Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-19

| fences are unknown herewith theil
blooming geraniums and other pot plants
until we reach an ancient adobe said Il
De the sbode Of a Mexican patriarch ageC
! l07. Here we dad several chairs and
bedstesd sad few other signs of modern
civilization.
! TIE o.! i party locks century old, Ger
tsiuly, with his snow white head snt
glszec eyes. Els juvenile partner, ths
second wife, does not appesr 10 be mori
thEn seventy. Motionipg him to Gil obi
little basket with pears from tree soou,
| as old IS himself, We deposis "diney''
| with him sId ssliy forth 20 find the Mex,
| lean jsweier, VITO We have been informed,
sbides near By.
He Is away, Tut his rude work table
| stands in front Of the window surmoUn:ed
| by clumsy old bellows. 1t is q disap.
pointment not 70 be s5ls to bring SWAY S
| souvenir CT silver tlsgree work or fine
gold 3welry, such 80 Mex!csns are ia
nous for manufacturing. But we COM
persate ourselves By peeping into the
next room where pretty little Mexican
girl upon her knees is deity working up
corn into soft paste with her stone
metst. Another one is baking the tortil-
49, Sa SAN|- IA Ih CN~L ZIG SIals
These CAKES are modelled with the hands
very thin, and baked by turing n!s! en-
one side and then the other.
This primitive method OF making corn
meal Is pursued within stoue's tcrow
scCrn Innovations and methods that were
cestcr5, are good enough for them.
Tho 60 v-nt
has flne orcnsrd il the rear, sid enIer
Ing this We ind the grestest surp1i:e yet.
Here are spples world without end, peSre
I'D i2fnitum, ounces as the sands Of the
seasnore for multitude, and peaches till
you can't rest The latter are small and
uDimproved varieties, bat the apples
hive never seen surpassed and 40 &C.
qusinted with apple culture from Cslii0r.
MA to Cameo ;cut. f even inches IS
common circumference, and one tree hks
yielded this season 800 pounds OF excel
lent fruit. Many trees are grated, one,
1 noticed, bearing both pasrs and apples.
There are 30 fence barriers anywhere,
tie irrigsting bitches forming the diVIt-
ing lines between ranches.
From one orchard 10 GnoEher we go,
alled wi ever-renewed surprise st the
wealth Of fle fruit everywhere. Ysie:e's
famous old pear treey come In
Tor their full share OF admiration. TheIr
Lges date faE back beyond ths memory Of
liv!Dg mel, Il 6izs they resemble s.steIy
iores! trees. The girth of ore we meas
ured was twelve feet, though We heard OF
others still larger. The grspe and melon
season sre Dearly over, bu: there have
baen abundant crops CT esch. Tomatoes
snd sweet potatoes are still abundant snd
very fine.
Passing through enc yard we eepIed,
drying in tie Gun, long rows Of adobe
clay crooks and bowls OF various s'z3s
After they are bsked these are the sole
household and cooking vessels Of all the
Mexican fam lies,in such isrs The famous,
toothsome "frjioles" ere boiled.
A visit to the pslsiisl adobe and orchard
Of our EX-R7preaentative, Colonel G.
w. Baylor, winds up our
delightful little vacation trip.
Here we gee rally fae, cultivated
'rui., for the Colonel mikes a spscielty
If bis orchard. The S.ockley, Delaware
peaches are represented here aad elegant
)nes they are. One fire specimen 20
which l applied my tspe line scored nine
md one half inches ia circumference. i
His spples and pears srs also very
shoice.
Recommending suy one il search of 4 |
.sW sensation TO fruitful, nowery Ysletd. =
subscribe myself yours truly.