The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17
LIFE AT EAsTLAkE
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is beginning to be felt and feared.
Speckled perch are biting voracious-
ly,and big catches are being made,
but the trout are not yet rising to the
troll.
G. A. Klotz and wife returned to
the Carroll cottage at Woodmar, after
a brief visit at st. Cloud.
The winter residents around East
lake are more numerous than usual.
Nearly all available cottages are occu-
pied.
Geo. e. Snow has finished packing
Satsumas. Next month he will have
quite lot of June bloom Parson
Browns to ship, which he pronounces
the finest fruit marketed.
Mr.. n. H. DeLane, who reached his
winter home last fall in i'll health, is
making a little Improvement.
Crystal River fish and oysters are
delivered at homes on the east and
south sides Of the lake twice week,
and the butcher wagon is bringing the
same number of times excellent beam
fed beef and choice pork. With the
perch taken from the lake, living is
fairly good, thank you.
The Hans, the smart little launch
belonging to Johan Carstens of Ocala,
has been launched from the Eastlake
boat works, decked out in fresh
coat of paint and yarnish, and is in
fine running order.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will c. Barnes started
for their Washington home on Thurs
day by way Of the river. Mrs. Barnes
was a guest at The Oaks for week
and Mr.. Barnes and Mr.. Goodwin ex-
plored and inspected the Ocala nation
al reserve forest, over in the scrub. 1t
was agreed that Deputy Supervisor
Hill and Assistant Forest Manager c.
II. Rogers have difficult task in in
Producing valuable timber on the
scrub lands, but the maritime pines
will be given chance to grow. They
do finely in just such country in
France.
The Eastlake citrus nursery has
shipped nearly $500 orange trees over
the state since the beginning of the
year, and more are being rushed to
the trains each day.
The sour tree section of the East
lake citrus nursery has been sold to
o. w. Conner of Tangerine. Fla. 1t
contains about 10000 2-year-old sour
seedlings, which are being budded for
next years delivery.
Carson Bradford, wife and infant
son arrived last Monday from Nash
vile, Tenn, and have taken up winter
residence on the Carson property at
North Lake, which has been enlarged
and much improved. They were join
ed in Nashville by Mrs. Bradford's
brother, Mr. Burghart. of Chicago, and
his wife and two young children Mr..
J. H. Bradford will arrive about the
first of next month.
Lake bathing was general until the
vanishing breath of the recent north.
ern storm cooled the air below the
point of bathing-suit comfort. The
children have been enjoying the water
greatly.
Melon farmers have ben busy the
past two weeks. Geo. E. Snow has
put out quite an acreage in watermel
Ons.
w. H. Buckley is completing very
handsome cottage on his extensive
and beautiful grounds at the soutf
end of the lake. 1t is SO pretty ant
convenient that it should not lack ten
ants winter and summer
Fl. E. Bartholomew and wife an(
Mrs. Bartholomew brother, Mr.. War
ner, and his wife, were birds of pass
age at The Oaks and the Lakeside
hotel one day this week They are
from Eola, ILL.,, and are former neigh
bors of Mr.. Goodwin. They have beer
spending the winter in Gainesville
and started on tour of inspection o
the state. Mr. Goodwin has advised
them that they would need to get int
Marion county before they would FIND
the real Florida. Coming down on tbs
train Mr.. Bartholomew informed his
wife confidentially that unless the.
found something more attractive thar
the northern part of the state, seer
from the car windows, he would b.
Obliged to declare Mr.. Goodwin liar
On the blum overlooking Lake Weir
under the live oaks, facing the bunga
low. and the grove coming into glo
rious bloom, Mr.. Bartholomew declar
ed that they had at last found tn,
Florida of which they had heard. reat
and dreamed
ID. S. Woodrow and family spent tn,
weekend at Blair Villa They had a.
guests Misses Esther Weathers an6
Onie Chazal Mr.. Woodrow directed