The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-17
OUR LOCAL EDITOR VISITS NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND NEW JERSEY

Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Gunner of Jack
sonville. making the trip In their
handsome Packard touring car. The
distance is nearly 10 miles over a
road as smooth as glass lsplendidly
constructed. and always kept oiled).
except for the last rs miles. through
he most wonderfully beautiful woods
and through the foothills before
reaching the beginning of the White
Mountains. which were plainly visible
In the distance The day was cloudy
and hazy. but nevertheless the woods
looked extremely. beautiful. The
,rees have turned 20 brilliant reds.
oft browns and dazzling yellows,
which combined with the various
shades OF green OF the evergreen trees
formed a picture of such loveliness
that Il is impossible 10 describe its
effect on us. Nay. were we the worlds
most famous artist still would il be
impossible TO transfer 10 canvas the
beautiful autumn tints Of the Massa-
chusetts and New Hampshire woods
at this particular season. Never be
fore having been In the northern
woods in the autumn. We had of
course never seen anything just like
il. Nature is most lavish there with
her treasures
The trip was made to Lake Suna-
pee In less than FIVE hours running
time. The air was cool and bracing,
and the ride was one of never ceas-
ing delight. as one beautiful picture
after another unrolled itself before
our enraptured vision.
At Concord. New Hampshire's cap
ital. (which. we must confess, was a
disappointment as a city,. we stop
ped at the Eagle for dinner. This
is the hotel where Harry Kendall
Thaw has been making his home for
several weeks. and where he is Wig
orously fighting extradition to New
York state. We sat at the table next
90 that OF the famous prisoner, and |
had the seat directly opposite him.
He was surrounded by his counsel,
and a guard who is ever present with
him. he showed no signs of insanity,
as far as we could Judge. He is rath-
er a larger man than had thought.
and has a pleasant face. though his
features are somewhat coarse. His
hair is grazing considerably about
his temples and face. In fact, his
looks are nothing unusual. and one
would probably not notice him were
he not Harry Kendall Thaw. possibly
the most notorious man in the United
States today. except Governor Sulzer
and Hans Schmidt.
On the shores of Lake Sunapee, a
very beautiful lake ten miles in
length and varying In width from
three TO four miles, nesting between
hills. Mr.. and Mrs. GUNNER are build
ing a beautiful summer home, a won
derfully attractive Swiss chalet,
which will be ready for their occu-
pancy early next summer. They have
an estate of Is acres, splendidly To-
Gated, and when the chalet is COM
Oleted. and the grounds laid out il
will be one of the handsomest places
on the lake. We remained over night
at the Grandliden Hotel. on the oppo-
site side of the lake from Mr.. Cum
mer's place. II is a beautiful. sum
mer hotel. and i'm the height of the
season is a very gay and delightful
resort.
The next day we returned to Bos-
ton, stopping this time at Manches-
ter for dinner Here is located the
largest cotton factory in the whole
world. II looks to be nearly a mile
long. this, of course. may be exag-
gerated. but we did not learn the ex-
act length OF the factory. Then,
there are hundreds of other factories.
We also passed through Lowell. an
other large manufacturing city, and
numerous other smaller places. At
Nashua, n. H.. on the road we ira
yersed, Mr.. VIII Bennett of Jackson
vile, has a pretty summer home,
Florida villa, and Mr.. Smith, OF the
Smith-Richardson Grocery Company,
also has a summer home near by.
The trip back to Boston was married
by an all-day rain. so we had to trav-
el with the curtains down, thus shut
ting out most of the beautiful views,
but altogether it was magnificent
trip.
This past weekend we spent at
Trenton, New Jerseys capital the
guest of friends, returning to New
York yesterday (Monday) afternoon
On Sunday afternoon we had
lovely automobile ride of nearly 20