The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-10
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has taken the cottage on the grove Of
Mrs. Won Feilitzsch. He owned an
orange grove in Orange county before
the freeze, and thinks Lake Weir the
finest place he has seen in which to
winter. He contemplates building a
cottage at some place on the east side
of the lake.
Mrs. Jack Walker left on Thursday
to join her husband in North Carolina.
Her mother, Mrs. Annie Martin, left
with her and will go to her old home
at Sweet Springs, Va
Parties from Michigan and Georgia
have been investigating the charms of
the lake section for the past week,
with view to permanent location.
Ernest ]. Lyle, the newly appoint
ed postmaster of Stanton, has been
getting pointers from Postmaster Dick
Hall of Eastlake on some matters of
detail in the conduct of his office.
j. H. Bradford, the furniture man
ufacturer of Nashville, Tenn, has no.
titled Capt. r. L. Fosnot that he has
purchased a Mullins steel launch and
ordered it shipped to the lake. Mr..
Bradford and his son, Carson, will
soon arrive. This is the third Mullins
steel launch for the lake. Geo. E.
Snow has one and Mr.. Harrison of
Ocala has recently sent one down.
Mr.. Goodwin bought Mullins tender
for the Chicago couple of years ago,
and the success of this boat in Flor
ida waters has led to further pur-
chases. Ben Condor of Ocala is coun-
ty agent for the Mullins steel boats,
and is endeavoring to turn in a car
load order for launches and row
boats, in order to get advantage of
lower freight rates. Mr.. Goodwin is
expecting to order another steel row
boat.
Woodmar residents gathered at The
Oaks on Thursday night for an infor-
NAL porch dance and a game of cards.
Misses Tillie and Caroline Pasteur
were over from Lake Weir, the former
a guest at The Oaks and the latter a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Lege.
J. G. Lege is the crack fisherman of
the lake, having achieved the distinc-
tion of taking four-pound pickerel
without hook or spear or seine. While
sailing the Carolina he noticed big
fish struggling near the top of the wa
ter, and coming about he caught the
pickerel and lifted him out of the wa
ter into the launch, to find that he had
attempted to swallow a Dream that
weighed about five ounces, but the
little fish declined to be swallowed,
and had pushed his head through the
big fellows gills, and stuck there, I'M
til he had all but drowned the pick
number of veteran anglers. all of
whom agreed that they had never seen
or heard of such peculiar piscatorial
tragedy. The pickerel that time bit
at more than he could swallow, and
his greediness for a big mouthful
brought him to the frying pan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will G.. Barnes were
guests at The Oaks this week Mr..
Barnes is inspector of grazing in the
forest service. department of agricul-
ture, Washington, d. c., and is cor
respondent of the Breeders Gazette,
and a number of prominent maya
zines He is bringing to an end an
extensive tour of inspection of the for
est reserves, from the Rocky noun
tains to the Ocala forest reserve.
While Mrs. Barnes remained at The
Oaks Mr.. Goodwin joined Mr. Barnes
in a drive through the Ocala reserve,
occupying several days. Mr.. Barnes
has been for two weeks in the forest
reserve near Palatka, and expressed
great pleasure that the secretary of
agriculture had sent him to the Ocala
reserve, as he will carry away a much
more favorable opinion of Florida
than he had acquired on the west
coast. Mr. Barnes has been an ex-
tensive cattle rancher in New Mexico
and owns an orange grove in Califor-
MIA.
Yacht Club Program
AT meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Lake Weir Yacht Club,
held at the call of Commodore Good
win, at The Oaks, the following pro-
gram was arranged for February:
Wednesday. Feb. s. 8 p. m.-Recep-
ton at The Oaks by Commodore and
Mrs. Goodwin. assisted by Miss Alice
Ballou of Chicago.
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1880 p. m.-St.
Valentines party by Vice Commodore
and Mrs H. w. Henry at oklawaha
Also annual meeting of the club.
Wednesday, Feb. 22-Washington's
Birthday decorated launch parade.
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