. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . r Times changing sands; I fancy she remembers the red ear in my hands. A STRENUOUS VACATION TRIP By Harry V. Lawrence One Sunday morning in July, 1910,the writer left Boston at 10 oclock,and arrived at Niagara Falls, N. Y.,at midnight. By making the tripduring the day one can see the splen-did scenery of the Berkshire Hills,in western Massachusetts, the ErieCanal, and many prosperous citiesof northern New York. In order tomake this trip during the day it wTasnecessary to change trains at Alban
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . r Times changing sands; I fancy she remembers the red ear in my hands. A STRENUOUS VACATION TRIP By Harry V. Lawrence One Sunday morning in July, 1910,the writer left Boston at 10 oclock,and arrived at Niagara Falls, N. Y.,at midnight. By making the tripduring the day one can see the splen-did scenery of the Berkshire Hills,in western Massachusetts, the ErieCanal, and many prosperous citiesof northern New York. In order tomake this trip during the day it wTasnecessary to change trains at Albanyand Buffalo. While riding throughDalton, Mass., the home of United night in this manner. It seems thatthey send the power developed fromNiagara Falls all through the upperpart of New York state to light citiesand run cars. After a nights restat the International Hotel I startedout to see the sights. The first place visited was GoatIsland, and then the trip in the littlesteamer Maid of the Mist wasmade, after the passengers had puton the rubber coats and hoods loanedby the steamboat company. When. In the Berkshires, Western Massachusetts \ States Senator Crane, I had myluncheon in the dining car and did notget another meal until Niagara Fallswas reached, at midnight, as the din-ing car was taken off our train at Syra-cuse, N, Y. On arriving at Niagara Falls Iwas very much surprised to find themain street in the city all lighted upwith electric lights strung across thestreet in a series of arches. Oninquiring of a citizen about this welllighted street, I was informed thatpower was so cheap in their city thatthey kept this street lighted up all our little steamer got under the Falls,and I looked up at that deluge, I didnot doubt that 58,000 barrels of waterpass over the Falls every second and100,000,000 tons every hour. Geol-ogists claim that the Falls were orig-inally at Lewiston Mountain, sevenmiles below their present location,and have been about 35,000 yearswearing to their p
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