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hat a church is always 40 much larger than a

roman lkeS 10 DDnuer m. lnere are tnlTIS-
six artcsian wells. varying in depth from $50
to 200 feet, and OF II diameter of four Inches
and u half. and these, being coupled and run
off into sub-tanks and tanks and reservoirs and
things Ike that, furnish the city with all tho
water 1t needs or gets and leaves n surplus to
pour on fires when fires prevail-which. they
ought to do with great promptness and de-
spatch. seeing that there Is no Ere law against
the erection OF n frame house almost nywhere
OF these DAYS Canton will he swept by tho
h,esom of destruction, pass through II fiery or
deal. receive u baptism OF fire, or receive a les
son somewhat after that fashion, and then she
Will keep her kindling w~ood:out in the yard;
Thore nrc ten miles of street cur lines
under control OF ons company, and the color
OF, n Canton street car IS similar TO the taste n
day after the night when he should have been
IN oed five or six hou = earlier. Persons who
don't altogether, get the idea Of color herein
and look at the cars. Tho city lines do not
pay, i am informed, int the line between Can
ton and Massillon makes mp for tho urban dis
crepanCics, and Is quite n. bonanza.
| was informed by u Massillon person that
the grade on this bit of rcad was the heaviest
much AZ owe Canton In every respect thar 1t
was difficult at times, TO run the cara that
flying from the track white constinG bnck.
Goast:ng, by the way; suggests efSGi!nG;
in and around Canton, owing to tbs smoothly
bricked streets md the charming undulatiny
scenery. Put the blooiner bloometh not.
Club life is unknow n IN Canton. and the wo-
men Say i il because they make their homes
at home than wi else. The men seem
to think the same way. and when men and wo
it must be very nearly correct. Whatever ii
Is, there are no social clubs, nnd the only APP
mans Exchange, one o those peculiar institu-
tiOns whish bankrupt pie counters and womcn's
peace OF mind without making any, returns,
though this one at Canton is a rich ana glorious
except II.
The Court House is an architectural delight
son may cast reflections upon the beauty of the
Canton Court House without provoking the
GSv utid;ns G ose@"ies the 10 s Hase Of the hS' old Pt Cosrt
House. and was built around the old one. the
law preventing an appropriasi9n for building
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars were
therefore appropriated for repairs, and the
old house was taken away piecemeal through
the windows Of the new one. The %architec-
lure of the building Is not much better than
the method OF securing It. 1t looks like a
buckeye renaissance or 100000. modified by
one tower when there ought to be two. with
n Greek ~portico ia polished columns and u
pedirnent loaded with cared figures. The
upper story is done in panels carved to repre-
sent lattice work. surmountrd. by a frieze
border looking Ike ENLARGED poker chips edged
uu as plates In n china closet. As there lat
Trump avenue. and IA Bluff street in town,
this poker-chip idea is more than ordinarily
There are twenty-four drug stores. more or
less. and they havo net yet got into the cut
price plan now prevailing in modern drug
stores. and their charges are greater than the
charge of the British at Bslaklava. stores
general ~ are not up to the standard Of cities
of the size of Canton. and the handsome bust
ness house and attractive window display are
looks Kind Of pennsylvania Dutchy. and tho
Canton!an merch mt should get a move on.
NJ Ma tbs Peo wti,, now and ma for ms tse 'E psx, f. fou uRe y sqwh
Its former self.
business parts being worth from $500 to 500
u foot. and very desirable residences in the
SIS, 900 toS2O. 900. though there are not more
than n thousand at this latter figure. The
without being at,all gaudy. .ana the smoke OF
the mill and the factory shows palmer on the
houses and surroundings than does the noaey
that is made in those mills and factories. Resi-
ter, Aultman. welty, and bavis:places.
There Is not n bookstore in Canton. Wien
a Californian wants to buy a book he goes to d
drug store for IT,. Massillon persons say this
There ia. However a fairly sredltabIe library
Canton has two hotels which may be sail
hotel in iowa had but one bathroom. Then a
New York newspaper man Hanged away at II.
and bathtubs were introduced into n number
ton can only be appreciated by being seem.
ton thar their hotels had no bathrooms. but
1t was not. Tne reflection was on the New York
ping at Cant IN hotels without bathing.
The average Cantonian fortune Is set at
about SlUU.DUu, though there may be tnree
or four as high as a million; 1t is conserva.
tive, however. and doesn't show on the sur
face. one man told me there were no clirible
bachelors in town. and that the young man
supply wasn't quite UP. % the standard. All
of which was emphstically denied by as many
as n dozen delightful dalnsels. One of these
was quite sure that she could live beautifully
n Canton Ibut MT entertain on twelve han
dred ii year. When asked where the man
was with the twelve hundred she retreated in
confusion. Bur whatever may be said Of the
men, the Canton women have more than their
"a an NJ n.rGnuni FtlpLvitnf. TIHE Scam IN
have Inherited the sturdy minds and bodies
OF their German ancestors. and possess a sub
stant.ll excellence and IL continuing beauty
which. make tnem altogether lovely, not only
as maids bat as matrons.
The finest church Is the First Methodist,
famous now because IL Is where the Mckin-
! leys attend worship. 1t is OF stone. and cost
$4,000. The pa-tor is DR.. Alnnchesier, and
his salary is $4,000 II year and parsonage.
which, by the way. exceeds the pulpit cmnlu-
ments OF any othor Canton church. Possibly
"a little less church and littlo more salary
might strike the preacher n BIT more favor
ably, but that is none of our business.
The Post Office is pointed at with pride. part
~ because IL is new. partly because il cost
Sl55. O0O.. and largely because it is prcttier
enter an architectural beauty show.
convenient. paid $400. 900 for Aer sewaVe dis
posal system. and she has thereby decreased
her death rate to about nine Der thousand.
b. this system all the city sewage is converted
disposed OF. So admirable is the systcm thar
the neighborhood Of the disposal works Is
not at all d!sagreeable.
The lightning never struck Canton 50 hard
as it did when Mckinley WAS nominated for
tho Presidency except when he vas elected,
and the night when tho returns came in show
Ing TINT he was the winner, all Canton rose en-
masse and went crazy. That was all there
was to II. They were plumb crazy" to make
II more emphatic, and even MasSillon forgot
her ancient enemy and came over to yell all
night and blow horns in tn. general rejoicing.
Now. Canton has settled down to the glorious
fact that her Willie is going to DO in the
White House. and II is safe To say that Canton
will move to Washington and become "A suburb
of the national capital. Every Republican and
most Ur the sound money Democrats in the
town don't see any rc-son why they shouldn't
have nm Office or two. and II they don't SEQ
what they want they propose to ask for it,
and ask for IT early and often. In the E.ean
time let all the rest OF us extend our heartfelt
sympathy to the Major. And by the way,
more of his friends IN Canton call him Major
than by any other title. though some say Gov
eruOr, now and ,ten one says Mister, and u
few ntimates aid relatives call him wan.
His home. Il rented frame, now owAed by the
Harter estate. is. situated on the swell resi-.
dence street, but IL Looks rs If It had dropped
into n barnyard. and the lawn Is 80 shiny that
one may almost see his face in 1t. Not Il YES
tige Df.prass Or Hover or miami or shrub or