The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-08-06

ToRoNTo, CANADA, July q, -

sequently they did not have as good a
time as they otherwise would have
had but from what can learn they
left a good impression and several
thousand dollars in the city. Toronto
is pleasant city in which to spend
the summer season 1t has wide, well
kept streets and sidewalks. It is CEN
:rally located and has an extensive bay
front. Owing to this and the recent
completion of the G. 2. Railroad, it lie
at present enjoying Kansas boom.
All the principal streets have a double
track Of street railways, which keep
running over two hundred. cars all day
and the greater part of the night, Sun
days excepted. 1t has five daily pa
pers, two of which are issued twice a
day. The buildings ore mostly of stone
and brick, few having stone fronts
presenting curiously cut figures.
Viewing the city from Hamlin's Is
land, a distance of about three-quar-
tiers of mile, we observe particularly
the splendid appearance presented by
the numerous dOmes and church spires.
Toronto certainly excels any of the
American cities that I have visited in
fine churches. Among the most strik-
ing is the Metropolitan, which is built
of white brick with abundant cut stone
dressings. A grove of no less than
thirty steeples point heavenward. At
the main..f front looking southwark is a
massive and most stately tower-in
size, 80 feet square and 100 feet high.
Its interior is simply glorious. There
are two tiers of galleries and it is fur
nished with nicely cushioned, semi.
circular seats, giving it seating ca
pacity for about 5000. Just behind
and above the pulpit is an immense Or
gan said to be the largest in the Do
miniOn. 1t contains 1915 stops. The
church grounds occupy two acres, and
are nicely laid out with gravel walks
and decorated with beds of flowers and
ornamental trees. This is Methodist
church and there are some of the
twenty-seven others, especially those
of the Catholic, that present a more
costly appearance than this one. Other
massive structures are hotels, the GUS
tom house, post office, arcades and
wholesale houses. Some of these ex-
tend the entire length of several
blocks.
Good board can be obtained here for
less than in lola; meals are advertised
fer ten cents. There are many 81 houses
that furnishe az good accommodations
as the Lindell in Kansas City. The
Queens hotel is the highest priced,
and rates there are only s. per day.
There is no lack for pleasure resorts
here where you can spend your leisure
hours. A description of all these
would probably not be appreciated by
your readers, SO / will only mention a
few incidentally While giving an ac-
count of a Sunday spent in Toronto.
We were awakened from slumber by
the silvery chimes from st. James Ca
thedral early Sunday morning. On
going out on the street we found every
thing as quiet az Quaker town. Not
even a boot-black or news boy could
be seen or heard; not saloon, barber
shop, cigar stand, or other place of busi-
ness open. You see no loafers on the
streets--unless YOU regard the white
capped and blue-coated policemen as
belonging to that class. Soon, in re-
sponse to the various church bells, the
streets are alive with well dressed
men, women and children going i'm
every direction to their respective
places Of worship. We attended the
Metropolitan and listened to an able
discourse by the pastor, Rev. E. A.
Stafford, NJ. A. and l.. l.. b., after
which we visited the horticultural
Gardens. They comprise an enclosure
of about ten acres, nicely set in blue
grass and gravel walks crossing in
all directions. Here and there are beds
of the most beautiful dollhouse flowers,
which are set out every spring in beds
of various shapes. Nothing is want
ing that would add to the comfort and
beauty of the place. At the west is |
large greenhouse in which one be-
comes bewildered in the attempt to |
note the endless varieties of plants and |
flowers. The largest fountain in To-
rontO stands in the middle of these
grounds 1t is thirty feet high, is made
Of bronze with many curiously cut
figure, and is surrounded by a marble
wall two feet high and forty feet in di-
ameter. From a basin'thus formed the
water escapes through subterranean
passage. We next go to Queens Park,
which is fifteen minutes walk 1.-THE
way they measure distances here).
What We saw and learned here would
almost compensate us for coming to
Toronto. The park contains good
walks, drives and lawns in fact it
seems to lack nothing needful to make
t what it was intended to be and is,
he favorite resort of the city. One OBJ
ect of special interest is two smooth
,ore canon mounted on q mound at the