The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-02
BELLEVIEW BRIEFS

I tucked away In the midst or IN al
most impenetrable forest, clustered
about with giant oak and hickory
/ trees. in a dense piece of hammock
land. observable from none of the
three public roads that pass it on as
many sides. known to but few and
! jealousy guarded even by those few
that know its whereabouts, lies one
Of the prettiest. best kept and most
prolific grapefruit groves in Florida.
4 Surrounded on all sides by a 2O-foOt
. close-board barricade, covered in cold
4 weather by an expensive cloth cover,
. dotted here and there with open iron
. heaters. each heater fanked by { gi-
ant pile OF coke. and in close prOXim-
iry 10 each a governor, or regulator.
in the shape Of an expensive seF-reg-
isrering thermometer. guarding the
/ hundreds of we'll kept, neatly trim
med. gOlden-burdened grapefruit trees
that yield up year after year their
/ luscious fruit, and return the owner
7 golden shekels for his never ceasing
! vigilance and care. Such is the grape
/ fruit grave of Mr.. J. H. Hilton, one of
our most worthy and esteemed winter
/ visitors. and il is a rare and pretty
sight at present to see the picking
and packing of the golden fruit for
the northern markets. Just one mile
1 west of town. known to but few, and
/ seen by fewer, it is a place that Belle
viewites should be proud of.
Mr.. Hilton. the owner of the above
/ described grove, is one of our Oldest
\ winter visitors. having seen the town
grow up almost from its inception.
! Modest and retiring in his disposition,
! free and frank to all charitable and
public occasions, a lover of beauty
and quiet. Such is Mr.. Hilton, as we
and others of his towns people see
HIM. First TO come in the fall and
I the last TO leave in the spring, the
/ Hiltons open and close the season.
Some mean person tried to poison
the pet pigs belonging to Minnie and
/ Eleanor Tremere about a week or ten
days ago. Passing by the fence on
the west side this person threw a large
sweet potato, loaded with poison. into
the yard. Passing on by the house
they turned and went west towards
the front street. thinking they were
unobserved, but owing to the watch
fulness OF Mrs. Temere, who went i'm
mediately and seized what parts of
the sweet potato that had not been
eaten and administered antidotes to
counteract the effects of the poison.
the pigs would probably have died.
As IL was they were very sick for a
couple of days. Mrs. Tremere states
that one of her pet cats. about Is
years old. disappeared a few days be-
fore the incident related above, and
now she believes that the poor old
cat. which was Miss Eleanor's baby
playmate in her infancy. was poison
ed In the same manner Such actions
viii only react against the perpetra-
tors
Mrs. Fannie Ramsdell Davis was a
pleasant visitor to our little town last
Monday. Mrs. Davis is spending a
couple of weeks at her parents home
ar Levon. She expects to go back to
COnant next week.
We regret TO chronicle the fact Of
Mr. Dudleys illness. Mrs. Snow is
heroically working to maintain the
business al its high standard while
her mother Mrs. Snow, of Wildwood,
is nursing Mr. Dudley under the skill
fUl guidance of DR. Slaughter.
Glad 10 see Mr.. Gross out again. af-
ter his illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nilsson went
to Ocala last Monday to purchase
furniture to At up the Lou Terrell
cottage. which they have bought. and
which Nr. and Mrs. O'Brien of New
York have rented for the winter.
Bill nilsson is somewhat under the
weather. Never mind, Willie. great
happiness very seldom comes unauoy-
ed with some bitterness, and your
friends all wish you JOY and happi-
ness
Mr.. ". E. Everett Of Georgia, the
gentleman who has bought Mr.. L. w.
Drew's holdings Of real estate in and
around Belleview. arrived in town on
Monday, and Is settled in Mrs. Dana's
house Mrs. Dana Will leave shortly
for Philadelphia and other northern
points. Belleview Will thus lose one
ot It's oldest and best citizens.
The influx OF our people from the
north continues. Mrs. Gary Wash
burn. accompanied by Miss Emma
Washhun. came in on Monday nights
express. The different church, tenn
. perauce and social societies will all
now receive an impulse to more and
better work. Let the next come.
RERIIN Bill ETIN