The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-20
LAKE HELEN.

The uncommon beauty of the place caught the
eye of wealthy visitors and Immediately cottages
began to spring up on the shores OF Lake Helen.
Queen Ann cottages, designed by Mace, the Ohio
architect and roomy veranded dwellings, vie with
each other in beauty. These are painted in deli
cate and pretty shades-grays, drabs, creams,
etc.,-with gables, towers, balconies and other
features in keeping with their style. In fact
everything about Lake Helen is ornamental
Even the shops and stables pretty enough to
live in.
WHO LIVES AT LAKE HELEN.
The residents representatives of wealth and
intelligence They are nearly all Northern people,
mainly from New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
They include in their numbers, scientists as well
as many literary lights. Many of them are of
Among them is Mr.. Berlin III Wright, the as
tronomer and the great maker of astronomical
calculations for almanacs. His father, who is
with him, is a distinguished botanist, and has the
largest private herbarium in the United States
embracing over $4,000 specimens Prof j. Willis
Westlake,. OF Millersville. Pa; E. F. Gould, a
banker, of Saginaw, Mich, Col. Schoonmaker, of
Scranton, Pa, and many others well known all
over the country have winter cottages on this
lake, which rival in taste, beauty and costness
those at Long Branch or Bar HaFbor
DISTANCES.
Lake Helen and the city of DeLand are con-
nected with New York and all points North by
rail- via Jacksonville; from which latter place
they but four hours ride; with Titusville with
which they hold two direct communications daily,
with all southwestern Florida by as many routes
as you please; and the southeastern coast country
is quite at their feet.
HOTELS OF DELAND Dc LAKE HELEN
s'Yes," replies the invalid or some other person
Eyes, we have heard of your invitation to DeLand
and Lake Helen. just as earnestly hearing
invitations of similar nature from all parts of
Florida Please tell us about your hotes.'~
DeI4and has four and Lake Helen has two good
home-like hotels, with tables good enough for the
most fastidiOuS taste, and at prices that will
strike every one as very reasonable, besides a
score or more of well kept boarding houses The
hotel at Lake Helen, which Mr.. DeLand has called
the Harlan House, from his only son, is, as a
whole elegant and complete with absolutely
everything in q style that must suit the most
fastidOus.
After thus literally providingfor their material
wants, Mr.. DeLand arranged the amusements for
it's guests rather he utilized the diversions
which nature had freely provided. Upholstered
boats at call.'were put upon Lake Helen for the
free use of all. Tennis, croquet, and archery
grounds were arranged and equipped. Extra
fine billiard hall and bowling alley were also
built.
THE SPORTSMAN NOT FORGOTTEN.
We trust that we have convinced our readers
that DeLand and Lake Helen offers all the need
full physical intellectual and moral inducements
that can be required of any place, and that they
have fully resolved to make it their future home.
The average man remembers when he was a small
boy it was his greatest desire to "gO ishing,'
though he whispered to his friends that he seldom
caught thing-notevena a bite! AS he grew older
he used to steal off into the woods and pretend he
was limiting hut his success in that line xvas nOt