The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-18

THANKSGIVING dinner held at Crooked
Lake Polk county, FLORIDA, in letter
90 his home folks in this city. as
follows:
want to tell You about our
.anksgiving. The weather has
Teen the very best, but rather cool
,i-hts, so we have camp fire. and
ind it very pleasant sitting around
II. the evening.
The night before Thanksgiving il
started to rain and the wind blew
some. SO put on my rainrOat anu
shoes, fixed my tent. packed the pro-
Visions so as to keep them dry. ana
Slept soundly until morning.
As the wind came from the nortn
II was rather cool. but with the shell
ter Of the hill, siOping south to the
kc. il was very pleasant With sue !
wind. on the opposite side OF me
lake where NEST Of the people li"d.
], would naturally be very rough,
aau 80 they found il on ThanksSN-
IL. morning: but curtis Lan2ford.
Nl;H Ms large launch. brought Mr.
~, ana his family, also Mr. Cod
IA ana family. and Mr. Gardner s,
n arson : and Mr. Kelly's launch
- Mrlr an in use, bringing guests
70 H. frs, Thanksgiving feast a:
a.. III the most delightful spots in
n!,ua
Oh counting those who came W.
fra;nJ that forty-tive had landed, all
WIN inIl baskets, the contents OF
watch the ladies soon had spread in
tie best possible and most attractive
c..alner
\, directed. | built Il fire of live
SaE wood. which makes bed OF
roa', as hot as ignited anthracite II,
fllrIa,r and as smokeless. Mr. JOe
VI arson took charge OF roasting
tlr iar2n and gamy wild turkeys.
,wo oi them. and all united in say
IN. hat the work performed was
Sortny If the most skilful chef.
Roasting turkeys by camp fire was
NOVEL sight to us nOrtherners. Two
tr0tcloi sticks were driven in the
eraaud. which were placed about
we Fee above the bed of hot Goals
au.. there cooked to a finish. have
somr pic'urcs of them.
Nj, stokes, who lives on the west
\ sac q ,.o lake. where he has large
trar' d. tanl and is the owner OF
\ ,.,a,,, 2,,.nu head of cattle, brOugh,
! Seyeal lengths of sugar cane, eXtra
FAR. ones. So every one could chev
al hey wanted. and also large ju;
4 o, cane Juice pressed ont that morn
h ill., harle, coleman shot IA dozc'
d Naaii ana Nr Bailey caught on
N Use n ana i falf ami one ten and g
Il hai pound BASS IN I've lake.
Il y, our new dock six motor boat,
N we, NO rod /, MAS 4 "oOdly 81 HI
III &c. jook al, Wits - many ladies ant
n .tHtlem,n. from Florida and Michi
'sa!. IN The boats and standing ol
NJ 1h, p-w aock. aGmirin" the hcauti
M fnl encry ANA enjoying the happ.
day
nkaile tn" turkeys were bein
6sted under the careful super
Vision Of Joe Carson, who has ha
more than Il qualter vi a century
Experience in wocdcrait haNin
lived at Frostproof, near by, fo
twenty-siN years. and acted as guild
mud cook in this former home of tn
Seminole Indians, most of the Wis
tors came up the gradually slopin
eil,. that rises eighty feet above II
hakc. to see our improvements.
Every one in all this countrysi'
had heard of our steel cottage, az
made for that the first thing.
cooked so natty. neat and strong TIL
was pleased TO tell them that
has made by the Ruby Marufactll
ing company Of Jackson Michiga
MANY fine things We're said about
litter having been th"rouahlN i
spected inside and OUT
Next the tents were looked ov,
Ind as all of us had NNrd t"r 4
,rcasion, our guests compliment
!. on the appearance nf things
his beginning of pioneer Iitr in t
Unrest new region of South Florio
Mr.. and Mrs. IIolpeier and
nd Mrs. Allen have ARRANGED tn
ents in very tasty manner. Sci
< ,ert s. yelling. his wife and $,
red, live i'm the steel cottage. a
I'd il very comfortable; the chi'
In, house and park are nearly
he'd; and in a day or two ! v
!. ,rt the garden Among OIL
3 e:ugs. expect to put out about
NORTHUMBERLAND