The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-04-04
AROUND LAKEWORTH
THE STARTING OF aAeCOCOANUT
allj e 99tF GROVE. ~ all's sfIi 81
GREAT BEAUTY AND WORTH.
The Fiber of the Trees Rubber Trees
Whose Branches Take Root
aag ar Yarns of Southern
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A run down Indian river to Jupiter
inlet and light house by steamer,
through the crooked narrows, borderea
for several miles by the singular black
mangroves, affords a novel trip. The
crooked river for some. distance is
scarcely wide enough to admit the
steamer, but the narrows are threaded
in safety by skillful pilots, and, except
a. short ride by rail for eight miles, the
entire passage from Georgiana is made
by 9inlandpayigation to Lake Worth.
IJupiterilight house is red andl7O feet
high. Lake. Worth is tWenty-three
miles long. and separatedfrom the ocean
by "a strip of land half a, mile in width.
On this, strip is located the most south4
ern1 .place.of resort OF any note in the
United States in about J263 north lati-
tude. A famous hotel was opened here
less than two years since called Hotel
Roy al Poinciana, with a, capacity foI
500 guests, and has been literally pat
ronized at So q day and upwards, No
expense has been spared ,toTender the
grounds and all the surroundingspf the
most attractive order, The ihotel faces
the west on Lake Worth, half q mile in
width, while a. walk Of ten minutes in
the opposite. direction brings one to the
ocean beach, or, if indisposed to walk
he may take the tram car for a. nickel.
Here is located a natatoriumf sufficient
to accommodate 200 bathers, or they
may indulge, III surf bathing in the
ocean a few yards. distant, projected
from the. undertoW by q rope netting,
OF brave the risk without the ,incIosure.
The temperature of the water is Dor
fectly practicable throughout February
and nearly all winter. being Within the
influence odf the gulf streaiis 4 fesy tIlilcs
II; ofantfGtf 9tij III 5G9ta Nb8a}flff ynG
"A difference Of 40 miles in latitude
on tie east coast of Florida produces d
,1w6hderfdl change. III ii tropical appear
ancea. The heavy frosts Which Visited
the, state ii December and February
were less = disastrous III their results
about Lake Worth than two degrees
further north. Orange trees 'ate still iii
full leaf With fruit still Hanging, and
pine appies,q thoqgh3 filuchl finjjllred. are
fast RECOVERING and the young 'fidit'is
making It's appears!Ilnce: 'nl ,3 ,l,, old
foBddt the ctfoWning glory II this seq
tifo5nfI Isl the extensive co6coanlit groves.
Some fifteen Yea ago a. vessel pound
fro5m Cuba to New York With 4 1c:afgoof
coc,o5;anuttss, Vas wfecked "a the cpitss,t
nearly opposite the present site q the
Hotel Royal poinciafa grounds The
nuts tloated ashore from the Inflated
vessel and proved God-send to tile
few and struggling famlles. Hundreds
were planted amiitllelbuslleSs
thus,dbegan9 and bpropagated glias as
sumetblarge5 pioportionsGaaid the state
ly trees con tribateg largely tothelbeauty
of the o9issanyG thousands OF
Itreesll are ltheg result.sg fTheyTtufes the
beauty1of atheople tgfiOtntls9
,arching thegowalks rand gavenaleslf and
shading the lawhs;aln bolalering3 the
lake shore for. miles both north aid
south. They, q aFe4 zalso cultivated il
great profpsion ip al directions, not
only adding to a the beauty of the dsceli-
cry what, few 2 other, Trees could bat Iafe
a source Of Profit THE owners, ToT They
are OF, the palm family,t and f,with a
growth Of forty TO- fifty feet in height,
with their. long, ffeeiatheeryn fern like
leaves dropping, from 4 their 5 branches,
gently swaying with the lbreeze, lllpqlA tho
pleasure seeker. to grateful rl,epoFe be-.
meath their shade The; leaves grow
high from the ground, the nuts cluster!
ing IN. punches at the base of the
branches where they project from. the
trunk. Many clusters may be. seen at
the present time still clinging to the
trees, but spoiled by the late frost,
while many are lying on the ground.
The tree possesses a fiber of il Cloth like
mature "a beautiful specimen of ma
lures weaving, which binds the
branches firmly to the trunk This
may be manufactured into mating.
ropes or cloth The natives Of tie Pa
cific islands 1fse it for sfitf aah7ti othtl,
purposes SAMPLE was Sent To the
e TELEGRAPH COURIER Some weeks
since The trees are fast recovering
from the effects of the late frosts, and
in few days will assume new beauties.
Several avenues afrasss from lake ITO
ocean beach have sPeen flaidsqut and
;beaQtifeddaiisd 8alieas FNysysI .lBhile
MISUNDERSTANDING tlong8afS Shady avenue
one tlaEj'fay attelftioirwas attracted to
a winding foot Ap5atA lthfoughqhelWd
Ten inintftes I WOULD devote to follow
the path. The forest was not COM
posed of gigaticStrees but my atten-
ton was, fixed on many which were n6N
to me,o7those Which + were not seen 100
miles noyth-4 The native rubber6 tree
differed materially from the scattered