The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-09-25
eRAHAMvILLE AND coNNoR
Special Cor. Ocala Banner:

The Grahamyille country hastily
sends greetings to the Times-Unior
bureau, which is located at the coun
ty seat, Ocala. We want him (Mr
Robinson, the manager) to come Gown
some time and spend a while with
US on the Oklawaha. We will take
him through the Angels Garden of
the Woods" on Captain Randall's We,
mona, or Mr.. Mason's yacht, the Ore
gonian.
Let's see: We believe Ocala has
over 5000 people Grahamville has a
population of less than 800. In our
village there are four steamers, pleas
ure launches, three on the Oklawaha
at Grahamville and Conner and one
on Diamond Lake. Col. Robert F.
Rogers owns the Diamond Lake boat.
and the three on the river are owned
by Capt P. T. Randall, Mr.. Henry
Mason and Tom Mitchell, colored. In
Ocala, at her Silver Springs dock. are
four launches. They are the Camp
launch, the Robinson launch and Mr..
CarmichaePs launch and Mr.. Frank
Mathews winsOme and swift Merry
Widow. Yet Ocala has-wen YOU
know what the population is there
and only four launches, the same
number as our little farm village.
We almost forgot to say a word
about the good ship William Howard.
owned by Capt. Hatton Howard. And
it was made in Grahamville!" That
is fine!
Capt. Pat Randall invited all of the
young people in this section to Con.
nor Saturday. At Conner the gang
plank of the Wenona was showed out
and he and Mrs. Randall received the
party one by one as they filed over the
rail. Enchantingly pleasant were the
greetings, and with John Stafford at
the wheel and Tom Mitchell in the
hold with the engine, the Wenona
turned about and soon passed out
into the Oklawaha trail breasting
the limpid waters beautifully. avoid
those grassy bends, John, as much as
possible" Capt. Randall shouted from
the bridge TO his pilot, and to the en-
gineer he said: Put her down hard
full ten-mile speed, Tom, and keep
her wheel out of the grass"
The WenOna was then passing Tur-
key Greek, and everybody was happy.
Scenes down in our angels Gar
den of the Woods" are very gorgeous
ly displayed in September, and they
enlarged every pair of eyes to a size
competing closely with that of a hen
egg; and the social chats made every
one FlOridian. And the merry peals
OF laughter awakened the birds of the
forest and the fishes were afraid to
come out
Just a bend above Delk's Bluff Chief
Oklawaha babe them good bye, and
the winsome and blue eyed Indian |
maiden. Silver Springs, beckoned:
Come with me, We highly civilized |
pale face captain; make merry, We
mona bunch; follow me-"
AT Silver Springs noon day lunch |
was spread, old Sol marking the time
when he crossed his own universal |
divide.
Those in the party were:
DR.. Percy Lisk, Misses Stella Mar
tin, America Pillans, Dixie Pillans. |
Agnes Holly, Laura Driggers, Tinsy |
Holly, Bette McCarley, Elizabeth
Pugh the Misses Standard, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. T. Randall and children, Mr..
and Mrs. Bob Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
E. Smith and children Mr.. and Mrs.
B. S. Rushin and children. Mrs. Pill
lans and grandchild, Mary Hoyt Mar
tin, Messrs. Raymond Holly, Crawford
Armstrong, Pat Reynolds, Pat Holly.
Mr.. Smith of st. Augustine, Colonel
Rogers, Mr.. B. NJ Noodle and Mr..
John Rogers.
About daylight Sunday morning the
Merry Widow of Ocala passed over
the ferry rope at Grahamyille, and a
few minutes later saluted and passed
Conner. She was on her way to
Jacksonville the party on board on
pleasure bent Those who we made
out as passengers in the early mist
were: Messrs. Sam Mathews, Fred
Weihe, Jr., Ed Bennett. Fred McA-
teer, James Carlisle and Clifford Ay-
er, and Messrs. Frank and Bob Math-
ews as. the battery for the boat.
Mrs. Sue Frink Of Ocala is at Ora
hamville, visiting at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. L. NJ Graham.
Messrs. p. L. Durisoe and William