The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13
LAKE HELEN.

The uncommon beauty of the place caught the
eye of wealthy visitors and Immediately cottages
began to spring up 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 are pretty enough to
live in
WHO LIVES AT LAKE HELEN.
The residents are representatives of wealth and
intenigence. 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
worldwide reputation.
Among them is Mr. Berlin H 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 i'll the United States
embracing over Id, 900 specimens. Prof j. Willis
Westake, of Millersville, Pa; L. F. Gould,
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 costliness
those at Long Branch or Bar Harbor.
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 are but four hours ride; with Titusville with
which they hold two direct communications daily,
with all southwestern Florida by as many routes
y
is quite at their feet.
HOTELS OF DELAND 6 LAKE HELEN.
eyes,, replies the invalid or some other person;
Eyes, we haveheard OF yOurinvitation to DeLand
and Lake Helen, just as we are earnestly hearing
invitations of similar nature from all parts of
Florida. Please tell us about your hotels.''
DeLand has four and Lake Helen has two good
home-like hotels, with tables good enough for the
most fastdious 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
whole elegant and complete, with absolutely
every thing in a style that must suit the most
fastdous.
After thus literally providing for their material
wants, Mr.. DeLand arranged the amllSementS for
it's guests, or rather he utilized the diversions
which nature had freely provided. Upholstered
boats at call. were put upon Lake Helen for the
grounds we're 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 small
boy it was his greatest desire to ''go fishing
though he whispered to his friends that he seldom
caught any thing-noteven bite! As he grew older
he used to steal off into the woods and pretend he
was hunting, but his success in that line was not
much more brilliant than in fishing. For many
years he has had no time to indulge in
either sport but he has looked lOngingly