The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-03-12

weird beauty OF the Oklawaha ham,
mocks, for now, in addition to their
usual charms, the yellow jasmine
blossoms, capsules of summer sun
shine, flash everywhere in the swamps.
and the big white blooms of the dog
wood shine like stars in the more
open woods And the mocking bird
mocks and the humming bird huns.
till the woods are alive with their
song. And the humble bee buns and
the butterfly butts mid the flowers all
the day long.
The editor invited himself to go with
the jolly crowd, but they said some
thing about a Jonah, and there not be-
ing any certainty OF a vacant whale
in Silver Springs run, so the news
paper man stayed on the train.
There is a man living this side Of
Burbank who has lost his calendar.
for he was out blowing when the train
went by. Good plowman. too. left the
ground looking like an ashheap, as the
old crackers say.
There are railroads everywhere
along the line of the Ocala Northern,
log roads with heavy rails, running
across the main line, or out from it.
The railroad is new enough for peo
p1e to have not got out of the. pleasant
habit OF coming to meet the train,
which gives the traveller chance to
note that there is an unusually large
crop Of pretty girls along the line of
the Ocala Northern.
Lakes are among the chief of Flor
ida's charms, and a great many are In
sight Of this road. And right now is a
good time for the people of Florida
to take steps to preserve these useful
as well as ornamental sheets OF wa
ter. A lake won't live unless 1t is
kept clean. AS soon as careless man
allows 1t to change into a slime sink
or a mudho1e, 1T dries UP. All over
Florida are unsightly scars. where lit
tie gems of lakes smiled back the sun
shine and treasured the starlight thru
thousands of years, only to dry up In
ten when hogs began to wallow and
sewage to run into their water from a
nearby village or farm. Lakes are
great aids to health as well as beauty,
and the man who has one on his prem
ises should keep it clean, and help it's
| water supply with well, IL it shows
signs Of drying up. II the individuals
will not care for these jewels in Flor
ida's diadem, the state should.
| COnOuCtOF Il. Il. spencer is mighty
popular man with the people along his
run. He has none of that naughty re-
pose Of manner that marks the brass
buttoned autocrat on the trunk line
but helps women and old men, jo1lies
the boys and b1arneys the girls, and
pokes the babies in their tiny ribs till
they gurgle with glee: and il he ever
runs for railroad commissioner, nc
other candidate need hope for a vote
along the Ocala Northern.
| Baggage Master E. NJ. Riethie1 Is
always too busy to see the girls, ex-
lcept out Of the corner of his eye Elk.
pressman Dormany feels so large a.
having an entire railroad to himself
that he can't help an air of condescen
sion to his less fortunate colleague:
at the terminals. And II you want tt
see really large little man. just tax,
a look at w. A. Mayer, who pulls tn,
lever on No. 10.
i Engineer Mayer has no sinecure
the 216 miles of rail that he sees rusi
to meet him every day is more in pro
Iportfon than the same amount or les
that rolls up under the wheels Of tn,
limited on a trunk line. Mr.. Mayer 4
proud of his engine and knows tn,
road like book. No. 10 isn't as bi,
las a copperhead compound. but she /
la fine machine. all the same, and Their
isn't a train in Florida that make
better time than the coaches that fol
How her tire1ess iron heels.