San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-23
LOVELY CORPUS.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC TOURIST AT
DEEP WATER.
He Fills up on Balmy Breezes eand
Fish at Mic Constantine's-And
Writes a Breezy Effus sion
to The Light
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, 20, 1891.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, 20, 1891.
To the San Antonio LIGHT:
Gentle breezes from the southeast,
cooling al overheated atmosphere,
indicative of summer near at hand,
and counteracted by the current of
air produced by the quick and fast
rush of the iron horse of the s. A. P
railway, over it's road towards the
Gulf. Prairies, covered with thous-
snds of beautiful flowers, represent
ing in as many variations the
colors of the rainbow. interpreted
with thickets of mesquite, wssatche,
post oak and other strawberries; last
but not least, the prickley
pear with numerous species of the
cactus family are passed In quick
succession. Large corn and cotton
fields, the former predominating in
acreage, on meeting the eye with but
few exceptions are in fine state of
promise for a good harvest. TIL
country is being fenced up more
every year and fences on either side
mark the public highway, when but
few years ago team could drive
over the prairie broadcast, using the
sun or other indicators as guides to
points desired to be reached.
Nearing the coast country, through
night, the air is softened by breezes
from the guilt. Corpus Christi is the
call OF the conductor. Soundings OF
breakers, wavlets and q fresh salt
water breeze come to your senses Of
hearing and feeling, and after many
months of absence your correspond
ent enjoys the beautiful aromas OF
the gulf.
The salt cedars, with which the
garden fences and enclosures are
lined, interspersed with red and
white oleanders, are in full bloom.
Vegetables and all conceivable gar
den products which are brought to
town are shipped by the car load to
points further north.
Last week was an eventful one for
Corpus Christi; besides several small
excursions, some passenger cars full of
pious colored brethren and sisters
came to enjoy the coast. The annual
excurt-trip of Railway Conductors
who were scattered along the
coast, brought with them
quite large number of ladies and
gentlemen. Among them was an old
friend, Mel. kirkpatrick, of U. 5.
court fame.
Sunday last brought us by special
train, the Beeville base ball club,
with their numerous friends, to enjoy
and witness q previously agreed
game of base ball with the Corpus
club on their grounds here.
The game was closely con-
con infested one and was won by the
Beevilleites by but one score This is
considered as voluntary concession
on the part of the Gulf City crew to
prepare tor further meetings.
Mr. Harry Fowler, still in good re-
collection of San Antonio street car
fame, but now stirring business man
at Beeville, accompanied his club and
added not little to the good fellow
ship and feeling among the boys.
Harry Is the en- thusiastic agent for
City Brewery of San Antonio at Bee
Vile and adjacent counties, and has
proven by his work that he is the
best fitted for the work of introduce
ing that institutions favorite bever-
age. He also blows the "snare drum"
in the Beeville Brass band, and re-
uuested your scribe TO say that his
lips are still sore from the eXertion."
The so much talked of "Repe's
Pass" is progressing under difficult
ties; the scraping machinery sndtheir
necessary appliances can't work
against the guicksand which prevails
on and of which Mustang Island 10
chiefly composed; however, persever-
ance, machinery and human brains
will accomplish everything and con-
quer in the end.
The much talked-of Texas, Browns
Vile and South American rally way Is
now going to materialize, and IL is
only q day or two ago that locating
crew of surveyors, and in fact COM
plete outfit, OF whom Joe Shelley was
one of them, returned after having
located nearly the whole distance
hence to Brownsville.
Yesterday was Emancipation day
for the colored population.
They had arranged grand pro-
cesston on floats which showed the
different and successive stages of
life through which they had passed.
The arrangements were good, and
did credit to those who had matters
in charge They were preceded by
q fine brass band and followed by
large number of carriages to the
place Of celebration.
Mic Constantine, of many years of
renown as a fine caterer to the palate,
is finely located in his new hotel of
brick and stone, with ample accomo-
dations for travellers, and the general
public seeking the gulf bree2es for
recreation. II. Il.