The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-02
LOVELY Los KISS

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Los KISS Just Us Girls Club, as
usual, met the Hiawatha at the Lee
nore's docks. Passengers on the pa
latial river steamer waved and he'll
loed. while the steamer saluted with
the regular high BALI signal.
Fire-boat Weston piloted her out
through the "Narrows," and while
passing along the Mary, Lou divide
and Marion reserve, a storm broke
over the tropical forest. The fire was
put out in the pilot house, but the
lightning played constantly, and the
old river pilots, with the Weston, car
ried her through 70 St Helena and
tied I'D. A little later the storm pass
ed away. and when Old Sol peeped
over the eastern rampant Of cypress
and pines and palmettOes, etc, he
found us in the Angel Garden of the
Woods" where alligatOrs beloved
greetings, the pretty birds singing an
accompaniment; where squirrels bark
and play all day; where the river
| bends into a bOw-knOt or two and
! looks really weird and, where cabbage
palmettoes are as thick as bees, and
also where is found the very best fish
ing. Here TIE dew drops are most
dazzling.
We told the sweet lady in blue, the
one with the dark hair and blue eyes,
that these dew drops were the jewels
! Of Silver Springs-tbe Indian maid
en-. She believed us. as also did the
lady with the brown eyes.
| The Angel Garden of the Woods
covers quite a lot of the Marion ter
ritory. They start down in the Pin
Hook and Heu's Half Acre country
and end at Chitty's avenue, near the
palmetto grove.
Some of the very finest and most
weird tropical scenery on the river
is in the Los Kiss and Petersburg
suburbs-"The Gardens"
The Straits of Darden. Kenneck and
Osceola's last battlefield country
also assist in making this section one
of the loyeliest in the land.
At Dodgers Island we passed the
-. L. G. Clubs steamer. the Ethel
ton The Silverton, sister steamer
OF the Etheltou, passed out of Palat-
ka for Jacksonville yesterday, when
we started for Silver Springs from
that point.
Picking oranges in the forest-that
is the sign of the times at COnnOr,
and there is no prettier orange grove
fin the world than the one at Conner.
This grove is the property of Mr. Pat
rick Todd Randall On the grove is
the famous Randall House, one Of the
finest smaller hotels in the country,
land also Mr.. RandalTs home.
Connor is the main stop through
the forest route. Grahamyille, just
a mile above. is where the Marion ma.
donaI forest reserve road crosses the
Oklawaha.
At Grahamyille native girls came
down to salute us The girls were
on donkeys and looked exceedingly
bewitching and several cameras snap!
ped simultaneously. The girls blush
ed and scooted for higher ground.
On The trip up from Sand Bars ev
cry bend put forth new scenery and
life. Now and then an old black, hor
rid looking alligator lay sprawling on
the bank. sound asleep. Above the
weird scenery tropical birds, large
and small. circled Below. in the riv
b. err. fish and turtles gamboled along
Far away out. topping over the low
: cypress were the great Florida Ions
leaf pine and bUshy palmetto. Ma
= tives, at several points. were in boats
T. fishing. On board the Hiawatha tn,
+ cameras were constantly swapping a
2 something.
p Quiet as a hospital Oklawaha AM
f Silver Springs appeared to be, bu
they were immensely happy, an
p they guided the Hiawatha safel
/ home. Her (Silver Springs bcigh
= eyes sparkle radiantly as she dc
scends 10 meet and take her lover
/ Oklawaha, by the hand just abov
: Delk's Bluff. and she leads him safel
I on. All. though her home be a gal
4 den of silver and babbling blue we
S ter. she leaves It to lead her loval
e Oklawaha, home
The mouth of Silver Springs ru
: is one of the most interesting point
n on the river. Here the waters tur
Il blue and fish can be seen to a grea