The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-09-11


some houses, with green lawns and gay
flower beds in front, often adorned with
fount aims an statuary, lie open, mile after
mike, to the admiration Of the stroller along
the shaded walks, or the occupants of car
riagJs i'll the street The residence streets
are all
MAGNIFICENTLY SHADED
by beautiful maple and elm trees, whose
long boughs almost meet across the broad
street. Thus the walks run through long
| perspectives Of leafy arcades bordered by
| grassy lawns and blooming flower beds,
making them delightful in bright weather
and giving to the dwellings the sylvan air OF
| pretty buildings set in park. 1t is de-
| lightful city to wander through, especially
as so mach of the architecture is original,
| and SO many of its homes are singularIy
| tasty in design and surrounding.
But the chief glory of Detroit is its
| majestic river. No other city in the world
has such a noble waterway al :ng its front
| SO deep, wide. SO pure, so softly blue, and
| bearing upon its broad bosom the largest
| commerce that plss any city in the world
"a commerce that, whether counted by ton
mage or number of vessels, far surpasses
Liverpool and London, or New York. With
this river at their froat door, over half a
| mlIS wide AT It's HarfOWeSJ point ana
| several miles wide else where and
GEMMED WITH EsiERALD ISLANDS,
| it is small wonder that the people of Detroit,
| like the people of Venice, in Europe, almost
| live upon the water i'll the hot summer
| weather They have pleasure boats innum-
cradle, from the tiny shell to the stately
yacht. Huge steamships sail to all parts of
| the great lakes. There are excursion and
| ferry boats by the score, enough to handle
| $4,000 people at once flying in all directions
| to summer resorts, anywhere within a
radius OF fifty miles, at inconceivably cheap
| rates. One of these resorts are the famous
| st Clair Fiats-the most noted fishing and
| cunning grounds in America Railway
| trains and electric cars also run to various
| places and resorts. Every day offers new
| pleasures and fresh choice of excursions.
| Belle Island park-ons OF the largest ani
| pleasan!est city PARKS on the continent
| with its fifteen miles OF smooth drives and
| walks, its old forest IT, '"s, its grassy lawns,
cleared of all uadrrgr1gth and rurn -saed
with rus ic sea.s. its cl1alS, gay w.Gl in.
Vulnerable pleasure boa:s, and the o5her at
fractions. is c!oS4 to the city.
| The best t:us to visit Datrot is il the
| month of September wheH the lig$t cool
hreszas of autumn in to tcInD, L, SUM.
mer heat Tier, from Sept. Il to tlia 21til,
| inclusive the great
| INTERNATIONAL FAIR ARID EXPOSITION
will be in Iud operation with all its list of
| splendid attractions Visitors in the city
| Can then FL their days with ever vary in :
| delight. Ta1 afternoon can be devote 10
the exposition, with its great cattle ana horse
| SHOW, races, games, regattas, professions
! and displays, its magnificent Art Gallery,
| its vast ana " oh,leGfui aquarium, its spleadil
| Floral Hru file with flowers AMI fruits
from all over The continenU its great display
| by the Unitci States governmsnt, its vast
Machinery Hal fuil of engines, inventions
| and tools, its display of rich and rare mant;-
| factures, and is grand concerts and tourIll-
nepts, In the evening the city theatres and
| opera houses, CT the exposition coucerts and
| pleasures, will again attract one. Or one
| can take any Of the score of pleastn excur-
| slons by river, lake or rail-; or alternate, So
as to enjoy all OF the m by turns.
| The weather will make no difference with
| these pleasures