Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-01-27
EXCURSIONS ON
FLORIDA LAKES
Duck Shooting, Moonlight
Drives etc, Enjoyed by
Tazewell People.
Tavares, Fla, Jan. 20, 1911.

tree, "sit down, rest, and refresl
ourselves. But the "cali of the
wild" allures us on, aud we find our
selves continually stroiling beneath
the stately live oaks, hung with gray
moss drapery through the murmurine
pines, under the lovely magn las,
alongside the silvery lakes, and into
the orange groves both by daylight
and by moonlight, in this balmy,
flowery, dreamland.
Why Mr.. Editor, just think of a
four mile drive by moonlight of thir-
teen people-young and old--crowded
in mule wagon, to large orange
grove, where we were told to help
ourselves to all the oranges we could
eat and to take as many home with
us as we could carry. That is the way
Mr.. Butler and the Tavares people
treat us. 1t was almost midnight
when we returned, and the old people
slept like children, notwith standing
the nights dissipation.
Another scene: Ten Tazewell ians
were lounging on the porch of the
Harman Bungalow, enjoying the
warm sunshine and balmy air, when
they heard the click of the gate latch
and footballs on the walk. On look
ing up they saw fine looking gen
tleman standing Nth hat in hand.
He bowed and made the announce
ment that gasoline launch was at
the wharf waiting to serve the guests
from Virginia. There was a unani-
nous reply "We are all ready"
And down to the lake, three hundred
yards away, we followed Col. j. r.
Miller, former Virginian, to his
splendid boat, "Chenoah. ''' We took
a twenty mile ride with him on lakes
Dora and Beauclare. Lake Beauclare
covers an area of over two hundred
square miles. These lakes are part
of what is known as the "Chain of
Lakes" all being connected, and one
can go in boat from Tavares to the
Atlantic Ocean and also to the Gulf
of Mexico. On our way out some one
said "ducks, ducks" Col. Miller
picked up his gun (Which he always
keeps i'll his boat), and before the
women knew what was going on,
"bang, bang went the gun, and
two ducks fell from the cloud of
ducks that raised from the water. In
less than thirty minutes the look k-out
sounded the alarm again, "ducks,
ducks. The boat was headed toward
the black line in the distance. You
should have seen our women folks
standing breathless, with their
thumbs in their ears, their eyes
Sparkling Yith delight, in the hush
of the dealh-like stiffness Eyes, they
actually stopped talking for ten min
utes) while our boa. was closing in
on the wild ducks swimming IN. The
lake. "Bang, bang" and again two
ducks failed to follow in the flight of
their comrades. AS we were not on a
hunting expedition we did not follow
further, Just took the four shots
while passing.
We reached home in time for lunch,
declaring we must take a rest and
not have so much excitement.
The next morning we again gather
ed on the front piazza of the bunga-
low in our every day clothes, to take
life easy. However, just then Can't.
Joe Mccormick came to the gate and
said he and his wife were going ir
their launch over to Lake Harris,
about ten miles, and would be glad t.
take us along. The younger member!
of the "sons and daughters of rest
accepted the invitation. Your CORE
spondent and some of his older com
panions begged to be excused thi
time, but promised to be ready whci
he called again. Those who went de
clared that they had the time of thei
lives.
The foregoing is sample of tn
strenuous life in and around Tavares
OF course, am saying nothing abou
FISHING. 1t would make ye editor
turn green with envy, and Col. Alder
son and Peery Britain would nc
sleep for week, should l tell you @
our fishing, and the plans just ahead
However, if the members of tn
Ananias Club will agree beforehan
not to place my name on their book.
l may write a letter entitled "Fisi
ing in Florida"
We men folks wear caps, take O
our coats and cuffs, and try to 10;
around town. But, Indicated abov,
the "call of the wild" coming ear
and often, so stirs our blood that "
forget our laziness and again pluni
into the strenuous life on the lax
and in the woods.