Smyrna times., 1892-10-26
For The Smyrna Times
AMONG THE SEMINOLES.
LAKE WORTH, DADE Co., Fla.
Oct. 1892.

LAKE WORTH, DADE Co., FLA.
, Oct 1892.
remember at a banquet to a marty
OF commercial men, one evenipo COM
years ago, at the Delaware House Ren
hazeiI recited the lines, "To nv grin y
Inc companion of many a travelled
mile, came in for good share of com
mehdatlon, not unmixed with a certain
pathos, that stole its way into the
hearts of those present, as the rich
clear voice of Ben emphasized everv
couplet
from an "lmpressionist's" view. in
no other unlined picture, speaks more
plainly, mutely, savagely and iovousIv
'han does the grip sack, travelling with
an American. 1t is the embodiment of
hurry The Englishman quietly de.
posits his parcel near his seat aud
as Ieisurely takes it up again at the
end Of his journey. But an American
grabs his grip, an umbrella and one or
Two newspapers, and is nearly ALWAYS
100 late to catch the train.
some grips, as they lay when tossed
upon the station platform, look weary
and worn. others, more Joyous in |
orlGht' new trimmings, tell of the ionr.
heys just begun; some look snannisb
as If ready to bite, while not a few
l.
have that dull look that for them
Hope does not spring oxultant
On triumphant wings"
The other day I hauled out nv old
grlpper, and leisurely packed it. not
for trip to North Florida, to witness
the beauties OfSt. Augustine barbor
at sunrise, and mingle with the CAV
upon the promenade of the
but for trip of four hundred
miles down the East Coast of Florida
through the Indian river country 70
me famous Lake Worth and Biscavna
Bay, winter resorts. 6
Evidently my grip did not want 10
o. 1 had with me a handsome little
'earl cross, attached to my watch 2
main, and the reason 1 now believe
rlppy did not relish the trip. was Z
nat 1t tore it off with one of its iron :
andie rings, just as l was changing .
ars on the Indian River Division. for D
Ilusvllle. 1t seemed to me nothing $
ould be more irrevocably lost than p
'as that little cross from the savage u
'proach of an angry grip. On the
'at In front of me sat two black ~ -,
Ooued sisters of st. Joseph, on their n =
ay from the convent of st. Augustine 0'
perform some duty in South Flor sc
a. 10 them l confided my loss. with IL
Ie meagre hope that some day l will p
cover my little souvenir.
At Titusville 1 took the steamer ~ ~
the journey down the Indian river w
ID instead of letting my grin have ~
usual tete a.tete with Others of a -
70 lIk, sent it under the berth with =
KICK, for the damage it had already
ne. AT Titusville, the Indian river
uens out into broad bay. At night
. waters gleam with a phosphores. th'
Ut light, heightened by the darting do
hsh here and there, so quickly as to the
'emole electric flashes upon a dark
ckground. Strictly speaking, the DO
lian river is not river at ALL but viii
lply an arm of the sea, extending Th
m 260 to 290 latitude, separated from but
Atlantic by narrow strip of land VIII
rglng into few feet in some nloces icir
mile wide in others. At long VIII
erVais inlets are cut through this hve
row strip, for the purpose of renew. Dr.
the waters of this arm of the sea cry
m the body of old ocean, thus keen. v
up a circulation that otherwise edy
ome unhealthy for Indian River orat
nty. - last
'early all the transit of the east inc
st is handled upon this estuorv s.s.
travel passes up and down. Piars toI,.
end out mile from shore to deem. of ;,
The water for the steamboat to make tak.
anding. News travels along the
river as it does ia Africa. with mar
'us celebrity, aud by word of month A
as yet parallel its length ther
either bank. and
sated on the promenade deck of an the
ian river, wheel-barrow steamboat.
can see as beautiful river scenery TT
he world offers. ur
ne play of shadows, the deep green TheI
"0o, O,' Oh oiue SKY in the and
ance' outlined by the white surf o thew
sea- breaking through an Inlet iuri,
es upon acres Of orange groves for :