The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-18
ON THE FLORIDA SOUTHERN
\ Distinguished Party i'm South
Florida. iieaut .flsi Scenery. rich
country and tiOuri>hing towns
along the line uf the naf-
row guage. Our visitors
and their friends.

RRn0K>vILlE March 1G, lsSe.
Special Correspondence Paatka NE7y>.
The Governors party which arrived
here to-day consisted Of Gov. Perry.
with his wife and daughter, Adjt. ten.
Lang aud wife, Gen. Barnes and son,
SecretIry Crawford. Treasurer Grill,
Miss Curi, Mrs. Elliott, Miss Capehart
and Mr. j. s. Winthrop, of Tallahassee.
They left Lake City Monday at a. M.
and ran rapidly over ihe new extension
OF the Florila Southern 20 Gainesville,
where they made most agreeable short
stop. Then they passed on to 0cala,
where they found the platform crowded
with promintnt citizens TO meet the Gov.
ernOr-among them Gen. Bullock, Gen.
Finlay, Col. Martin, Col. Eichelberger,
W. Il. Agnew the merchant prince and
banker, and many Others of whom We
scribe could take no note in the press
and hurry of the moment. Greetings
were exchanged, and then we found
ourselves again 'all aboard" and, speed.
ing south through young hut ilourishing
towns, We skirted the borders Of Lake
Weir, one Of the pret;iest bodies of in.
land water in land famous for bcauti,
full lakes-and rushed on to Leesburg.
Here the party left the train and took
the steamer a. j. Lane. On Lake liar
ris we steamed past orange groves sur.
rounding quiet homes the changing
panorama presented alternately forest
and field, town and country, majestic
oaks with graceful moss and mournful
cypress till the ladies become first en-.
thusiastic and then INDUCED in such rap.
turousj admiration that the gentlemen
felt sighted and figured In business like
style on the revenue that might accrue
from these groyes--present and proSpec.
tive-by way of injecting enough matter
OF fact into the bub5lns spirits of the
party topreserve the aspect of every day
life, and the number of commercial and
agricultural Vandcrbilts and Goulds,
these figures proved would soon place
elegant villages on the beautiful shores
might make the movements of the pen.
Gil interesting even TO the feminine
mind.
At Lane Park we take the cars again,
end wind around and among the thous.
and beautiful lakes of that region of
which the principal are called Griffin.
Dora and Etlsts, till we halt again at
Tavares. Aud when dinner was announ.
ced at the Union, ample justice was
| done to the ,iand5 set out in such capital
| style by the hosts Of that fine hotel
Here on" hour was most pleasantly
passed, and then we were again on tho
road. and reached BrooksyiIlo in short
time. Here at eleven o'clock the whole
party was dreaming ut the llernanio
liotcl-thc gentlemen. as yc scribe
thinks. watching river Of golden pieces
flowing steadily from the north towards
the beautiful region just travcrscl, in
exchange for stream of delicious or.
anges flowing in n parallel channel but
in opposite direction. Might we indulge
in guess that the ladies saw, also. the
kings of this new paradise. who received
the ono stream and whose spacious groves
were tho sources of the other?
At nino to.morr wv the party will leave
for Charlotte lIarbor, and with pleas
ant rest tonight all anticipate another
day Of pleasure ~ enjoyable rs we have
found its predecessor. President Can.
der and Major Conant, the general man
agor, have made the visit most pleasant,
| and the Florida Southern is voted on all
hands n model roal. Tho country through
which it passes is ono Of the richest soc.
tions in tho State, the clear lakes are
mirror.like in their quiet beauty, and
the. groves show little signs Of damage
from that attack of the Chills last win.
ter. which was declared by those who
| knew no better to have made Florida
uninhabitahlc. Some of the party never
| saw south Florida before. and a"knowl-
edge all their an'cipations surpassed Ivy
the reality; all are in good health, fine
| spirits and delighted with the trip L.
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