HAD BEEN AT NIAGARA FALLS.
There was a man at the City Hall Market yesterday, says MoQuad, who had just arrived from Niagara Falls. He lives near Racine, but stopped off here to hunt up some relatives. Ashe was getting a bite to eat he suddenly remarked to the woman behind the stand :
“ You keep away from Niagara Falls.” “Why?" she naturally inquired. “I was there three days,” continued the stranger, “ and what do you think I saw ?” “ Something very grand, I suppose.”
“Not by a jug full, my sweet woman—not by two jugs full. , All ! saw was a blamed old -' waterfall, a small .town, two bridges, and one or two scrub dog fights. There wasn’t a horse race, no stabbing or shooting, nobody going to be hung, and not, one of the landlords woulddo as much as walk over to Goat Island with) •you and point out the spots.” . i He cut a dried sausage in two, sighed heavily: and finished:
“ You stay right to home. You’ll see more' black eyes here in one day than you can there in a month.” ’ ;
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4910, 16 December 1876, Page 2 (Supplement)
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183HAD BEEN AT NIAGARA FALLS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4910, 16 December 1876, Page 2 (Supplement)
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