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An Outing.Miss Sara E. Sweat and the editor of Thk Champion accompanied the Governor and party to Ft. Myers last week, and took in as much of the excursion to the Everglades as seemed best. That is they listened to the Governor's speech were guests at the banquetgiveu the Governor at the Bradfordand watched the rest of excursionists take their departure on Tuesday morning, ,W’ ‘As they were the only ladies in the party it seemed best to postpone their visit to Lake Okechobee until some future time. A very cordial invitation by W. Ross Wallace and Editor Gray of the American Eagle, of Estero, thatthe two ladies spend the two days at Estero was accepted and a pleasant ride of sixteen miles in a comfortable surrey behind a matched span of blacks, transported us to Estero before noon of Tuesday. Here we met a most cordial welcome from the most remarkable people in Florida, who are here building up a little paradise on earth. It is quite a surprise to a traveler who has never heard of the Koreshan colony in Lee county to drive sixteen miies without passing an inhabited house to be landed among a settlement of 150 people with picturesque and even elegant i surroundings. All sorts of machinery in successful operation, including the finest newspaper and printing outfit in Florida, from | which emenates weekly as largean output of printed matter as is%sent out by any publishing house in the state. A fine saw mill furnishes lumber for their own buildings and also some for the trade. The grounds are laid out with the best landscape garden effedts, the location being on the banks of Estero river. A concrete works in operation will eventually furnish building material, but at present the buildings are frame, and more or less frontier as to outward appearance. Interiorly they are handsomely furnished. The Art building isrich in oil paintings the work of Doctor Teed’s son Arthur, who• m ' w p wspent nine years in Italy studying art. A Kronich Bach piano, occupies a prominent place, and the Koreshan band and orchestra daily discourse most excellent music in this buildfhg, which is arranged with seats for an audience, as the Saturday uight orchestra recitals are a regular feature.. We were so fortunate as to ar rive at the same time as Harry .loonier, leader of the orchestra, vho has been spending the sumniei iu Chicago. A musical entertainment was given in his honor,(Continued on ninctli page).
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Arcadia Champion
Arcadia, Florida, US
Thu, Oct 04, 1906
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