A Story of Niagara

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Excerpt from A Story of Niagara: To Which Are Appended Reminiscences of a Custom House Officer Reminiscences Of A Custom House Officer, Custom House Regulations at the Niagara Suspension Bridge - Strangers crossing the Bridge unmindful of Custom House Laws - The Consequences - Amusing Incidents - A Senator - Duties on Indian Bead Work, etc. - Blaming General Scott - Inspecting a Strange Wagon by lamplight - Affecting Incidents - How Custom House Officers are sometimes deceived, Law against bringing Bottles of Liquor from Canada into the States - Women Smugglers - Wit of an Irish Washer-woman caught Smuggling - The Western Drover and his Tobacco, in Three Acts - The Angry Scene - Polite Kindness - Reconciliation, Appearances often Deceiving - The Beggar's Bundle - The "Intelligent Gentleman" - "A Reliable Source" - A Little Reflection - The Sulphur Springs - Suspension Bridge Tolls - A Midnight Office - The Devil and His Wife, The Preacher's Brandy - Strange Companions - Mr. O'Flinigan - Astonishing Figures - The Unfortunate Widow - Custom House Laws - Two Puzzling Questions - When are Household Goods and Tools of Trade free of duty, Excursion Parties crossing the Bridge - Amusing Incidents - More Information about Custom House matters - Qualities requisite for an Officer - How to please the Public and still inspect their Baggage - The Stove-pipe Hat - The man who said "by Mighty" - Emigrants crossing the Bridge - Other Incidents About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.