The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-06
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 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.
LIVES AT LAKE HELEN.
The residents are 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 we'll
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 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,
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 but four hours ride; with Titusville, with
which they hold two direct communications daily,
with all southwestern Florida by as many routes
is quite at their feet.
HOTELS OF DELAND 6 LAKE HELEN.
eyes," replies the invalid or some other person;
eyes, we have heard of ourinvitation to DeLand
and Lake Helen, just we earnestly hearing
invitations OF q 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 fastidiOus taste, and at prices that will
strike Severy 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
every thing in style that must suit the most
fastidious
After thus literally providing for their material
wants, Mr.. DeI1and arranged the amusements 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
free 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 ply steal, 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--not even bte 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