The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-23
WAR With Chile.
The Fight Depends on Arkansas Pass
IfItIs
ADOPTED AS AN HARBoR THE
United states will surely Win and
The Soldiers and sailors will be
Happy-Rockport Lots will lie
Fine Investment whether War Is
Had or Not.

ing theme for centuries and its loca.
tion a subject of inquiry for both
scholars and antiquarians.
If this famous spot has not been
definitely located, let the investiga-
ton be confined to Texas, for it has
within her vast area the climate and
soil, descriptive of this historic place.
A New Years dinner was given in
honor of the Arkansas County Horti-
culturists to be served from voluntary
donations of these men taken from
their own gardens near Rockport.
Drafts we're drawn lpon the sdjacent
proprietors with the following results:
Every mandate was honored, aud
the result was stupendous. Mr.. Joe
Trips sent liberal quantity of onions,
cabbage, cauliflower and tomatoes with
specimens of green corn, asparagus,
and cantaloupes Mr.. NJ. Kaltenbach
was absent when the press fend arriv-
ed at his home, but Mrs Kaltenbach
and Miss Florence Farrell entertained
him handsomely and loaded his cart
with new Irish potatoes, magnificent
vans, white radishes, black turnlps,
lettuce and snap beans, and gave him
a specimen strawberry plant on which
were growing green leaves, green Der
ries, new blooms and a single rich, red,
ripe berry, that surely tried his pa
thence to deliver. The last cluster Of
grapes had been plucked for their
family dinner on Christmas day.
! Mr.. William Tomas, of Rockport.
sent liberal specimens of white giaut,
golden plume and bleached celery,
with the fresh dirt clinging to the
roots.
Mr.. Peter d. Houser sent liberal
supply of egyptian S, celery, ripe
tomatoes, cashaw, squashes, sweet
peppers, green, and ripe, and rutaba--
ga turnips.
Mr. Christy Osborne sent lot Of
magnificent large turnips, beets and
cabbages.
Messrs. W. H. and j. c. Ives joint.
! ly sent load of cabbages, turnips
onions, beets, radishes and swee,
potatoes, with specimens of greer
pea vines, green tomato vines, il
bloom, and fresh lettuce.
Mr.. H. G. Boles sent three large
watermelons from his enormous vine
One of these melons weighs 46 pounds
another 40 pounds and the other IS
pounds. Mr.. Boles also sent half {
dozen frying-size chickens and /;
specimen bunch of rhubarb, of which
some stems but ten days old, arr
larger than carpenters pencils, Mr.
Boles sent some elegant home-mad'
preserves and pickles.
Messrs. Holman and Hoffman sen
a lot of fine radishes, and Messrs
Isaac Hughes and Jack Burris sent
full supply of fresh milk and butter
Mr.. Jno c. Emory undertook tt
supply the table with geese, duck
and small Game, and o. l.. Wilso
sent an elegant lot of fresh venison
which he killed that morning es
pecially for the occasion, and whic
was warm when delivered.
Mr.. j. Il. Barber killed a lot o
quail for the occasion, and sent ia
I young mast.fed hog.
The beef was raised and fattene
on the McCampbell pasture, an,
slaughteree DO Mr.. 6. W. Lewis.
Mr.. j. l. Caruthers sent d doze
bottles of rich native wines from hi
Ingleside vintage of 1891.
! The markets of Rockport and Aran
sas harbor furnished fish, oysters an
: game in endless quantity.
a The orchards of Live Oak Peninsul
are yet in their infancy and nativ
fruits could not be secured except fo
decorative purposes. Prof. H. p, Att
water Of Rockport, loaned three nativ
oranges upon freshly cut stem wit
leaves clinging to it, and also donate
a large sweet potato that had taken
. second gorwth and was enveloped i
network of vines grown from il
own body. The orange specimens ha
s been given to Prof. Attwater for pre-!
ervatiOn in his museum of Southwes
Texas products, and we're loaned o
s The Herald's pledge to return then
e but they were inadvertently eaten an
!. sincere apology is the only retur
n The Herald can make.
Banana culture was represented
- the nodding leaves on the three fin