Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-08-25
THE GREAT CANADIAN CITY EN-
TERTAINING THE NATIONAL
TYP01HETE IN ELE-
CANT STYLE.
The Robber Tariff Keeps Ameri
cans From Wearing Decent
Clothing-Gheap as Dirt In
the Dominion-Deiight-
full Excursion TO
Niagara.

Editorial Correspondence of the Ledger
TORONTO, Aug. 10th Toronto is
a beautiful city, the Queen City OF
the West" and the "Garden City of
the World" etc., etc, just like the
Americans boom their towns. One
thing | notice about all towns in
the Dominion is that yards are well
looked after and residences are kept
in good repair.
In the city of Toronto there are
at present about $4,000 public and
private buildings, and the popula-
ton is placed at 100000. The city
of Toronto has advantages over most
cities and municipalities, owning
large tracts of freehold property in
the best business centres, for which
it receives large annual revenue
from ase-holders. The yearly civic
income and expenditure is over 49,
600, 900 as an average. The assess
ed value of property this year is
over $3.50, 900, 900.
Toronto is celebrated for its aqua
tic sports, the renowned scullers,
Hanlan and O'Connor, having gwen
an impetus to this class ofsport and
made Toronto Bay famous through
out the world. The bay on the city
side is one long line of public
and private lighthouses; of the for
mer, the most prominent are the
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Clown
House) Toronto Rowing Club, Ar
gonaut Rowing Club, Canoe Club,
Bayside Rowing Club, Leslieville
Rowing Club; and Of the latter, one
almost unbroken line. During the
boating season, in the afternoon and
evening, the bay is the scene of a
grand carnival, which, in winter, is
varied by ice boating-a most excit-
ing sport.
A visit to the Island is appreciat-
ed by all. At the eastern extremity
will be found the Wiman Baths,
among the finest on the continent;
in the centre is the Island Park and
the Island Club House of the Royal
Canadian Yacht Club, while at the
western end is the "Hotel Hanlan, !"
built by the world-renowned oars
man, Edward Hanlan. At Han
lan's Point there are a switchback,
a steam merry-go-round, and var
ious other amusements. The whole
place is brilliantly Illuminated at
night by the electric light, and the
various bands of the city and Do
minion play alternate evenings in
front of the hotel, during the season.
Yesterday was ''civic holiday, "
a holiday just for Toronto. Each
town has a holiday once a year
besides the Dominion holiday which
is like our Thanksgiving day. AT
least 25, 900 people went to the BIZ
cycle races. Over $1,000 wheels
are owned in this city. Zimmerman,
an American, carried off all the hon
ors and as many of the prizes as he
wanted.
Mitchell White, our young Amer
ican, has found out that he should
not hum or sing Yankee Doodle
around the hotels and in the street
cars and we presume, because it is
forbidden fruit, he takes every OPP
portunity to shoot off a line like
I"None can make the British run
like Yankee Doodle Dandy" 1t is
hard for him to understand how the
people can live under the "Union
Jack" Sometimes we think our
younger people are the most patri-
otic. II is easier 10 get used to the
flag than it is to the "chappies. .
We have one or two dudes or chap
pies in Mexico who have about as
| little sense and dress as extrava-
gantly, but they never will be able
to carry their canes in style. s"They
| cawn't do it, don't you know" The
dudes here have a peculiar way OF
carrying their canes and the horses
have their tails cut off. It's En-.
glish, you know, and "don't 'urt
1.-THE 'orse," they say.
If it were not for the fact that we
believe SO strong in patronizing
home institutions we would like to
buy a lot of clothing. You have nc
Idea how cheap tho best of goods
Isell here. What a glorious thing il
will be when the robber tariff is done
|away with. The poor man in the
United States can never wear de.
lcent clothes without going hungry.