The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-07-21
BELLEEIEW

Belleview, July 21.-Last Tuesday
night Mrs. o. NJ. Gale threw her
home open to the young people of the
/ B. Y. P. u. society. The evening was
spent very pleasantly in playing
I games, etc. Mrs. Gale surprised the
party by serving ice cream and cake
Miss Minnie Fitzpatrick went to
I Ocala one day last week and return
/ ed with her sister, Mrs. Ida Maddox
who will spend a few weeks with her
/ parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Kilpat-
: rick.
Mr.. Idle Brown and wife have
rooms at Mr.. L. Weihe's.
Quite a crowd attended the ex-
ecutor's sale at the home of the late
A. Baumgardner Saturday afternoon.
On account of the shortage of money
it was not expected that many would
bid but it turned out that nearly ev-
cry one that went left with some
thing that was put up.
We have always thought of Gyp-
sizes as a bunch of wayfarers in a
covered wagon and taking life very
leisurely but we were surprised last
week by being visited by Gypsies
travelling in an automobile. They
climbed in and out of the machine
like rats going in hole.
A pitiful sight was witnessed here
last Thursday about noon. A family
of Belgians consisting of a father,
mother, son and daughter passed
through harnessed to a road cart.
Upon the road cart was placed all
they possessed in the way of worldly
goods. They were going to New
York. They stopped and the father
went over town hunting small jobs
to do to get something to eat. Fail
ing to find anything to do they start
ed on their way to Ocala without din
ner. They were too proud to beg.
One of our big-hearted women, real
izing their plight, sent them dinner.
The legislature of Florida should pass
acts to put a stop to this thing of
fooling the poor people of the north
ern states down to Florida by telling
all sorts of stories to get them here
and after the land shark gets the
few hundred dollars they have saved
he leaves them to do the best they
can. Not knowing the conditions of
the country they are soon in desper-
ate straits. We are speaking from
personal experience as well as from
observation. The writer went out
when he first came to the state with
a land shark to look at a piece of
land. The writer asked the agent
what sort of. grass it was that he
orally covered with it. The agent
said, ooh, that is one of our native
grasses that comes up on the land
when it is left idle. All you have to
do is to turn it with. two-horse pillow
and that ends it." The writer pulled
up a few spears of it and it was the
best sample of nut grass he had seen
many days. This is the way they do.
Mrs. C. M. Winton and children of
Bushnell are on a visit to her father,
Mr.. L. Weihe.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Methodist church gave a box supper
Friday night at the home of Mr.. L.
Weihe to raise funds to pay the gas
bill of the church. .s.a ca c1- us.-=
A rather amusing, but to the boy
it appeared rather serious, thing
happened last week. Master Joshua
Hett was distributing circulars ad-
vertising the Baumgardner sale and
when he went to Summerfield is
where the show took place. Mr.. N.
Mayo has a pet monkey and when the
boy was mailing up his papers, not
thinking of the monkey, he (the mon
key jumped on the boy and pulled
his hair. Hett was taken so by sur
price he proceeded to defend himself
so he hit at the monkey. This enrag-
ed the monkey and fight took place
at once. When the smoke of the bat
tie cleared away the monkey was
dead and the boys finger was badly
chewed up. We glory in the little
fellows grit to stand his ground as
he did.
Miss Pearl Proctor and little broth
er and sister of Orlando, who have
been on visit to friends here, left
for their home yesterday.