The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-14

called Lake Coochiching, and also near
the large lake named Simcoe Lake.
Lake Coochiching is over ~ miles In
length and about miles wide. Lake
Slmeoe is over 10 miles in length and
about 20 miles wide. On our arrival
at 0rillia, we put up at the Orillla House
the largest and finest public house
therein (there being several hotels
there OF good size.)
We found the 0rrillia to be a first
class hotel in every respect, the land
lord q genial, whole souied fellow. the
walters all handsome young Canadian
girls, which is universal lii Canada, SO
far as have seen, exceptat the Queens
at Toronto. who employ colored men
as waitcrs, and they are the only color
ed men l have seen in Canada. We got
o first class dinner served in first class
style, and l was greatly surprised at
tho very moderate charge. When j
asked the clerk what was my bill for
dinner he quickly responded seventy
five cents Sir" / said to him 'you
mean seventy-five cents each for my
wife and myself" and he said "oh no,
sir, seventy-five cents for both of you.
III could not conceive how hotel oil
that class could serve up such adlnner
; us we got there for thirty-seven and
. a half cents each but such was the fact
!, 1t was such a contrast with the rates al
| the Queens In Toronto, who charge
.@l.00 per meal.
!, But then, after all, there is some
/ thing in name, and | suppose that ac
counts for the difference in the rates
/ but ] have no fault to find with the
Queens, but / certainly advise any OIL
/ my friends who visit Orillia, and
< trust many of them will avail them
selves Of the opportunity OF doing 50
/ to put up at the Orillia House. | dc
s 'not think more delightful place
I could possibly be found to spend {
few weeks In summer than at Orillia
ton Lakes Coochiching and Simcoe.
@ had travelled to Orillia for the purpose
Y OF giving surprise visit to three full
Q cousins, and large number of secont
tlcousins, who were residing at Orillia
n none of whom | had seen for As years
n the second cousins | had never seer
rbefore). / had no difficulty in iindin,
slthcm. Not one OF them could recog
v nize me, and presume / should no
o have been able to recognize either o
plthem had / met them in Wilmington
ell found them all comfortably situated
sand they gave my wife and myself |
l. cordial greeting, and handsomely en-
d tertained us during our visit of thre
eIdays spent with them at their homes
stand on pleasure trips on the steamer
,fiover the two beautiful lakes abov
N mentioned.
II The first day we spentwith them Il
A. the town. 1t is a beautiful place, fine
q wide streets, many fine houses, almos
mall of them with large beautiful
filled with magnificent flow
al ers and fruits, and as have struck tn
leword fruits, / will here diyerge froI
my regularnarratiYe to say, that hay
Inlnever seen such crops of fruit grow
S ling as have seen in the past ten day
ID all through the States OF Pennsylvani
feand New York through which passel
a. and in Canada; especiallyin the Nortl
,dern part of New York and Canadi
I'd There will most surely be no scarcit
ofot fine apples In our markets hel
:, next winter The apple orchard
3eare so full of fine fruit that I'll
nlboughs are bending now beneai
y. their load the same may be truthful
lelsaid of pears. ] never beheld such
d, universal crop of fruit; in many place
lyEthe pear trees are so heavily laden wit
ID fruit that the limbs have to be proppg
iaiup to prevent them from breaking o
d-lof the trunks of the trees; the san
ne may be said OF piums. / never 81
yeI such crop grow. Plum trees are nj
. affected by blight or insects in Canad
ofINow to my narrative:
le On the second day after our arriy
s. lat Orlllia some fourteen of us went {
ct board tine steamer Orillia, and procee
re ed down the entire length of Lul
d. Coochiching, through the narrows, co
Lake Goochiching with Il
hit large Lake Simeoe, a long distan
ID down Simeoe to one OF the many bea
,reltiful islands therein; we stopped
lViwhat is known as Strawberry Island
which is a very beautiful place, tittt
up for summer resort and pie-n
with fine wharf, refreshme
i'll saloons, pagillons etc, We spent ii
he lay very PLEASANTLY there; the air w
RI eool and balmy. We returned back
nd Orlllla on the evening boat, gettiI
m home in good bed time. The voya,
4c-lon the lakes was one of the mo
| ever had anywhere. IL
vs., next morning the husband Of one
Jd. lmy cousins drove up with his hor
ndland carriage where had been sto
,rsIping over night and he took my vi
int md myself with him, and dro
nj Through all tho principal streets oil Il
town. The town OF Orillia is beau
lo-ifully located; the land rises on gra
lie aal slope up from the Lake, and fro
lerl some OF the highest points of {
rn- streets we could overlook the emit
alllcity, Lakes Couchiching and Since
ityiand the beautiful surrounding col
Of try. Ii. G. L
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