The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-08-14

Side-lights on a vacation in
Canada--a bit belated perhaps,
but still interesting we think:
No matter how far you get
from home, you can generally
count on finding something which
has a connection or reminder of
home. Hanging on the wall of a
restaurant in Tobermory, Ontario,
was a calendar with a picture
taken by Weldon Shaw, the local
photographer. The picture show
ed Miss Betty Richie holding a
pair of puppies.
The rate of exchange is bene-
fitting tourists from 'the States
in Canada this year. Our dollar
is worth S1.10 of the Canadian
money, so you always get back
a bit more than you figured. For
instance, one place we made a
purchase which came to 40 cents.
We paid for it with a $40 bill
and got back $l060 change
Canadian money.
Seems funny, but seldom will
they give you glass Of water
with your meal in a Canadian
restaurant unless you ask for it
at least they didn't in the ones
we were in.
Every town of any size which
we went through had colored
lights across the streets, just like
the Christmas lights which stay
up in MarysVille the year round.
Only difference between Marys-
vile and the Canadian towns IS
that their lights are on every
night. Why, we didn't stop to in
quire
We don't think much of Canad- |
ian weather, however-it rained
nearly every day we were there.
The natives assured us that II was
very unusual, all that rain and
cold, and a newspaper article
said that the rain which fell the
five days we were there was
nearly twice as much as came
down during the entire months OF
July and August last year. Maybe
so, but it didn't help the fishing
any.
A guy whose job we don't envy
is the customs inspector. Imagine
standing in the same place all day
long, asking people the same
questions, going through the
same routine, doing the same
thing, day after day. We found
the customs men most courteous
on both the Canadian and u. S.
side, and compliment them on
their efficiency.
The Pacific hotel in Wharton,
Ont, provided the acme of hos
pitality. We checked in there late,
and tired, and started to go out
fora cup Of coffee before retir-
ing. On the way downstairs, we
met the manager coming up with
a tray of coffee and homemade
cookies for us-and they were not
on the bill the next morning,
either. smwSNn
The Canadians speak practi-
cally the same as we do, but they
have a few speech mannerisms
which are distinctive. Nearly ev-
erywhere they chop their words
off short, giving them a crisp, de-
cisive quality not unpleasant to
hear.
Nowhere we were in Canada
did anyone ask us about our va
cation-they all refer to it as a
holiday. And practically every
Canadian finishes his sentences
with the query "Eh", whether
il is intended as a question or
not. But they pronounce it
"Aye?".
Couldn't help but notice how
few cemeteries there were in
Ontario. We saw few, to be sure,
but nothing like you do in the
States when on a long drive, and
the ones we saw were small. May
be they just don't locate them
along the main highways unless
they have to.
The Indians are still very much
in evidence in northern Ontario
stolid and not particularly am
bilious. They live by fishing,
hunting, trapping, acting as
guides for fisherman, and on a
small pension from the govern