The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-08-29

thermometers together IN order
to get the temperature. How the
few people who live there manage
to exist through the winter is a
mystery to us. We saw but little
land in cultivation and very little
of that was fit to cultivate. 1t is
scarcely open for navigation six
months of the year and every
time our eyes wandered over
those barren hills it made US all
the more glad that we lived in
West Virginia. After leaving
"The 500" we took passage in
another ship and came down Hn-
ron to Detroit.
There was more evidence of
life along the shore on the return
trip. We often passed apparent
ly thriving cities and stopped at
some of them for the unloading
of cargo and the taking on of
passengers. When along side
the dock it was great amusement
for us to roll nickel in wad of
paper and throw it into the deep
water and watch the little wharf
rats dive after it. They seldom
ever missed getting the money.
Sometimes they would take very
great risk in order to get it, div
ing right under the huge vessel
just to get five cents. The peo-
pie up here know nothing of the
"nickel, bit or two bits" it is to
them five cents, ten cents, etc.,
but withal it is highly amusing,
instructive and broadens the
mind to visit people who are diff
ferent from the every day home
kind.
We landed at Detroit Sunday
morning; the Cadillac Hotel was
where our party had its head
quarters, we and couple of gen
tlemen friends passed part of the
day with our brother, Mr.. FL. E.
Tippett and family.
Detroit Is magnificent metro
polls. It's splendid public build
ings, great department. stores,
beautiful parks, fine school build
ings and hospitable citizenship
are enough to give it first class
standing among the worlds great
est and most beautiful cities. We
visited Belle Isle park, just across
the river, and found it to be the
largest and most elegant park in
the world. Compared with it
Central Park, New York, is not |
In it. 1t is a veritable children's
paradise. With it's miniature
canals, filled with brightly paint
ed canoes and crowded with
children it formed a picture not
easily erased from the mind. of
all the cities we have visited in
this country, we consider Detroit
the peer of the best of them.
Sunday night we started out
over the magnificent Canadian
Pacific Railroad for Toronto, ar
irving there next morning. We
were met by the reception com
mittee and taken to the King
Edward Hotel where we break
tasted, after which we wandered
over the city looking at the Cathe-
drals and fine public buildings.
We went up to the great City
Hall, where, after considerable
speech making, we were given
the keys of the city. Toronto is
a fine specimen of the American
metropolis. 1t shows what en-
vironment will do, it is SO close
to the United States that it par.
takes of American customs and
styles even in the architectural
design of its public buildings
quite contrast to some other
Canadian cities.
Toronto is the largest and most
prosperous of Canadian cities. 1t
is beautifully situated and during
the summer months attracts many
thousands of visitors from the
United States and Europe by it's
mild and equsble climate, which
renders the days cool and pleasant.
1t has a population of 100000 and
is famous as an educational center, |
Toronto University, Upper Canada
college, MeMaster's University and |
Victoria University all being in |