San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-13

grand Ieat ana 1east was the com
plimentary fish chowder and fisl
fry In the afternoon, in which
large numbers of the visitors in
dulged, even II for nothing else bu
the novelty of the entertain ment
On last Thursday a number o
gentleman, while at Rockport, who
for the sake of variety, among then
certain prominent real estat,
manipulation, chartered the slooI
"Hoo- Hoo" an ominous name in
itself, (the owner does not belong to
the cancatenated), to take a "Bay
trip" to Corpus Christi. After the 3
got started some threatening clouds
gathered on the horizon, but the
craft had started with fine breeze
and Notwithstanding the gather
ing clouds, expected to reach their
destination without any mishap,
but MAN proposes, ETC." Oyster
reefs and mud flats were plentiful
under the shallow water, and the
Hoo-Hoo got stuck ON one of the
latter. What happened afterward
should not be told, but this scribe
was informed, "a la sub rosa," that
all hands, passengers, captain and
crew had to get overheard and do
some pushing to float the vessel.
Night spread its sable pail and the
salt-watered garments were tied in
sailor fashion to the reef stops in
the main sail to dry, in which op-
GRAFTON the soft rays Of the just
rising moon assisted not a little.
However, where there is "Will"
there is a way, and with
the assistance Of "Knight," the
gay and festive "Hoo Hoo" landed
her passengers at Corpus Christi in
as nearly the same condition, ex-
cepting little impregnation of salt
water in their garments, as when
they left Rockport.
We paid flying visit to Rock.
port and found the little burg near
ly deserted, the Yorktown brass
band having returned to their rural
quarters in De Witt county. But
what was greater than all else was
a fine exhibition which, though it
had been gotten up at the impulse
Of the moment, was very creditable,
of horticultural display
Of many varieties Of grapes, among
which, as special mention
was a Herbemot containing
seventy-nine (79) punches of grapes.
A great deal Of garden truck
was shown and specimens of the re-
suit of "lazy farming" versus in.
industry and thrift
ness. The Fishermen's union had
made display of deep water pro-
Outs among which, a fine green
turtle of $50 pounds was the great
attraction. The display OF Albert
Bracht Typo who by the way has
opened up his shining light by is
suing the" New Era"a Republi.
can weekly and who was making a
grand display Of home made
pickles, tobacco, wheat, cotton etc.
AS usual the ladies were there
with some of the most delicate
shell work that could be seen any
where and showed skill in their
artistic and beautiful max up. MI.
Wm.Lomas who is an enthusiast for
horticulture and gardening, was
the leading spirit Of the show, and
was ever ready to explain and
prove by ocular demonstration that
Southwest Texas and its Gulf coast
country will soon rival and Guido
the European coast on the Mediter-
ranean in tropical products.
We had the pleasure of meeting
Mr.. R. P. Clarke, OF Chas. Clarke &
Co., OF Ropesville, who is the su-
pervising genius OF the deep water
work at Arkansas Pass. Mr.. Clark
informs US that all preliminary
arrangements for transportation
OF material are now complete, and
work is progressing in a most sat-
isfactory manner. He also extend
ed an invitation to the LIGHT to
visit the island and inspect the
work as it progresses.
Upon returning to Corpus Christi
we found the concert of Carl Beck's
band in progress at Market hall,
and Friday evening ended the fes-
tivities by grand ball at the
"Alta VISTA" where visitors and
theIelite Of Corpus joined in a final
dance, which only broke up in the
wee hours on Saturday morning.
The Bluff City has had her
celebration, for the success OF
which her citizens deserve much
credit. Accommodations and food
were ample, and the supply
though the number OF visi.
tiers ranged in the thousands, was
greater than the demand. The
Arkansas Pass railroad had ample
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