Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-30

ed, liquor saloons are only allowed
to keep oren dur.n:s daylight hours
{ an! there are con paratiyely few
a people on the streets or in the street
4 ears in the eve ins.4, Toronto is
\ however, a great mannfas turlna
place and claims a population Of
\ ncar!y haE Il million.
(. From Toronto we moved on to the
/ Thousand Islands, which is claimed
to. be the greatest river, summer r.
sort in the world. BE this "a it
may, it was certainly surprise to
the writer. ! had not the least idea
that up at the northeast corner Ct
Lake Ontario there was such a YER
table fairyland. From Kin S on,
whore the lake proEeE ends, to PrSs-
nctt, 50 miles Down stream, where
The river proper commences, there
are no less than 1852 ISLANDS The
irrational Boundary line div'd $
e Islands, giving as. nearly as
practicable one half eff them TO the
United States and the other half 10
,anada. Long stretches of this sec
ton CT the river are from 6 10 s
niles in width, and the water is as
lear ana pure as a mountain spring.
The ISLANDS on the American side
ire, as a ru.n.. occupied; some ~
nodca.. cottages. many by palatial
homes with deliberately de2orSted
rounds. Along the walks surround
ing ono OF these homes counted no
css than As large arc lights, and
here were also innumerable smal
many coloreI, incandescent lamrs
in:. such homes and grounds as this
one were not exceptional. The Loaf
II which we Travelled made night |
tour THROUGH The Islands With lie |
;earch light. which brought. gu. all |
The beauties of nature ard art with
,lnost startling cearness. Tie trip
rom Alexandria Pay to Clayton,
distance CT about II miles, was Ike
passing through a brilliantly light
z. park nest Of the way. Mile af-
er mile Of artistic buildings, color
", fires and twinkling lights. until
the scene fairly stalled The ima2in
:tion and became monotonous.
At Alexander Bay we saw a great
coat race The course wcs about 10
niles in length aud the half dozen
;oats that entered, with the eXcer
ion of one tina. broke down. all beat
% miles per hour. They tod un
tbout a boat called Dixie that
was barred from the race because
made record of 80 miles per hour
n a recent race nearly, and that
Is owner was going to take it to
New York % enter in RACES near
hat city.
\ do not like to finish this letter
Without saying a few words abnnt
he country through which we have
passed We have Travelled most
If the time by day light. and almost
very slane e35ffom. the train Min
low was a reminder of the fact that
We We're out of the corn belt. The
.orn in Michigan and Ontario IS ya
ow co!orcd and about fence high.
owa farmers with their walls Of corn
!. or feet in height and dark
,reen in color, should place a high,
r values upon their lands. There is
My one corn belt under the shining
'lue. And the soil in Michigan an
ontario is light colored, and looks
IS though it would require carsful1
reatment to make it s.raw lsrse
rors of anything, except beans an
AS a rule the barns are not paint-
4 in either Michigan or Ontario,
nut the sane is true in Ohio and
Sew York. Most farmers, however +
through this country through whi<h Fl
We have just passed have slos. +
.nd mos. all of the new silos ar
made of cement blocks In one re-
pcct, at least, tHe IaEmsr5 vi
Michigan and Ontario are ahead OF +
! majority of those in Delawar
.ounty. They stack their grain and
" SO doing not alone insure tbs !!
Of their CROP. but also
i've their grain a chance to go {
trough a proper sweating process
mo this also conseryes the straw /,
or feeding purposes.
Iowa farmers have as good, if MT
he hes. soil in the world, and
rust that ere long their farming
netho6s may, in every respect, he
IS good or better than those CT any
'ther state or country.
E. NJ. Carr.