The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-11
FROM FAR IN DIXIE.
Kenoshan Writes From Georgiana
Florida to tell of Life in the Sunny
South During Past Few Weeks,
Georgiana, Fla,
March. 81. 1918.

N~AO'
Editor Courier
Travelling by water is the ideal mode
on the Florida east coast and the In
dian river has long been known for
senger boat Constitution owned by the
Mccoy Bros. makes regular trips dur
ing the tourist season, leaving Daytona
every Thursday and arriving at Palm
Beach Saturday evening, returning she
leaves Palm Beach. Monday and. ar
rives at Daytona Wednesday, stopping
at intermediate points by appointment.
March 18th a party Of seven com
prising one from Maine, one from
Mass, one from Ohio and four from
Wis, took passage on this boat at
Georgiana for the trip to Palm Beach.
The deck was seated with comfortable
small rockers and as we climbed
aboard we felt we were quite an addi-
ton to the party of over thirty who
had come on from Rockledge that
morning. The river which is about
one mile wide at this place gradually
widens and at the point of the island
Is miles south where the Banana river
joins Indiana river it is considerable
wider. We pass Eau Gale where the
military training camp for boys is To-
Gated and at our left Melbourne Beach
on the Atlantic coast is seen. Grad
,1o11xv +1,a r;xyon xoro11c onI w. ,Saon
numerous Islands covered with dense
growth of shrubs, then we pass schoals
where there is narrow channel and
the pilot up at the wheel is making
almost constant turn to keep his boat
going. We pass some beautiful homes
on the west shore where time and
money have been lavishly spent. Late
in the afternoon we reach Ft. Pierce
where we stop for the night, at the Ft.
Pierce hotel which has recently been
enlarged and has accommodations for
two hundred guests.
At eight clock Saturday morning
all with the exception of one lady
who was travelling alone were at the
boat ready for the days ride. In a
short time we enter Jupiter Narrows
and many crooked channels through
these small Islands. Here the govern
ment is about to make deep water
harbor and vessels may follow the st.
Iucie river into the everglades. Hobo
sound is reached, upon whose tropical
banks are built elegant winter homes
among them the home of joe Jeffer-
son. The Jupiter Light with its
signal station wireless telegraph comes
into view at the mouth of the Lox-
ahtches. We enter canal % miles long
which connects with lake Worth on
whose shore is the far famed resort
where the devotees of fashion love to
congregate.
A joke is played on the tourist. who
is ever watching for the curiosities of
the trip when the Capt. calls out that
We are soon to pass an Indian Gene
terry where the U. S. Government has
placed tomb-stones at the graves of
twelve Seminole Indians. killed in bat
tie As the boat comes to the place
all are on their feet watching to get
good view and are ready to go and
sit down when told the slabs they see
arc bee hives put out in that wild to
secure the honey from the wild flowers.
As we leave this canal and come
to lake Worth we see on an Island the
home of the late DR.. Munyon who died
at the Royal Poneiani few days pre-
yious to our visit there. At about 5
2. M. Saturday we arrive at West Palm
Beach and as We go ashore we realize
we are in the midst Of much that is
rare and beautiful, hedges of scarlet