ^°''^- J ^'^ n<^t expect to ac- complish the whole at one visit ; and therefore left the ini- ^m 1 1" ^ fT'"'' "''.™*'' '^"^^'^^ *^^to for another time; but I succeeded m cutting the other letters legiblv three e^hnv n"? '^"/'^'^ °^ '^^ y^^^' ^'^»» '^^ remaininf let. ter9-.hav.ng found it impossible to accomplish the whole at one visit, r siitld a full hour behind the water ; buSne «rarM^"\''^^' ""i^ «PP'«hensive of beingsoLed S cramp, I deemedjt prudent to desist If I am no worse for n^l Tt' ^ '''."\S° ^gain to.morrow. 1 have carefully examined the rocks behind ihe great 'Sheet of Water,' and find no indications of carving. I can therefore con .dent. l^T^l^^r ""Tl' '^' ^r^ °"*^' °* '^'^' d-»«' the only of Z^«ll "^ '^"*m/ °"^ ^'"'"' ^" »he neighbourhood of the Falls, every pillar, rail, staircase, seat, rock and tree is covered with names, mine stands «Zo«e / h^v^iSr*' 3.--My desire of yesterday is fulfilled ; and I have been again under the 'Sheet of Water,' to finish cut- iing my name in the rock. The wind blowing in gusts td dny directly against the rocks. occ«sinn«H m« «..A "A. inconvenience than yesterday, by so deluiioi"m'e with w/ too^ of the oilskin coat I wore continually fiUedpa far as tS u ALBUM EXTRACTS. elbows, adding considerably to the weight of my tools^ and fatiguing me greatly. I again felt an inclination to cramp, to which my inaction rendered me peculiarly liable ; but I finished my task in a little less than two hours. The direc- tion of the wind, though causing me some obstruction, am- ply repaid me during my momentary periods of rest, by oc- casionally opening in part the silver curtain of tho waters, and exhibiting the foaming tide below, as it eddied round the sun-lit rocks. There was the Table Rock above, with pmple walking on it like mere specks in the light, the cliffs and woods all arrayed in the splendour of a noon-tide sun ; and then the veil was closed, and I was shut out from, the world—- left in utter solitude. "Fellow-travellers, who, like me, come to view scenes sur- passing all otl^e;^ in grandeur and sublimity, do not leave without goingiunder the • Sheet of Water.' Take the ad» vice of one who has endeavoured to study nature in all her varying moods. The way in safe ; the entrance only is startling. Danger there is none. If you have any enthu- siasm in your composition, you will be gratified — enchant* ed ; if you have not, you deserve to be disappointed. D. T. EoBRTON, London, '^.^/anrf.** It is something to have been " within t 'il" at any time ; but ho who has not penetrated the m>bw.'ry in winter knows it only in part. At that season of the ye- r, you are, of course, not very likely to emulate Hr. Egerton ; nor is it at all probable that you will stay long enough to make a poem on the scene around you. It is cold exceedingly : still a winter view of the Falls from "Termination Rock," is perhaps the most inconceivably magnificentof any in the whole compass of creation. All that the most exuberant lancy ever imagined of beauty and of grandeur falls immea- surably short of the reality that presents itself to your view, while standing on " Termination Rock" in winter. On one hand, there is the same dark wall of solid rock which you see in summer, beautifully festooned with icUiles of a thousand various shapes, and of immense magnitude j on :he other, there is a massive w Jl of ice, with, here and there, an aperture of roost grotesque conformation, through ALBUM EXTRACTS. ^^ which you can see the rushing torrent and the wrenthm. foam . whi e over head the eve? living wate^arrrS en and on, intact and unsubdued by the^ relentless power b? ^« '^f- event «slronedrinlc".n ..^^"'^"'^^'^ ^^ don't recommend of Z^l ? u"*" °''^"»*'y .occasions ; but this is nothing oi tha sort— It IS an era in the history of your oerhaDf otherwise monotonous existence. After wraCingvou^r! self closely up in your cloak-the more >h, you'^Jave atou o tev'rslr'^ti*'?"^^ r-^ y-' if^ou dT/ntdo ^^dFIZTJ • ^ y^i", "^''^ "^e "'"'•« than was ever trera^d^lKa;,^^^^^^^^^^ -^ --X Ihnb of tree aud sh';ubV7p/Xtith'a g"rg^^^^^^^ Jnhnp2\ • ^er*'^*^"' exceedingly is the workmanship of ZtfT-'' *^-' "«>»^bourhood ; but .t must not be for ^tten that in spile of" pilot-cloth," flannel and fur, there 18 s 11, as in every human enjoyment, a peg loose-a d« duction to be made-" Poor To^'s a-cold "^ The American Fall, dec We have been long enough on one side of the river-let lv«n tn, '!k '^^'u ^''^ ' ''"* "o matter for that. Who- ever has seen the Falls on one side, and not on the other, «ccd;, iiui say any in,ng about them when he goes home- he knows nothing of the matter at all. It is of no moment whether you are first «• caught" on one side of the Jiver 16 ALBUM EXTRACTS. I ] ' '. 'i i! w or on the other ; there is a ferry, and a safe one, just under the American Fall ; and you either ascend or descend, as the case may be, by a flight of steps, such as has been be- fore mentioned. Perhaps from no point is the American Fall seen to greater advantage than from the river in cross- ing the Ferry. In a clear day the scene is indescribably beautiful j and if you have just been viewing the British Fall, the prospect of the bright sparkling torrent of water, white as un-sunned snow, and studded with innumerable rainbows, broken into fragments, and vibrating amid the dashing spray, has an exhilarating effect on your spirits, and contributes to dissipate thnt uudefinable sensation of awe which always comes over the mind, while contempla- ting that magnificent " wonder of the world." Accounts differ as to the comparative height of the two Falls. One has been already copied ; others again make the American Fall 164 feet and the " Crescent" only 153 feet high. But it is not a question of any moment whatever. That petty national jealousy, or interested rivalry, which is so ludic- rously displayed in the '• Guide Books," cannot add a foot to the one Fall, or deduct anything from the other. There they roll away, side by side, unconscious alike of national distinction and local prejudice, pealing in unison their deep monotonous hymn tot|ie Almighty Monarch of the uni- verse. Although It is only from the Canada side, or from the riv- er at the Ferry, that a full front view of both the Falls can be obtained, still for variety of prospect, the palm must be yielded to Goat or Iris Island, which is siiuated in the midst of the Rapids, and constitutes the wall of partition between the Cataracts. After ascending the stairs from the Ferry to the village of Niagara Falls, where there are sev- eral magnificent hotels for public accommodation, you reach the Island by a wooden bridge thrown across the Rapids, for the use of which you have to pay 25 cents. The toll, keeper has always on hand a large stock of Indian and oth- er euriosities for sal©. The guides are Messrs. Hooker and Sons, who, with their assistants, will render you .prompt and willing service in exploring the beauties of this island pa- radise* le river m cross- ALBUM EXTRACTS. i^ bv^hJ't^'*''^'" ^"^/f *h« Islan'J there is a spiral stair-case by which you can descend to the margin of^the rr^^r ?l4 Crl'lT^h^'^'K • ?"! '' " P'^^'^-^^y '«^ding to the Vea^ Crescent, by which when the wind blows up^ the river vou can go with great safety and pleasure under the sheet of Parsons, the auihor of the « Book of the Falb" savs « A.'^ where else ;» and another obsTves^ «' It is «»[^ , !? ''^^ Alter having winded your toilsome way ud the « TiiAAi^ tower fortv.fi ve fe«t h f Jk / r^ ^"^^^^J^ads you to a stone i» TM w^JT^f' "■""' """ '««» '■'<'"' *e Table Rock yoyha,.a pa«ial, y.t striking vi,w-of"*e "XZ^ 18 ALBUM EXTRACTS. ed by a sterner influence than that 0/ the summer breeze, A deep feeling of mystery, not unallied with terror, posses- ses the mind, and you cling with involuntary and unconsci- ous tenacity to the railing which surrounds the vibrating platform on which you stand. Go round the Island, and you will see the adjoining " Moss Islands," and the turbulent water struggling and rushing with fearful velocity between them. The trees aro literally hacked with names and initials — some of them so far up that the trouble of inserting them there, is but poorly compensated by the vague and evanescent immor- tality thus obtained. Every seat and every wall — nay, every rail and stray log of timber, is crowded with the same evidences of ♦' this longing after immortality." De gustibus noi^ est disputandum ; but surely the aggregate of the time consumed in this idle and unavailing labour consti* tutes a large portion of the sum of human existence, and might be much more profitably, as well as pleasantly spent in some other way. It is easy to write one's name in a Register or an Album of which there is an abundant store on both sides of the River ; and it will just answer the pur- pose as well ; for unlees you have done something more worthy of note than merely going to see the Falls, the in- scription of your name on a tree or rock will not perpetuate your memory. The name may indeed remain j but who can tell, after a few brief years, to whom it belonged ? From the upper end of the Island you have, perhaps, one of the best views of the Rapids that can be obtained— cer- tainly the best on the American side. But it is undoubtedly in the neighborhood of Mr. Street's house on the British shore that they present the most vivid picture in miniature of the ocean lashed into fury by a tempest. Not that their power and velocity are less obviously resistless here ; but the view is more obstructed and not so extensive, if the grandeur, however, is less impressive, the variety of beauty is much more enchanting. This Island, in short, i& one of the most attractive and delicious retreats in the world i and he who traverses its solitudes on a summer morning, or un- der the more solemn influence of an autumnal moon, in early life, — ere the withering touch of worldly care and worldly ALBUM EXTRACTS. 1« summer bre^e, 1 terror, posses- y and unconsci- ) the vibrating I the adjoining struggling and The trees aro -some of them n there, is but lescent inimor- ivy wall — nay, rt^ded with the )rtality." De he aggregate of g labour consti* existence, and leasantly spent ne's name in a abundant store mswer the pur- >mething more e Falls, the in- not perpetuate nain ; but who belonged? e, perhaps, one obtained — cer- is undoubtedly on the British B in miniature Not that their less here ; but nsive. If the iriety of beauty short, i& one of he world ', and lorning, or un- moon, in early re and worldly sorrow shall have deadened the perception of glory and of beauty in his bosom, will have one green spot the more whereon memory may repose in all his after years of wan- dering and of weariness. Why should we tell you of a paper-mill and a pouitrv- yard m such a place as this I It is rather an unpoetic blend, ing of the utile cum dulce ; but there they are, nevertheless, on this very Island. They are on the outskirts of it, how- ever ; and the water-girdled paradise is, in general, left undesecrated by the beggarly influences of modern utilitar- lanism—a fitting shrine for love, poetry, or any other kind of moping madness. " O ! that Ml* Island were my dwelling-place, With one fair spirit for my minister ; Where I might all forget the human race. And, hating no one, love but only her." But it may not be j for to say nothing of the "fair spirit," we are not likely to "forget the human race" here, seeing all the world, with his wife and daughters, would visit us every summer. We might swell our book by telling you a thousand things about the l-alls, which you have doubtless hoard and read of before :— of this vessel and the other being sent over th' cataract, with bears, geese, &c. as passengers j of one startlmg mcident," and another "frightful occurrence," such as Sam Patch having leaped into the Fall here, and vyillamChambers being carried over it there, one stormy night m a canoe, and disappearing forever ; and we might make a very pretty romance out of the strange but true sto- ry of Francis Abbot, the "hermit," who lived in utter se- elusion for two years on the Island, played a guitar, wrote Latin, lived on water mixed with flour, and finally was drowned when bathing But all these things have already been chronicled in the "Guide Books." We merely hint at them; and refer you for farther information to thosA who«» business it is to furnish it. We close our remarks on this locality with an extract from a M. S. description of the Falls by Mr. Edward Lane:— " Luna Island is connected with Goat Island by means of k ; i m f¥i ALBUM EXTRACTS. two pieces of timber laid across, and within a few yards of the brow of the cataract or centre Fall, which is about 54 feet wide. Looking up between the Islands, this small branch of the river appears to be issuing out of a wood and coming down a flight of steps, some eight or ten feet distent from each other, forming, if not so sublime, at least as beautiful a view as that of the Falls themselves. From the Island, which is about 30 yards in width, a side view of the American Fall may be obtained. From its edge that ^tnt '" ^'""1 '^PP^*" to be straight, or nearly so, assumes almost as much the shape of a curve as ihe Grand Ores, cent Itself. From this point, too, when the sun is shining, and has reached sufficient altitude, a beautiful rainbow may be seen immediately beneath the feet of the spectator : such as IS indeed presented at every point of the Falls under sim- liar circumsti^nces. The moon also by night produces the same phenomenon, while the white foam of the falling wa- ters, the ascending mist and agitated bosom of the river, as- aume the appearance of living liquid chrystal." Minor OuHogitiM. &e. The Whirlpool. It is the same with this as with other wonders of the Nia- ga.a Uiver— personal inspection is the thing. Books aro mere transcripts of impressions made on the minds of their respective writers. They furnish nothing like description, a- ny more than the unutterably wretched woodcuts which are put mlo them by way of embellishment and illustration af- ford even the remotest idea of what they profess to rep. resent. Still it may be well enough, after you have seen with your own eyes, to listen to what others think and sav of what you have thus seen ; but we hold it as a good gene- ral rule to look first, and read the book, whether it calls Txvu- P"'1^ Tx"°^' afterwards. But we are forgetting the Whirlpool. Having no knack at what is callSd de- ^wf^fkLi^?." b^°* ""'"'^^ "^^"^ ^^®«^»" ^ well as wretched ill o t» we again borrow as follows from Mr. L.ano s manuscript :— ALBUM EXTRACTS. (^ " Once arrived at the water's edge— no roatter bv what m^ns-the eye is directed to the V^hirlpoorwhich^sTeml to be a sort of natural basin, or « hal/w\^ housed ^^ he river may rest and refresh itself after its recent w.r! tions • I ,s nearly circular, and, as far as I Sn juX about a mile in circumference. * *-an juoge, ••From the appearance of the land upon the hill. I am led to imagine that the Falls were anciemly situated her^ SSd tm f J Wr r^'f. ^ *'^ ''''' • 'which we now' nnainem.(i; Unfortunately on my visit, the Whirloool WW about five feet below its usual iJvel ; stUl itZwES auficient attractions to repay me amply' for myTo^le A tree which had either been precipilated over the «tt*: ract^r had accidentally fallen into the river bJlowIt T^ tinued for two hour»--the duraUon of my visit-^m^t iei^ W te'^tr « ^ ~"^^ "^^^^'^ "-^ ^ «^« ' ^- current dashes suddenly round, and pursues its onw" d wlv while another portion, obstructed in iu p^gr^ b^5JS ervemng promontory, recoils, and produces thT^vhTir^J the waters, called the " Whirlpool." NumeroL ace dfnte have taken place here. The places of intermZ of three ^7^™ ,««.T r °^'? ^* *° ™«- Some 22 years ago! (from 1885,) when the British were stocktJiing pfS «?Ti;?rJ^.*"^°?""'i'^ ^ •''^*»«»t employ 5«s^ gaged with others in rafting ruoer down the Nia«^ It^t""" ""^J^^ ^* ^^PP^^ '"^ ^ «tuated brokr/romS moorings ; and for several hours the unfortunate Scot, with fo3 I A ''"**°"' the slightest exertion on his part, per" SnT^^K-Tt «°™«^»'«^t different from the 45bfand tertf Inin. ° T ^''^'^"' Ji**^"^' ^« ^^^''^ ^Y thing ST^ K w7i,roS.tT"r ^j r ""T ^'' P^"^^"« ^•^"•^tion a H wsT.ng XI aonru ijis precipice } but fortunately at H irilk^e^^El^'"'^ '*""*'" ••*"" t* ^ "ther a di.orn the Canada V of the Falls house within ,..1 U— *t- rriicrc:, uy iiiu brmerly men- ens, petrifac- pay a visit to the "Burning Spring," which is about a mile South of the Falls, where a well is enclosed in a small wooden building ; and you are here, as at the other points of particular attrac- tion, accommodated with a guide, who takes a lighted candle with him, on applying which to the orifice of i metal tube fixed in the bottom of an inverted wooden vessel which covers the spring, a bright flame is emitted. A wri- ter, who examined the place minutely, says, " There are two other similar springs some distance farther up the river, the sites of which are known to but few. Therefore, from tho consideration that a large quantity of this sulphureate hydrogen gas is emitted from a comparatively small quanti- ty of water, it is probable that a sufHcient body of gas might be collected to be applicable to purposes of utility." There were once grist and saw mills on this spot ; but they were destroyed during the last American war, and have never been rebuilt. There are also sulphur springs oozing from the rocks behind the " Sheet of Water." Oonclufiion. We might protract our intercourse with you i*d lihitum, if we were your professional guide ; but we leave you in charge of the initiated, who will tell you all about the battle grounds, dec. in the neighbourhood of ihe Falls. The history of this frontier is more deeply written in blood than that of any other portion of Upper Canada. Even recently it has been the theatre of numerous acts of conflagra- tion ant' robbery, and one atrocious murder— that of Capt. Ussher, who was roused from his bed at dead of night, by masked assassins, and deliberately shot in his own house. All these deeds of violence are supposed to originate from the late unhappy and insane attempt of a portion of the peo- pie of the province, led on by a few turbulent and ambi- tious demagogues, to dissever the connection of these Colo- nies with the Mother Country. We might tell you about the occupation of Navy Island by Mackenzie and his band of outlaws ; the burning of the Caroline, and a number of other matters of local interest ; but they are recorded in the journals of the day, and will doubtless in due time appear &' ' ../ M- .W <•! ' ^ si'/'; 4,T( '•■■■■<,' U' r? 'V AISVM EXTRACra. io"! MOOIIeotioB to eiikiDdI»Vl,. A. .•'"t""' "'^ of histoid ««»« fton. .ftr to ^»Wp in fht 2h" ""-? •"■'«""• *'«' Pfsef llle EtBmal. '^ '*"™''''"ww"i»olitaryieBi. '«»« i'?tJ;"::„'S7.?'if „„7''«'.» -" i» Writ- I'L" "^1^ »" a fair good-nitht. «'! i^iifif* "'^ d-'f* jiv .*» 3^:»iHrf.iM ton i f • •&■'? Vi ■ ■..:j-«iiito>t >.utB«» TS. of natufe can have nes of slaughter and ntitiousaidofhistorw « of the pilgrim who meandaolitarytem- hat 18 writ is writ— : with our fair and n fht, ight.'» y*''L-> t'itirtiMv W.jSia}