The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-03-16

glimpses of genuine orange grove;
but after leaving Sanford we rode for
"a miles between long rows of luxurious
orange trees that looked as if they might
supply all Florida with fruit.
Winter Park was our next stopping
place and is, as its name implies, II re-
sort for the winter months. The Sem
mole Hotel is new, finely equipped
house, under the management of +. e.
Campbell, late of the Ponce tie Leon.
Its grounds are tastefully laid out and
decorated with vines, flowers, palms,
and other tropical shrubbery. The
hotel stands on the bank of lake, and
from its observatory eight other placid
sheets of water may be seen, SO that
boating and fishing are popular pas
times
Rollins college is also located here,
and is one of The educational institu
tons of South Florida. 1t offers excep-
tional advantages in the way of free
dom from communicating influences,
both morally and physically, and sprang
into existence through an endowment
of $4,000 from the late A. w. Rollins
of Chicago, having been Incorporated
in 1885. We went through the various
buildings, DR.. Hooker, the president,
acting as guide, and then re-boarded
our train for run to Winter Haven.
AS we had no opportunity to stop for
dinner, Col. Elliott thoughtfully ar
ranged for the preparation of a fine col
lation to be put on board the train at
Winter Park, SO that we might partake
of it on the way to the Haven and lose
no time.
Winter Haven is small settlement
of two or three hundred inhabitants
and has grown up chiefly through the
! efforts of DIR. F. w. Inman, formerly of
Akron. Ohio. About six years ago the
doctor purchased several thousand
acres hereabouts, and, moving his fam
| lily thither, made him lovely home
with extensive grounds in the midst of
the pine uplands and Florida "crack-
ers." Now he has gathered around him
some thirty or forty enterprising young
married men from his former home,
who are full of enthusiasm over their
young orange groves and the fortunes
they hope To make. Meantime, they
are supporting themselves and families
by raising vegetables which they ship
to the cities, and claim that they grow
them successfully every month in the
year. Tomatoes is favorite crop, which
commands 81 for 3-peck crate, while
strawberries bring from $.75 to S1.25
per quart.
When the train stopped at the Winter
Haven depot, the male representatives
of this little Ohio colony were all out to
receive us, with most unique array of
turn-outs well calculated to remind one
of stories of frontier life. Your humble
servant and another lady occupied the
one seat of platform spring wagon, in
which two kitchen chairs did duty as
seats for the gentlemen who accompa-
MED us, while a plump, good-natured
looking mule was the motive power.
In fact, except for DR.. Inmans fine
team, the horses were all mules, and il
was a queer looking procession that
drove across country in true pioneer
style, turning out for nothing but lakes,
and filing past many thrifty looking
young orange grove with vegetables
growing between the rows. We found
our hosts bright, enterprising young
men, and enjoyed our two hours ride
immensely, especially its termination
at DR.. Inman's, where a social recep-
ton awaited us. Here we ourselves