. Book of the Royal blue . interchange with Havana and the steamersplying between these cities. St. Petersburglies southwest of Port Tampa on FampaBay, and affords a most delightful climatein winter. Belleair, farther north on the(julf coast, is often referred to as Belleairthe Beautiful, as its surroundings aretropical and it affords a beautiful \iew ofthe Cudf. Punta (Jorda lies on CharlotteHarbor, a bay of the (Jidf, far down thesouthwest coast; and Fort .Myers still farthersouth, which was the headquarters forLnited States troops in the war with theSeminole Indians, is a faxorite resort fo
. Book of the Royal blue . interchange with Havana and the steamersplying between these cities. St. Petersburglies southwest of Port Tampa on FampaBay, and affords a most delightful climatein winter. Belleair, farther north on the(julf coast, is often referred to as Belleairthe Beautiful, as its surroundings aretropical and it affords a beautiful \iew ofthe Cudf. Punta (Jorda lies on CharlotteHarbor, a bay of the (Jidf, far down thesouthwest coast; and Fort .Myers still farthersouth, which was the headquarters forLnited States troops in the war with theSeminole Indians, is a faxorite resort fortarpon fishing on the Caloosahatchie Ri\ Springs, on the Anclote Ri\er, is apopular family resort. Fhere are innumerable smaller places allo\er Florida which are of easy .iccess x iathe various railways from Jacksonville, andfor three months every year January,I ebruary and March — the exodus from theNorth increases the popuhuion of Floridanianv fold. A Town Clock Faithfullyfor More Than a Recording TimeCentury. NTKRKSTING serviceswere held on October 27last in the EvangelicalReformed Church, ofFrederick, Marvland, tocommemorate the onehundredth anniversary ofthe steeple, in which ishoused the town clock of Frederick. Fhetown clock itself is older than the steeple inwhich it is located, having been inoperation since 1797, and the stonetower which is surmounted by thesteeple is still older, having beenerected in 1764, and being, it is said,the oldest church tower in Mar\-land. Fhis tower was erected as part ofthe third church building erectedthe congregation, whose history nback ] 75 years. 7he land u\which it was built was donatedthe congregation by Patrick Duthe original owner of the land uponwhich the town of Frederick wasbuilt. .\ number of vears ago a new church was built across the street from theold one, and in 1880 the main portion ofthe old church was torn down, though thestone tower and its steeple were left stand-ing and a new building erected back of thet
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