A Fall Visit to Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, page 2
Continuation of an article from
CTGA of Toronto Newsletter:
Crossing the creek which bisects the property we
found a number of old business establishments lined up along the road. The
names of the villages where these buildings originated are in brackets in
the following text. Some of us were fascinated by The Weavery (St. Jacobs)
while others were more interested in the Dry Goods and Grocery Store
(Delaware). We learned that the Post Office and Tailor Shop (Wellesley) were
combined into one establishment because the small village did not generate
enough tailoring to keep the proprietor occupied full-time. Limited time
caused us to rush by others including the Harness Shop, the Print Shop, the
Baechler Sawmill (Strasburg), the Blacksmith Shop (Conestogo) and the
Butcher Shop.
Finding ourselves totally out of time and afraid
that we might miss the 12:00 noon departure of our coach, we rushed by the
pretty Seibert House and the Freeport Church built originally as the United
Brethren Church in Freeport, 1861.
We made it to the bus and headed straight for the
Lion Brewery Restaurant at the Huether Hotel in downtown Waterloo. This
remarkable old hotel dates from 1855. We enjoyed our lunch of salad,
schnitzel, pan-fried potatoes and cheesecake which many washed down with the
restaurant’s “homemade” beer. Unfortunately, this beer also left us with a
memory which we hope will remain unique to this outing. We will never forget
that one our members had five glasses of beer dumped on her head when the
waitress suddenly had her tray jarred by another person.
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