Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . oss the Lake and Delightful Ride to the Falls and Buffalo—Wholesale Houses Well Represented. The weather man was most kind tothe Toronto Retail Grocers Associa-tion last Wednesday, when the greatevent of the trade was held. A moreperfect day could not have been desired—clear, not too hot, and no threateningclouds during any part. The excursionto Niagara Falls and Buffalo was agreat success. The crowd was large andrepresentative of the trade, and manyof the old guard who had been amongthe first to encourage the annual outingturned out with the younger and mo
Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . oss the Lake and Delightful Ride to the Falls and Buffalo—Wholesale Houses Well Represented. The weather man was most kind tothe Toronto Retail Grocers Associa-tion last Wednesday, when the greatevent of the trade was held. A moreperfect day could not have been desired—clear, not too hot, and no threateningclouds during any part. The excursionto Niagara Falls and Buffalo was agreat success. The crowd was large andrepresentative of the trade, and manyof the old guard who had been amongthe first to encourage the annual outingturned out with the younger and moving the occasion with classical and popularmusic. To say Glionnas band meansthat the music was of the best. The gaycostumes of the uniformed members ofthe society added color to the scene. Incidents of the Trip. During the sail over to Queenston,several enterprising firms took advan-tage of their opportunities to treattheir customers to some of the goodthings they sell. There was that newdrink, Orangeade, for which free tickets. A Group of Toronto Grocers and Travelers at the Stern of the Cayuga. spirits of the association. It was thetwenty-third annual outing and severalholidayers remarked to The Grocer thatthey had missed only two trips in allthese years. This was complimentary tothe committees having: -the excursions incharge. This years committee hadworked like the proverbial beaver andthe result was one of the best outingsever offered to the grocers of Torontoand their friends. A Delightful Sail. •When the steamer Cayuga left thedock at she carried over 2,000 ex-cursionists, the majority of them start-ing under grocers colors, althougrh twosmaller, one a church society and the? other the Umberto Primo Italian So-ciety, also had a few friends and sup-porters on deck. It was to the lattersociety that a goodly share of the pleas-ant sail across the lake was due, thesplendid band of Glionna enlivening had been distributed to everyone onboard, and it was a most deli
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