The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11
PASS-A-G GRILLE
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lick the LIQUID brine Of old ocean.
should be called Pass-a-Grille we can
not tell. The principal reason for the
existence of such a geographical sub
division appears to be to afford folks
a rendezvous where they can congre-
gate and live i'm the blissful magma
ton that they are having good time.
Be it said, however, of folks in gen.
eral. that they usually get what they
go after. or persuade themselves that
they have done so, which amounts to
the same thing.
Florida is gifted in the matter OF
seacoast privileges, enjoying a stretch
from Pensacola to Fernandina, O.:
something like 1900 miles Of it.
OF course there are all sorts and
kinds, but very much which invites
the attention Of resort builders, as ev-
| idenced by the seacoast towns, which
like Jonah's gourd. seem to spring up
and grow in night. The writer has
visited a good many of the older beach
attractions. from the almost incompar-
able Amelia, at Fernandina, along
down by Pablo. Atlantic Anastasia
Daytona, West Palm. Miami Long
Key. Key West. Charlotte HarbOr
Punta Gorda. Ana Maria. Pass-a-Grille,
Cedar Keys, and on TO where Alabama
disputes our claim to limitless extern
sion Pass-a-grille, in our Judgment,
has somewhat 10 boast over any or all,
Of them. While OF course, it hasn't
corner on glare" there is more of
it to the square acre than almost any
sun-kissed and surf-washed sand-bed
it has been our privilege to visit The
island, if il be one, seems to be Who'll
ly or almost entirely surrounded BY
water. Save for very few scrubby
cedars at one or two points. and ar
occasional cabbage palm, ii is as bare
Of shade producing vegetation as its
summer colony is of unnecessary
clothing. The dry land part of it,
which measured through the heart of
the cottage settlement, is only 500 or
so feet wide, beginning at the gulf and
ending at the bay, is made up OF white
sand and sea shells, that in combina-
ton have the happy 20 faculty Of re-
aecting more calorics than are needed
in any ordinary process Of ocular dem
onstration.
Nevertheless and notwithstanding,
as a seaside resort Pass-a-Grille is al
most ideal. The cottages. of which
there are half a hundred or more, are
built with minimum OF expense and
maximum Of comfort Broad veran-
das. generally screened, and LARGE iiv
ing and sleeping rooms and porches
afford thorough ventilation and meas
urable protection from mosquitoes, Of
which there are so far fewer than one
would expect to find. They are gen
orally comfortably furnished FOR
housekeeping. and rent from SO to
$l5 per week. according to size, loca-
ton scarcity and the general appear
ance OF the would-be renters.
One hundred and fifty feet from the
front door Of our domicile, the waters
of the gulf roll and toss and tumble
and roar and beat and break on a
beach that for the comfort and safety
Of bathers. we have found without a
parallel in all our experience \ per
feet bottom. smooth and almost level
without undertow, even little children
may be ordinarily entrusted without
danger Just. in front Of our house.
and in the middle Of the street" we
have a flowing artesian Well Of the
strongest sulphur water, cool enough
to drink without ice, and smells and
tastes bad enough to cure anything
from hollow-horn to ingrowin1 toe
mail. Our little hopeful grandson in
sists that he does not like that egg
water" Fortunately. good cement els
lterns abound and as there are no buzz
yards or any other house-roosting
birds, and plenty of rain, plenty of
nice. clean, soft rain water is avail
able.
Just east of our door, three or four
hundred feet, there is the bay-we do
not know its name where piscatorial
artists can crafty to the utmost meas
/
Yesterday from one of the little docks,
we saw taken a score or more of
splendid Spanish mackerel, and a
great sea bass, besides many small
fry" good, bad and Indifferent. To
those who prefer comfortable boat