The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-13
The Garden OF Eden.

scholars and antlquarlans.
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 aud
soil, descriptive Of this historic place.
A New Years dinner was given in
honor of the Arkansas County Horti-
cultursts to be served from voluntary
donations of these men taken from
their own gardens near Rockport.
Drafts were drawn lpon the sdjacent
proprietors with the following results:
Every mandate was honored, and
the result was stupendous. Mr.. Joe
Trips sent liberal quantity of onions,
cabbage, cauliHower and tomatoes with
specimens of green corn, asparagus,
and oantaloupes. 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
yams, white radishes, black turnips,
lettuce and snap beans, and gave him
specimen strawberry plant on which
were growing green leaves, green Der
ries, new blooms and 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 egyptians, celery, ripe
tomatoes, cashaw, squashes, sweet
peppers, green, and ripe, and rutaba-
ga nips.
Mr.. Christy Osborne sent lot of
magnificent large turnips, beets and
cabbages.
Messrs.ss W. H and ]. C. Ives joint.
ly sent load of cabbages, turnips,
onions, beets, radishes and sweet
potatoes, with specimens of green
pea vines, green tomato vines, in
bloom, and fresh lettuce.
Mr.. H. G.. Boles sent three largo
watermelons from his enormous vine.
One of these melons weighs 46 pounds
another 40 pounds and the other 80
pounds. Mr. Boles also sent half
dozen frying-size chickens and
specimen bunch of rhubarb, of which
some stems but ten days old, are
larger than carpenters pencils. Mr..
Boles sent some elegant homemade
preserves and pickles.
Messrs. Holman and Hoffman sent
lot of fine radishes, and Messrs.
Isaac Hughes and Jack Burris sent
full supply of fresh milk and butter.
Mr. Jno c. Emory undertook to
supply the table with geese, ducks
aid small Game, and o. L. Wilson
sent an elegant lot of fresh venison,
which he killed that morning es.
pecially for the occasion, and which
was warm when delivered.
Mr.. j. e. Barber killed lot of
quail for the occasion, and sent fat
young mast-fed hog.
The beef was raised and fattened
on the MCCampbell pasture, and
slaugbteree DO Mr.. G. w. Lewis.
Mr.. j. l. Caruthers sent a dozen
bottles of rich native wines from his
Iugleside vintage of 1891,
The markets of Rockport and Aran-
sAs harbor furnished fsh, oysters and
game 10 endless quantity.
The orchards of Live Oak Peninsula
are yet in their infancy and native
fruits could not be secured except for
decorative purposes. Prof. II. P. Att
water of Rockport, loaned three native
oranges upon a freshly cut stem with
leaves clinging to it, and also donated
large sweet potato that had taken a
second gorwth and was enveloped in
network of vines grown from it's
own body. The orange specimens had
been given to Prof. Attwater for pres
ervation in his museum of Southwest
Texas products, and we're loaned on
The Herald's pledge to return them,