The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-05-06

The western boundary of the new r..a.
tie crest of Warren Hill" at proun =,
liIge oaks called the s. three sis,ers.' H.,.
n,esst extensive view OF the lake is ob,.;,.., We
acomple'e panorama of the cultivated a., ."o
the Clark Purves plantation extends "A f., :"
eye can reach Seven hundred acre, ro.. "e
less. OF this plantation are already oil,
orru and cotton. and the crops are looL;,
sually well large cotton-gin il see, . ..s'
f6pt of the hill
tThe truck-farm is located on the we.,...
ssa'hem slope OF Warren Hill, and D.,. ~
twenty five acres OF potatoes and oths, .'s
vegetables. The Beauty of Hebron Do,..g
of " hch there are ten acres, are well .a..
AND shipments To Northern markets have Air.,
cosnmenced. The first crate OF the seaso, - =
sept off this week. The crop of Early r., '%
also promises to be large. The agricuhu,.,:.
pIemcnls used on the farm are the Plan,
drills and horse cultivators. the Cassidy .nn
pillow, and score of other varieties of abor.s.-:'
plows and farming utensils.
I The tomato crop is considerable and ,,..
are now in blossom. Peas and beans az
ready for shipment.
! leaving the truck-farm slope and the Aks,
! drive, the road takes an abrupt turn 10 the .o.s
least and joins Oakdale Avenue" which
through the reserve already mentioned and ;,.
centre OF which, on the outskirts of the ,,o.'
stands the " Oakdale Farm house" s
Here preparation had been made for the No..
fioc of the guests! and soon the whole plscs =.
alive with carriages and vehicles Of eyer.
scription. The guests were received in the n,.
winch opened on veranda, and conduc,.a, :.
the ladies' and gentlemen's dressing rooms a.,
heace into the library. In the library w.
CLARK and Mrs. Purves received the puess -
wctc presented to them by Mr. H. D Mo-,
bch, and then passed at once along the yer,na.
Under large white tent where ice lemonade w.
served. Thence the guests passed into The A.
ihg;rcom of 9" Social Hall" and were receiv.a
iy Sir Clark and Mr.. Purves Here bono,.
OPS collation. Was served, the merits of viii,
were fully discussed and heartily enjoyed.
The day was warm and pleasant and IL.
straw berries, vanilla cream and orange ices w.,.
calen under the shade of the oaks and the ~
ldssai tent, and everything seemed to be eniov.a
by every body
iCigars were served in the tent, where hahn,
breeze, coming up from the glen, waffed the
spoke away, and behind the curling wrea,hs
were to be seen many of Tallahassee's best citi.
zefs and celebrities
Among the guests we noticed Governor Blor
ham, accompanied by Mrs. Jones, of jackson.
vide, the beautiful wife of the editor of the
Times Union. Mayor Pearce seemed hale and
hearty, as did Capt. Houstoun and Chiei-Jus,jce
Randall We also noticed Dr. Betton and family
Nr. and Mrs. Leroy d. Ball, Mr.. T. J. Perkins
.|allge VIM. z. Byrd, Messrs Lewis Bros, Mr.
u inthrop, Rev. Dr. Garter, Rev. Mr. Blyman, Mr.
Howard Gamble, Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. Long, Mr.
atd Mrs. B. A. Meginnis, Mr.. and Mrs T. H.
Randolph, and scores of other people, all of
whom appeared TO be having good time
Just previous 10 the reception there was bap-
Iisnlal service held in the library, and The
twins. Ruth and Naomi Clark, recently born a,
were baptised in the presence of the
whole household. The water used on this coca.
sion was brought by Rev. Mr. Clark from the
lraditional spot of Christs baptism in the River
jon ban. The words and music of the opening
hymn were written by Dir. Purves The Spon.
SOS were Mr.. H. d. McCuloch and Mrs. Puryes.
The day, April Both, was also the fifth annver
sary oi Mr.. Purves marriage, and the ffty-fourth
birthday OF Mr.. McCulloch. The latter received
many congratulations and happy returns Of the
day, while Mr.. and Mrs. Purves received
several mementoes Of their wooden wedding 10
the term of elegantly carved salad forks, wooden
pals, chopping bowls and trays filled with such
flowers and boquets as only ITALIA
Iassce can supply.
On the whole the opening of the new avenue
1t ShiizuDka, combined as ii WAS with all the
sOcial. festivities of Il wooden wedding birth
lay party and christening service, was pro-
sounted on all sides great success
Messrs, Clark, Purves & Co., received many con-
Calculations for what they had achieved in the
hort space offour months, in transforming so wild
md romantic spot as Lake Jackson into a Gen.
re of life, activity and civilization
vBER SaAIAH