The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-16
VOLUME 40, NUMBER Is
10 ocALA, FLORIDA, FRIDAY OCTOBER 16,
ALBERTUS voGT MAKES ANTO-
MOBILE TRIP INTO FURTHER
SOUTH FLORIDA

Mr.. Albertus Vogt, formerly of this
city and county, now of Lakeland, has
recently made an automobile trip into
further south Florida and through the
columns of the Lakeland Telegram he
gives an account of it. 1t will do one
good to read what he saw. He was
looking through optimistic glasses
and the visions that met his eyeA
we're the most beautiful, exhilirating
and encouraging.
The former Duke of Dunnellon"
says:
The first days run included Bar
tow, Fort Meade and Bareah, and
on to Arbuckle Island and thence to
the John Roberts grove on the south
side of Lake Damon. inspecting the
citrus fruits and game prospects en-
route.
The fruits are the brightest and
best in years with never white fly
or scale. The quail and squirrels seen
at Bareah the Bonnetts, Lees and
Lightseys had just killed three bears,
making a total of seven since June,
and reported deer and turkey plenti-
full.
On Wednesday night the party
camped on the Roberts lawn in the
midst of one of the finest citrus fruit
groves in Florida. Went fishing by
moonlight and again in the early
morning Thursday and caught enough
fish for breakfast, which the amateur
chef, Robinson, bronZed and fried
brown. A run was then made into
Bee Island, where the party was feast
ed on as fine Florida favorite water
melon as ever smiled on vine. Then
on to Avon Park and back to South
Frostproof, and west into the Lang
ford settlement, on the west side of
Clinch lake, and north to North Side
across the canal east to North Frost
proof and across Blue Jordan into
Kissimmee Island, and to camps at
the Davis sheep pens. Here another
jolly good night of cooking and feast
ing, and glad dreams.
At a. m, on Friday the party was
up and breakfast, then off to Kissim
NEE lake and up it's shore across one
of the most magnificent and valuable
4 prairies in America through the
pastures of the Lightseys, Lewises,
\ Stokes and Zepperers. Here the
splendid herds of grades and short
horns and Polled Angus cattle were
seen in thousands-sleek and fat,
with never any feed but the native
grasses, would gladden. the hearts of
the biggest and best cattlemen in
America. and our party as unit, de-
clared, mo danger of a famine in
Florida"
By noon we had crossed the canal
at Rosalie, and went for fish for din
ner. Later, at Hatchenelia creek, we
got the best camp cooked dinner ever
served in Florida, and it was washed
down right, too. Then we saw Catfish
creek, the east end of the Seaboard
ri railroad, the lovely Myrtle lake coun-
Try, and wistful Lake Wales at sun
SET That village is an up-to-now good
# one, with both. the A. c. l.. and Sea-
BOARD railroads, and many modern
advantages. Then a night run to
barlow and home.
I'm route we saw many most beau
ului lakes and farms and citrus
groves and fine crops of sugar cane,
ana vegetables and perfect grapefruit
ana oranges, and we enjoyed every
miie and moment of it, and every one
US would like to take you with US
enen we are going to do the same
UP again, on November goth, and on
Or whole week, and then as we
IN !ourney by the wayside we will LIVE.
out you get ready and go with us and
sou VIII see, and we'll fetch you in
ieellng fine, fat and frisky. for there
mi a'e iots and cords of good things to
'a' on both sides of that road for the
Z sl'ife distance, and we know how to
ss' snem, and when it gets right down
jokes and songs and scenery and
s.Ou cooking and bon-cameraderie, we
#I ~ keep you laughing and glad to be
IN a'Ong and alive.
r. ni' and Mrs. Eli Osborne of Morris