The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-07-13

ton of improving his crop of "Wil-
liam Goats and the latter, to scien-
tifically seiizerize his last sjag.u
While the editors felt badly at miss
ing Nye and Burdett, for whom they
have dene more to make famous than
they ever did to assist the rural tripod
occupyer to climb the slope Of fame,
we survived it.
Friday the country editors wound
mp their interesting session at six
o'cloek by naming their officers. The
contest for president lay between
| New York aud Pennsylvania, the for
mer securing the prize and editor
Bonnell, who, for twenty-seven years,
has heen secretary of the New York
] Press Club, was honored, and when it
came 20 naming the next place of
meeting, Florida turned down Texas
in great shape and your "local' had
the honor and pleasure to present her
superior claims. So the Florida dele
gates were made happy and we are
more than satisfied that all die rest of
the residents of the Flowery King
dom will rejoice with us.
Friday night the press of New Jer-
sey banqueted the National Editorial
Association delegates in the audito-
rum, 500 in number, and it was roy
al occasion, in which rich, choice vi
ands We'd and sparlzled with the wit
| and mental scintillations of the toast
master and those who responded to
them in most gracious and felicitous
language.
Saturday was devoted to visiting
Elberon, Long Branch and Pleasure
Bay, on the Shrewsbury river, where
genuine Rhode Island clam bake
was given the country editors. The
trip, which was made in carriages,
covered some thirty miles over excel
lent roads, proved most enjoyable, if
not the day of all days spent in AS
bury Park.
The summer residences of Elberon
and Long Branch are said to be the
finest in this country, while the cot
tagts i'll which Garfield died and
Grant lived had special interest for all
when pointed out, and Hoey's palace
made every poor country editor sigh,
to think he had not been born des-
tined to be manager for the Adams
Express Company.
At Long Branch big surprise
awaited the eXcursionists, for the pro-
prietor of the West End Hotel way
laid the noble 600 and gave them such
lunch that will only be forgotten
when memory ceases to hold sway.
The process of preparing a clam
bake was new, novel and deeply i'm |
teresting to most of the editorial del |
egates, many Of whom had never
seen or tasted clam and who GER
tainly never intended to be one.
Sixty bushels were spread on the |
red-hot stones, which proved the base
of the oven, then came quarter ton
of fresh fish, nicely encased in linen,
followed by dozen busheI baskets of |
live Holsters, topped off with several |
thousand ears of corn. This mound |
was then covered with canvass and |
sea weeds and in thirty minutes the |
feast was ready and all who partook |
of it said the like in relish and salts |
faction never was experienced by |
them before. Gastronomically speak
ing, they erected in their halls of |
memory tablet to epicurus' recollec-
tion.
Returning to their hotels they wit
Eessed baby parade, one of the an
nual spectacular scenes of this tenn
perance "city by the sea-" Thirty
thousand spectators gazed upon it and
applauded the "wingless cherubs of /
earth.n
At night the carnival of boats on
Wesley Lake, named in honor of the
sainted Methodist Bishop, and found
er of that grand church, was had,
which added another event of SUI
preme interest to the editorial deni-
zens of the country press of this
Epluribus Unum.
1t was most striking and pleasing
and those who know say it surpasses
those of which have made Venice fa-
nous.
But halt and reserve for another
letter the city of Asbury, Park, Ocean
Grove and Florida's exhibit during
editorial and educational weeks, as
well as the supper which the editors
will enjoy on the roof of the Mutual
Reserve Fund Insurance Co.'s build
ing of New York, over which f. B.
Harger presides as president and
whose kindness and generos-
ity the banquet is given. BIT.
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