Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-03-09
TELLS OF TRIP
TO PRETTY LAKE
WORTH, FLORIDA,
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or course Their IS legend or maid"
en- and her lover who were to be
separated by cruel and meraenary
father, who drowned themselves in
the largest geyser or spring.
Attend Negro Church
While camping here we attended
negro church one evening. IL any
OF the party went with a feeling Of
curiosity they came home with only
respect for one could not doubt their
sincerity and the singing was truly
treat. From Silver Springs we drove
past and around lovely Lake Wier,
camped one night at Leerburg and
reached Orlando, Nov. 2Sth, where we
found a camping place was furnished
for twenty-five cents a night. We
spent several days here getting let
tiers from home and here we met Mr..
Blachly of Kilbourn who has a winter
home and orange grove at Orlando.
Attend Barbecue
AS our watChword was ever south
ward we reached Kissimmee Dec. 4th
and while there attended a barbecue
given by real state man. Hundreds
of pounds OF beef and pork were roast
ed on iron CRATES over trenches filed
with Goals also bread and butter sand
witches and coffee were served. On
our way from Kissimmee to Tampa
we passed some very large citrus
groves. This section looked much
more fertile than any previously seen
in Florida. On reaching Tampa, a
city of about eighty thousand, / be-
lieve, we found fine T. G. T. camp
ground at De Sofa park on Tampa Bay.
This place il is claimed is where De
Sofa first landed. We spent two weeks
at this camp visiting Sulphur Springs,
Port Tampa. Ballast Point. and many
interesting places near the city.
On Tampa Bay we saw the Booze
Logs" as they were called that were
foated in from Cuba or some of the
near by Islands. The logs were split
lengthwise. excavations made that
would hold a FIVE gallon cask, then
the two halves were spiked together
and the log sent to sea at the right
time so they would float to Florida
shores.
The city OF Tampa gives the auto
tourist a cordial welcome furnishing
them a free camp ground large
enough to accommodate a thousand
tents, electric lighted. shower baths,
and sanitary in every way. A COM
munity hall that will seat. two thous-
and people where every night there
is story telling, readings, music, com
munity singing or some form OF en-
tertainment furnished by the talent
among the campers. care taker is
hired to keep the grounds in order and
place each tent. After a pleasant two
weeks there we drove to Tarpon
Springs passing on our way the great
Lythia Spring where so many come to
hattie in the Lythia waters.
Visit Tarpon Springs
TarpOn Springs is one of the most
beautiful little towns on tho west
coast and is fast waking up to the
idea of being tourist town and every
tourist who comes to Florida should
visit this interesting little city. The
wonderful great spring from which it
derives its name makes it worth visit
ing. II is here where the great sponge
fisheries unload their tons of sponges
to be sold to the highest bidder. The
sponge sales are conducted each Tues
day and Friday; the sponges being
sorted and piled according to value
and size tGen the bidders look a pile
over and write their bids on slips Of
paper which are handed I'm no one but
commission men being allowed to bid,
we saw a pile of wool sponges sold for
$1,200.00 and another Pile the own
er refused a bid $3.50 it was very in
teresting TO watch the sales and see
the many kinds of sponges that are
brought in. The shops along the docks
were full OF all the curious things
that are found in the deep seas.
While camping there we went deep
sea fishing with an old sea captain.
Catch Large Fish
We left the dock at five a. m. which
seemed very early and at sunrise we
were twenty miles out on the Gulf of
Mexico; we caught about two hun
dred pounds of fish averaging in
weight from four to twenty pe.,.nds
each. We caught a porpoise that day
which weighed two hundred and ten
pounds which took the united efforts
OF the entire party to land. then came
shark which took our bait and
drove our fish away One of the par
ty caught a toad fish which the old
captain said was bad luck as he pull
ed up the anchor and started for
home. We reached the docks about