The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-01-19
INDIANA BOOSTERS ABROAD.
A Lot of Thirty-six on Beautiful Lake
Weir.

A Lot Of Thirty six on Beautiful Lake
Weir
Core sponleut of the Ocala Banner.
Well, We had the incest day that
ever was, and they put me up to put it
down. They helped to put it down at
dinner. BuL this have to do alone,
aud take all the consequences.
Major Chute, OF Gambler, got
picnic aud steam boat ride aro1
Lake Weir. VIM. Snyder, of TaGoga
Ind, was afraid to go on board, did
not want TO make his wife a widow;
his heart was in his throat, and cav
Ity in his stomach. so we lowed him
aboard with lunch basked and put
the only life preseryer over his head,
and were going to throw him over
boad TO try it when Major Clute put
an end to fooiishness and called all
aboard, and my name was Captain
Kid, as | sailed out into the deep,
ana we all enjoyed a glorious day and
more shan pleasant ride around the
romantic Lake Weir, and amongst its
fairy-like islands, and all joined hands
and hearts and lunch baskets TO make
1t day of JOY and beauty; and we
bad more fun than enough" We
saw the fair Brownies Bowers, the
orange groves and beautiful homes,
clothed in perpetual fragrance, vine
and verdure The little Maggie" was
screaming at the Chautauqua dock
when we arrived, some from every
way, and after tying the front eud
of our mule to the hind end of our
wagon, we got aboard, lunch baskets
ana all We saw the little waveleis
chase the big ones and laugh in the
shining sunlight as they were lost on
shining shore"
ThirIy-six as happy hearts as ever
swelled to music or beat for the good
OF all The air was full Of fragrance,
the "river Of life was flowing grace
fully, and ''dull careu was left behind.
Captain George Russell walked the
deck like an admiral Of the salt seas
His Burnside whiskers brouzed or
greyed) with the breezes of many
summers, and a mustache like SUM
mer kitchen, filed us with awe and
respect. He trod the deck and run
the little baby engine with care like
Il hen that hovers her chickens I'M
der her wings. We landed at many
docks, and saw beautiful homes at
every turn; saw Captain Lytle's resi-
dence, (the brother of General Lytle,
who fell at Chicamauga at Stanton,
named after K. +. Stanton, Lincoln s
Secretary Of War. We saw 100 acres
orange grove; stopped at "Gillett's,"
who they say shipped $25, GOO worth Of
nursery stock to California; passed
Lake View Hotel, also Williams
grove, tex-sheriff of Marion county
also Carlisle, and took dinner at Amas-
kahegan dock. At roll call for dinner
the following parties responded
J. p. Clute, formerly of Battle
Ground, Ind w. w. Felter, wife and
niece, Kane, Ill. d. a. Ketner, wife
and daughter, Sagerstown, Pa; Chas.
Ogden and sister, Gambler, Fla. c,
Jones, eX-county commissioner of
Tipp county, Ind. Cyrus Paige and
wife and two daughters, Brookston,
Ind. Henry ew lrt and wife, Brooks
ton, Ind. J. c. Benjamin and wife,
Gambler, Fla; Mary Z Benjamin and
daughter, Lafayette, Ind; Miss Mary
Houston, Gambler, Fla. VIM. Snyder,
Tadoga, Ind. Capt. w. Fl. belong,
Mrs. Miscock, Mrs. Moore, and Mrs.
Marks, Of Gambler, Fla. Mrs. e, Meek,
son and daughter, Brookston, Ind.
Mrs. Laycoek, of Gambler, Fla. Mr..
Earnest Stewart, Brookston, Ind.
MIR. aud Mrs. A. G. Harvey, Llfay-
cite, Ind; and Mrs. A. o. Haney, of
same place.
We took possessi ion of the orange
packing house, and with orange boxes
for - ats and with everything good,
sociability and joy reigned supreme,
only marred by the thought that this
fleeting day would fade away. 1t was
''Hoosier Day" on Lake Weir, around
Bird Island, Orange Island, Lemon
Island, and as we went, fairy visions
floating by Some of the best ladies
and gentlemen of Gambler, looked the
incest, dressed the pretties and smiled
the sweetest, and their voices in EN-
trancing melody rang over the Low
Lands Low" as they sang 'Beulah
Land" and Pull for the Shore"
Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Hitchcock and
Miss Felter bashfully received the
applause of good judges of music, but
the setting sun dazzled the great
Chautauqua dome as we neared the
landing, and we took the names Of
those who enjoyed and helped fill full
this 'tyision of beauty over Lake
Weir's dancing waves.
A. G. HARVEY.