The Ocala evening star., 1915-08-12
BELLEvIEw'S BUDGET
Our Special Correspondent is Again
at Her Post

versity summer school, studying my
head off on grammar, English compo-
sition and several other studies, and
wonderful to tell / can really tell a
verb from a noun once more, If /
should happen to meet 1T in the mid
die of the road, and it was good broad
day light. / really believe that /
could parse a sentence, if occasion re-
quired, and as for adjectives, why ! am
chock full of them.
This summer school is a bigger
thing than the average Floridian real
ICES, and when one takes into consid-
Grafton that there were six summer
normal schools conducted in the state
this year, with close TO fifteen hun
dred students, all anxious to improve
themselves in different lines of studies,
it can be appreciated that the student
body of Florida is advancing with
rapid strides. This Gainesville Uni
versity is great proposition, and Of
it l will have more to say later on.
/ also diversified the monotony by
making a trip to Live Oak, and watch
ing the postmasters of the state go
thru the agonies of holding a con-
vention. I'll tell you all about this
too, when / get some time. But what
Immediately concerns me most is to
find upon my return practically de-
serted village, and at night it is so
lonesome that can go out and carve
great hunks of lonesomeness out of
the black night air. -
/ miss Mrs. Wilson's cheerful face,
and hear that she is having good
time in Connecticut.
In looking across the open, / see
that Sam Thomas house is closed, and
hear that he and Mrs. Thomas are
enjoying a well merited trip to Nash
Vile, Tenn, and the surrounding coun-
try.
In looking down towards the par
sonage, / fail to see that long-legged
preacher who tried to give Belleview
correct imitation of Billy Sunday,
and. Upon looking up the
street see that Sister Mary E. Foggs
house is closed, and learn that she is
enjoying herself in a part of Gorgia,
where watermelon and chicken and all
kinds of good things grow twelve
months in the year. also miss the
imposing height of Mr.. Sam Millican
from the streets. And one face that
do sincerely miss and will always
remember, is good old Uncle John Half
ner, who ended his earthly career by
hanging himself. Poor Uncle John
meant well by all the world, and gave
every one a square deal, but they took
advantage of the old gentleman's big
heartedness and handed him the short
end of the stick, and it broke his heart.
Oak Knoll also appears deserted
and Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Hafner are
enjoying the hospitalities of Central
Pennsylvania.
Another face that do not miss is
that of big, good natured John Lyles
He has not gone, but has added to
and now it is Mr.. and Mrs. John Lyles
One face that l miss and it pains
me not to see it, is that of Mrs. Ella
Lyles FAINT, who has lain so long ir
the hospital at Ocala, and who is max
ing such brave struggle to gain hel
health and get on her feet once more
Another face that missed by being
away, was Fisk Bryant, who during
my absence made a trip to Belleviev
flom Missouri bringing a brand new
bride with him, showing her off to hi:
home folks, and then fitting away Il
his western home, leaving people Il
wonder at what fine big man he ha.
grown to be. / will never forget tn
trip that / made down on the Caloosa
hatchee river on a steam boat tha
l was run by gasoline, and that carries
= fish for living, and of which Fisl
: was the captain, and was a passeng
or, going up into the Everglades nea
Lake Okeechobee. We meet peopl
we know all over the world. Goo
= luck to you Fisk.
l need some dress making, and up
on inquiring about Mrs. John ]
9 Hames, learned that she has hied her
e self away to her old home in Sout
Carolina. The first night that wa
home looked very expectantly to sc
Freeman Hames' smiling visage ap
pear at the doorway to fill his regula
appointment, pumping the piano-play
= er. for our evening entertainment, an
= when he did not appear, / wondere
- why and was told that he had gone ou
!, into the world to carve his own pat
= to fame and fortune, and that he wa
e up in Virginia, making good money
and know that he will do well where
ever he goes.
This leaving home habit among on
young people is growing contagiou:
. for the last person whom / ever sus
pected of leaving home and travelin
far, was Bennie Shedd, and now he
. Up by the salt water in South Carolina
= And Folke Sjoberg going in the oppo
site direction is having good time i
Chicago.
/ also miss Mrs. James j. Nelson
who is sojourning along the beautifu
historical Hudson river in New Yor
= |, state, while Mrs. Ruth Perry Nelso