The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-03-29
PICNIC At THE SPRINGS

Friday afternoon jolly party of
Ocala people left the city on the three
o'clock Rentz train for Silver Springs
and the Oklawaha river to picnic and
camp out for night Arriving at the
Springs, the luggage and baskets full
OF things dear to the heart of picnicers
were loaded along with the merry
party on the "Wenona." Mr.. RandalTs
comfortable and commodious launch,
and the trip down the stream began.
The day was ideal for such an outing,
not cloud marred the blue heavens
above nor a ripple the waters beneath
and many Of the party said they had
never seen the woods more beautiful
or the whole scene more pleasing to
the eye.
The "Wenona' stopped at Connor.
where the crowd was greeted by Mr.
Pat Randall and Mr.. Albert Anson
Graham. who insisted that they should
go up into the beautiful orange and
grapefruit grove and help themselves
TO the golden fruit Messrs Graham
and Randall Joined the party and &C
| companied them to the camping site
half mile below Common on a beau
| tiful knoll, dotted here and there with
| palms and pines. Messrs. c. y. Kirk
! land and Fl. NJ Hampton had preceded
the eXcUrsiOnistS earlier in the day and
/ when the tents We're pitched for the
! night and the camp fires lighted their
| proves as fishermen was shown by
| the large string of Dream and trout
! they had ready for the hungry camp
ers. Supper was spread on the ground
and when the campers gathered
around the well supplied table. the
moon in all its glory of fullness. rose
a
over the scene
The early hours of the evening were
spent in various ways, the younger
members of the party going out for a
row on the river, visiting the orange
| grove of Mr.. Randall and playing
| games around the big camp fires. The
older and more sedate ones spent their
| time playing dominoes and swapping
ghost stories and the like. At a late
! hour the campers sought their pallets
for d few hours repoSe and for a short
! while the camp was still dead
Not for long, however. as the young
men who We're trying to sleep on tho
boat We're too full of youth and devil
ment to rest easy and arising they
stripped Mr. Randalls boat of its
horns and bells and went serenading
When they broke loose the noise they
the entire Connor section and with the
exception Of Mr.. L. n Green not sou
wanted to finish out the night il
sleep.
When the campers gathered around
, the fires and began to count noses, i
| was discovered that MIR. Green wa:
very conspicuous by his absence. Their
a stiu hunt began. Everybody light et
a torch and started out to look for tn.
missing one. But try they would
nowhere could he be found. Earlier il
the evening, it transpred. Mr. Greer
had had dream that his Slumher:
We're entirely too peaceful to be true
and folding his blanket around him h.
stole away into the dim and ghost!
distance, where he passed the balanc,
of the night in peaceful and dreamIes
sleep. The campers are ashamed t
admit it, but this was one disappoint
ment of the trip--they never did fin,
Mr.. Green.
On Saturday the fishermen went GU
in boats and caught abundance o
fish to supply the camp for breakfas
and dinner and the day was delight full
ly spent in many ways. Part of TIL
crowd had TO return to town on TIL
) noon train and others accompan ME,
them to the head of the SPRINGS on tn
> "Wenona." passing the 'Hiawatha.
from Palatka. loaded with tourists
who waved greetings and took pic
, lures of the launch as it passed.
. In the evening ere turning thei
, faces homeward, Mr. Randall took tn
. | eXcursiOnistS down the river severa
= miles to see beautiful Palm Landing.
3 which was greatly admired and pic
8 lures taken of it Arriving at tn
!. Springs the tired and happy camper
n loaded themselves onto a fiat car an
D, came to town, full of cinders and re
| bugs, but vowing that they had en-
.joyed every minute of the trip.
| Those in the party Were: Mr.. an
: Mrs. w. ID. Tompkins and little daugh
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Clyatt, DIR. an
| Mrs. y. L. IZlar and son. Laurie, Nj
and Mrs. c. n. Kirkland. the Misse
Willis and their guest, Miss Fuller
:. Misses Alice Campbell, Eta Carr
! Elizabeth Nizelle, Catharine Floyj
| Ernestine Brooks, Pauline and CARR
Bigham, Claire Bryan, Messrs. Charlie
| FHppen, George Moore, Bert Dosf
| Charles Tarrant and VIII Dunn an
others whose names do not nov
| recall