West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13

and here we spent several hours
gathering up the shells from the
sea shore" and trying to fnd out
what the wild waves were saying.
AT the same time we consum med sew
eral barrels of fine oysters roasted
in the shells and heaped hot from
the brush piles on the long picnic
tables. The luscious biyalyes were
heaped on piles of dry brush set on
fire and very quickly cooked, then
dur ped on the tables, where every.
body helped himself by prying open
the shells and scooping into your
watering mouth the nutritious and
succulent meat. 1t Was new kind
OF picnic for most of the party and
we are not going to tell how many
we got away with, but it was shell
game that We are on to, and the
way we made those oysters shell out
would brand as veteran confidence
man.
Coming back we stopped at the
Government Light House and clint
ed the 222 steps of the spiral stair.
way to the top, where we had a
magnificent and never-to- be. forgot.
ten panoramic view of the grand
old ocean, the quaint old Spanish
Moorish like city, Anastasia Island,
Matanzas River, old Fort San Mar.
co and the country for miles
around. We fingered long and left
with great reluctance the fairy like
scene spread out before us, but
time is fleeting and we hurried down
and back to the city.
Every night while here we slept
with our windows up and needed
no cover. We brought our over
coats and wraps, but 1 did not use
mine while in the State. In fact,
have been too warm part of the
time, and white clothes, straw hats,
low-cut shoes and fans in use are
no uncommon sight, while fresh
vegetables of all kinds were on the
table every day. 1t was a rare treat
to me to have sliced cucu bers and
tomatoes, fresh lettuce and Young
onions and radishes, greer beans
and peas, and cabbage and spinach
and asparagus, etc., right in mid
winter in abundance.
The menu at all the hotels Is
simply a banquet every meal. and
the bill of fare, or program as
we called it sometimes, was elabo-
rately gotten up and calculated to
puzzle even professor of ancient
and modern languages, and | fear
wo shocked the grave and dignified
walters sometimes by calling for
soup with tassels on it instead of
"Consomme, en- Tasse." If there
is any sense in the world in getting
mp a schedule of dinner courses
with such sections as
"Cromesqulc of Chicken, a PAllemanae
Epigrammes of Lamb, lard iniere
Timbales of Rice, a rImperatrice,"
except to confuse hungry man aud
dislocate or paralyze his jaw so that
he can't eat much, we can't see it
But they failed on me if that was
the programme, for we ordered a
rendition of the whole symphony
from napkins to tooth picks.
Well, we finally brought our
meetings to an end and selected Gal.
weston, Texas, as the next place of
meeting. The time Will be Fixed by
the Executive Committee, but will
not be TIL after the election. about
the last of November and first of
Decembe this year, as the session
just held was the regular one for
1895. 1t is promised that the Asso.
citation will go on to the City of
Mexico on grand excursion and
paw visit to the land of the Mon
tezumas. Quite a number Of other
places bid for the meeting, as it is
a big advertisement for any section,
but the Lone Star State won, hands
down.
Hon. r. II. Thomas, Secretary
Of the Pennsylvania State Pres.
Association, and editor Of the Far
merS' FrieHd Of Mechanicsburg, was
elected President of the National
Association. and Louis Hoffman,
Democrat, Brazil, Indiana, 1st Vic,
President; Scipio Craig, Citr0graph
Redlands, California, 2nd Vic,
President, and J. Y. Gilmore
Sugar BO10l, New Orleans, Bird Vic.
President.
The Recording Secretary, A. H.
Pierce, Denver, Colorado; CORES
ponding Secretary, j. NJ. Page
JerseyvilIe, Illinois. and Treasurer
James Gibbs, NOrwalk, Ohis, yer,
all reelected without opposition.
Hon W. S. Wiley, OF New Mar
| tinsvIlle. was retained IA Ereouti %