The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-02-21
u,eLand of Sunshine and Flowers

I dN..f m.
o,,I, lie trip of the Editorial Associ-
lion. southward began. The visitors
oar. not prepared for the desolate
t,,kius condition of the country.
uuv we're anticipating the rich sight
81 full bearing orange groves, but only
nd orchards Elrt theil gaze. To give
-, idea If the two disastrous frepzrs-
nscpmber aud February of last Year
!, * estimated that last years crop
was j. 090. 900 boxes. while this years
,.rnp was only 75,00e. 1t will take
Years for Florida to recover from this
damage, but still it nay amount to a
g,I.sSiug. for the people will not depend
mon one crop. but are planting most
every thing that will grow in the soil
The first stop was made at Daytonia.
one of the handsomest villages i'm
FInrjda. The excellent roads and
walks lined with moss-ladened trees,
she excellent water and suberb climate
tlakes it very attractive place.
Across the river. on the ocean shore of
tle peninsula is Silver beach-and
,ieht here let us say no town without a
teach is in * in Florida. The soil in
this neigh5orhood is pronounced very
productive, but we couldn't see it for
The sand.
After short but pleasant stay in
DaytOnia. tuck to Ormand for SUNDAY
the party went. Ormand is on a
peninsula. bounded On one side by a
river and on the other by the Atlantic.
1t also has a beach, and very fine
one TOO. The walks and drives are all
one could wish for. A beautiful little
Episcopal chapel is attached to the
hotel. and many of the visitors took
advantage to attend services.
FruR3 OrmanG jump was made to
that veritable fairy land. Palm Beach.
in the midst IF the tropics. on Lake
Worth, Il magnificent sheet of water.
where
THE gentle breezes blow
Allday and all night long.
And the silrer-winged mOsouitoes
Ne'er sings mis- little song"
Here is another one OF those mag
'iticrnt hotels that form cham from
Jacksonville to Palm Beach. The
building is of the colonial STYLE. "A
stories high, and has a dining room
2l0xsi feet in size. Nearly "a thousand
employees are constantly on duty and
it takes half-hundred walters TO wait
on the guests. About half mile awav
is the Beach Inn. another splendid
hotel. on he Atlantic coast. and has
tine beach attachment. The two hotels
arr connected by an asphaltum walk.
shaded by coconut trees.
On Lake Worth are many mag
iiicent winter residences, particular
~ AMONG them is the Cfagiil place,
sight of which recalls TO mind the
Aladdin Palace of our childhood
dreams. Pitts Island. six miles below
the hotel, on the lake. escaped the
freeze, and from its appearance one
can Judge of Florida in her prime
The temperature ranged in JANUARY
from 81 To rs. and hundreds took al
vantage of the beautiful weather TO in
dalg- in bath in the ocean
THIS Is claimed to be the hon,e of the
Famous tarpen, and rs ye scribe was
under promise tn catch one, he hired
sail boat To make good his promise. A
troll FOR SIX hours resulted in mix"
and he WAS told in confidence that
tarpon catching was more in the mind
than IN reality. Many of the party
succeeded in landing what is called in
Arkansas pumpkin seed" and to
bring which home merited death, but
these dude fishermen were AS proud of
tlleir catch AS il each were tarpnn.
Cne days iishing in AR Arkansas lake
beats deep sea fishing all hollow.
Leaving Palm Beach brief stops were
made at pineapple plantations, at
Fort Pierce aud at Rockledge, the lat
Ter place noted for it's hotels ard infa-
mous service. At Fort Pierce, IA small
Oand of Seminole Indians were lined
against fence for exhibition. One
glance was enough for the female por-
tion or the eXcursi0nistS. Their ward
faees did not quite come mp to Fen
hlmpre Cooper's book Indians? Deli
cately embroidered buckskin .cut no
hgure. The bucks We're declxed out in
hickory SHIFT, Il vest and cravat-
nothing more. Ditto the children;
White the squaws aud beautiful maid
Ell Hiawathas were diked in flowing
robes of curtain calico, cut decolete
AS simple as these untutored sons of
the forest looked. they foisted wagon
load OF bitter oranges on the Learned
scrioes" at the rate of thirty-five cents
per dozen.
The next stop was at Jacksonville, a
modern. progressive city Of 80 900 in
faoitants, and is from a business
standpoint. the best city in the state.
Al Is on the st. Johns river. % miles
from, the ocean "A steam boat ride
was rendered the learned travellers.
out as on other occasions. the number
was mlscalculated, and many were
LETT on shore.
Bidding adieu to eastern Florida,
me train scndded across lots to south
western Florida, touching at Pensa-
eola. In the night. Pensacola has the
ho'i"r To possess the only fort over
which the Confederate flag did not
uoat during tn. late unpleasantness.