Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-15

river, land he was the pioneer pineapple
grower in this part Of the country. He came
down here about six years ago in sailboat
with . few hundred dollars in bis pocket Be
took up some land on the east side Of the river
on the strip between river and ocean, and set Il
| out in pineapplea And he made Q complete
failure He didn't RAISE pine At for mar
ket He had nothing left but his sailbosa
WIN i;n., that ne picked up . precarious living
he couldn't get q fresh start because money
was very scarce. A neighborhood character
called 'Portugee joe was the proud posssssor
OF an old Spanish doubloon. Col Richards
finally induced its owner to loan 1t to him. and
away he sailed for Cedar Keys. He left the
piece OF money in pawn there for . load Of
pineapple slips, promising to return
inside Of two years and redeem the
coin. Pro6ting by his former bad luck
he returned to this, the west side Of the river,
homesteaded piece of land, set ont his slips,
and in eight months he again went to the Keys,
redeemed the doubloon with cash and brought
back another load Of slips, which he paid FOR
out OF his first crop. He now has about sixty
acres in pines back there" pointing to the
.boas se year al his as ' ssopa
At Kobe sound, about six miles above Jupiter,
my English acquaintance disembarked. THAT'S
our home, he said, as he babe me goodbye It
was pretty modern house, well shaded and
on rather high ground, and seemed admirably
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Subsequently met him down at Lake Worth,
as well as others of the English colony.
You see, he said, i've don't have anything
we can't leave. We lock the door and come
away to mingle with the people and the pines
keep on growing just the same
THE LAST OF THE sEMINoLEs.
Until a few days ago little band OF Semi
mole Indians were encamped on the western
side Of the lake and all winter long they kept
the hotels and cottagers well supplied with
vepison and other game. They have now gone
down into the Biscayne Bay country to take
part in corn dance. The remnant OF the tribe
does not number more than $50 or 800. They
are Just as firmly welded to their tribal customs
as ever and all attempts to civilize them have
proved futile. One member of the Lake Worth
band. however has so far yielded to his civil
izing surroundings as to array himself in a
derby hat with a broad red flannel band,
Rhirt and an umbrella. They load their squaws
down with bead jewelry. During visit 20 the
store to get white mans supplies one Of the
squaws consented to remove her beads. They
were put on the scales and weighed jus. if
teen pounds.
HUNTING AND FISHING.
There is still good deer hunting off in the
interior and the fishing is first-class. The
much priced pompano can be seen at all times
leaping from the lake water. Often they
strike the water three times as they skip along
before disappearing. They are caught only
with the seine and during the past year fisher
men have taken from thousand to fifteen
hundred pounds OF pompano from the lake in
day. The best fishing in the lake is near the
inlet, where blue fish are plentiful.
Parties often go through the inlet into the
ocean and fish in deep water Off the coral reef
A boat returned last evening from such trip
containing thirty-six beautiful king fish averag-
ing from six to ten pounds in weight. king
fish affords great spors. When hooked he leaps
out OF the water six or eight feet and then
fights hard. In the fresh water lakes only n
couple Of miles distant. there is good big .mouth
black bass fishing.
Take it all in all Lake Worth Ia a most
delightful place to spend the winter. The pub
lie will hear great deal more Of il in the future
than 1t has in the past. now that Monte Cristo
Flagler has it under his control and promises
that next winter the traveller will be able to
come through from New York in vestibule
trains in forty hours. Its future just now is a
very brilliant one. RI