The Ocala evening star., 1915-08-20
Thought for the Day

/ Without strong affections, and hu-
manity of heart, and gratitude to that
Being whose code is mercy, and whose
great attribute is benevolence to all
/ things that breathe, true happiness
can never be attained.-Dickens.
State exchanges are commenting
on the planting of trees along the
streets and public highways, and We
ask with the Punta Gorda Herald,
beautiful one than the orange ?"
Years ago Palatka had many orange
trees bordering her walks and drive
ways, and when they were in bloom
and the air redolent with the delic-
! ious perfume they reminded one of
the poetry about Persian gardens and
| the vale of Cashmere. Before the
great freeze Ocala gardens, streets
and adjoining farms and plantations
each had their quota of these beauti-
ful evergreen trees. Their ornamental
beauty when laden with fruit or
| flowers gave Ocala and Marion coun-
| ty a distinction unrivaled, their lus-
Cious burdens being free for the ask
| ing. Let US revive the custom of
those blessed olden days and plant
the orange trees along our street and
highways that strangers within our
gates may again enjoy with us their
unrivaled beauty and their fragrance
and lusciousness-the luxury of Flor1
lda's choicest fruit-the orange.
A great many Ocala people own
chickens. Chickens are valuable as
set to the owner, but a nuisance to
the owners neighbors when they are
not kept where they belong. Chick
ems at the present time seem to be
given an unlimited privilege and
they roam wherever they find good
scratching and as a rule they find it
in someone's garden or flower bed.
1t should not be necessary to tell a
man, or woman that their chickens
are troublesome, for if they watch
them at all they know it without be-
irg told. We venture to say that if
chicken failed to appear after a
days wandering the owner would
not hesitate to accuse a neighbor of
killing it, although the day before
they would not have acknowledged
that their chickens ever went away
from home. Women, Paris green and
10 ht1To af oh tn
of a stir in a neighborhood when
brought together than almost any
other three things combined. There
fore it would be a good idea if chick
en- owners would keep their poultry
on their own premises.
On account of illness, Mrs. d. w.
Tompkins has deferred her visit to
the mountains for a few days.
Miss Ophelia Sawtell will arrive to-
morrow afternoon from Baltimore,
where she has been for the past year
taking course in nursing at the
Johns Hopkins school.
Miss Ellen Leigh, the attractive
guest at the home of her brother, Mr..
Samuel Leigh and wife, left today
for visit to her father and brother
at Crystal River. Miss Leigh will
again visit in this city before re-
turning to her home in Jacksonville.
Mr.. Robert MacKay is rapidly re-
covering from his recent operation at
the hospital and will be able to go to
Lake Weir in a few days.
Miss Mary Marshall is the guest
until tomorrow of Mrs. Harry Dozier
and Mrs. Harry Clarkson at North
Lake Weir.
Miss Ludie Smith will go to the
lake tomorrow for few days visit
to Mrs. Clarence Camp and family.
The many friends in this city of
Sister Esther Carlotta, president of
the Florida Division of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, will
regret to learn of her serious illness
at her home, Rest Haven, on Rhode
avenue, St. Augustine.
Mrs. w. F. Yocum of Lake City is
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. w. T.
Gary and family.
1t will be of interest to the many
friends in this city of Capt. and Mrs.
L. M. Thayer, former residents of
Ocala, to learn that they are pleas
antly located in Asheville, having a
beautiful home in that city. Capt.
and Mrs. Thayer are for the present
summering in California, attending
| the exposition.
Miss Catherine McNabb of Barn
we'll 6 C and Miss Mamie KaaI of