Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-04-21

DeIOfe we lett Lake worth we trleu 10 get
lodgings for the night and found the
hotels crowded to their utmost. We
could have got ten lodgings in a tent on
the ground for the small sum of 81,
which we did not accept, and we returned
to Jupiter; and here our company were
all invited to II banquet given by the
life saving station crew at Jupiter inlet
on the beach. We accepted, and after
receiving all of the bounties of South
Florida we were shown all over the
building and the different machines they
and then got out their life boats and
went out through the surf with them,
which was very interesting to us all.
Jupiter inlet is the other resort which
can truly be said to boom on this part
of the east cost.
Here you will find Capt. Wallis float
ing hotel, the ideal place for a sportsman
to turn in. Pompano, oysters and veni-
son are the culinary stand-bys; they are
punished without mercy. lie declares
that he doesn't want people to stay with
him all winter, but thoroughbred
sportsman tinos it hard to tear himself
from Jupiter.
The inlet is in better shape than in
several years, with six feet of water on
the bar and the channel wide and
straight Shark, tarpon and blue fishing
are something to dream about. a huge
manatce short time since was seen lust
inside the inlet and two more near Jupi-
ter. 1t goes without saying that the
whole east coast of Florida possesses Il
beautiful climate and equable tempera-
ture. The mean variation of the tempera-
ture between winter and summer is only
about ten degrees, that of the winter
being about 20 degrees and of the summer
so degrees. These figures | received
from the life saving men. 1t was our
desire, however, to learn what advantages
this section possesses which are peculiar
to itself and not found elsewhere in
Florida. We wanted to know what
there was that would especially attract
the tourist and home-secKer. We think
we were successful on this poiut. The
climate Of the south and east coast of
Florida must always be great attraction.
To say that it is superior to that of any
other part of Florida would not convey
our meaning. 1t is simply incompara-
BILE. Indian River and Lake Worth are
waters connected by number of inlets
with the ocean. The air which arises
from these waters, minglng with the
breeze from the ocean, produces bamy,
sunny temperature which is restful and
soothing to The inv aid, to the WORKOUT
man of business and the nervous person.
This breeze is restorative in its effects.
Standing on the beach, we felt for the
first time the peculiar vitalizng effect of
that indiscribable breeze on the shore.
We spent seven days and nights in this
vicinity, and if the breeze slackened for
five minutes it must have been when we
were lsleep. We tried to satisfy our
selves as to the cause of its peculiar quail
ity. There was a singularly eXhilarat-
ing effect about it, so that one might
walk for miles in the hot sun over rocks
and sand ana yet not feel tired. We had
heard of this effect, but had always be-
lieyed it imaginary. When we emerged
into the open ocean and saw for the first
time the surf coming in, it was revela-
ton. The waves dashing against these
thousands of rocks and the sand are lash
ed into a foam and clouds of spray. The
trade winds blowing from the southeast
come steadily in through these clouds
of salt water sparkling and glistening in
the sunshine. This peculiar condition,
we believe, explains the quality of the
breeze which is so charming and so eX
hilarating. 1t is just right. 1t is indies
scribable, and whoever feels 1t for few
days will ever afterwards long to return
to its influence. 1t is only question oil
time when this locality will be one OF
most noted resorts in the United States
To sum it up in few words. the people
of this section have never known what
they possess, or, if they have, never I'M
derstood how to describe it. The i'm
pressions we have given are honest, anC
as they appeared 10 us. There are othel
peculiar attractions, but we will have t.
tell of them some other time. We wish
in closing to acknowledge with thank;
the courtesies received at the hands OF
all the Southerners, and especially tn,
life saving crew at Jupiter; and, finally
| would say, the climate of the east coas
of Florida is nearer perfection than any
any other one thing on earth.
b. w. CRANE.