The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-25
TEXAS EXHIBIT At OMAHA,
1t Continues to Attract More Atten-
ton than All Others.
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY OF TEXAS
Favorable Mention of Her Remark
able Products-Neariy i,ooo,oo0
Visitors at Omaha.


continue to lead the procession 10 the end
OF the big show in Omaha.
The supurintendcnts and commissioners
OF the other States. who have competed
with Texas for honors and immigration 10
rot begruigo the Lone SLar al-te tDe
compliments which have basu saowerc1
upon her exhibit from all directions. for
they realize that 10 be entitled TO a scat
In the band wagon OF modern expoii-
ton, they must show something more than
bottles full of grain, sneaves OF oats AID
corn, OF which most OF the other exhibits
chiefly consist.
At frequent intervals the omaha and
other Nebraska papers refer in their coll
emns 40 some particular specimen or
product in the South Texas exhibit. simply
because 1t Is OF unusual Importance or
interest,
The Omaha Bee OF September Is says;
"a section OF a Wild mustang grapevine,
measuring thirty seven Inches ia circum-
ference has been received from South
Texas and added to the Texas exhibit Ia III !
agricultural building. IL was forwarded by
@. |. Swan of Normamna, Bee county, who
sends description Of this particular grape
vine, as well as sending clusters OF the
wild grapes. together with samples Of the
wine. Mr.. Swan says that tbs vine grew
in cluInp OF live oak trees and that It's
branches extended in all directions, climb
ing from tre o TO tree. and forming an ar
Dor. covering nearly two acres OF ground.
In his letter no adds: 4 stood on the
ground and picked barrel full OF grapes
aud suppose there were several wagon loads
remaining on the vine.
20. NJ. Peterson, one OF the commits
sioners from Texas and founder of the Nor
mamma settlement, speaking of mu5taa <
grapes. sad. The green grapes make eX-
cellent preserves and are picked in May
and June In July or August the grapes
ripen on the vines and make IL superior
quality OF Jelly and wine. Tons of them
go to waste annually or are eaten By mock
Ing birds, raccoons. 'possums and toNes.
The grapes being Indigenous to the soil,
We have ascertalned from recent expert
ments that by grating the fine varieties
OF cultivated grapes onto the mustang very
successful ana important results may be
obtaiped'
In the Texas exhibit there are muscat
and Tokay grapes from vines that wers
grated onto the mustang. and It Is saii
that they ripen from two TO three weeks
earlier than in California.
Next week MIR Peterson returns to Texas
taking with him party OF eNcursionists.
He expects to come to Omaha In October ut
the head OF a large deleg zion, the mem
ber3 OF which will visit the exposition and
participate in the peace jubilee and hand
shaking carnival
Last week another section OF monster
lnulang grapevine, with a sample OF
wine and grapes, was forwarded to the
exhibit from Wallis by Or. s. $ farrell,
and Mr.. A Enslekiug OF the same county
sends single cluster OF twenty one ripe
Keifier pears some fine Japanese psrSim-
mons and sorghum cane, which have at
tracted much atteHton.
Among numerous other things that are
connected with the Texas exhibit, when
the newspapers here have written abou
are tho following.
Texas provided the first fruit festival
at the exhibition (T,xas Watermelon Day,
July - fWO months ahead OF any other
State Texas has shown the tallest corn,
The biggest pumpkin aud the hest looliin6
governor,
The first low rates to the Omaha expo
sltion were furnished By the railroads from
Texas. Texas is the only State showing
second and third crops OF Vegetables ioT
1888
The Texas exhibit has tho biggest rail-
WAY map ever painted, aud the largest
photograph ever taken in the United States.
these are inpton's celebrated man with
the hoe. looking down from Missouri
rivor bluff onto Houston and the coast
country. and the cotton blockade scene pho
LNEIAHH on the iibucttH QAA lENstH NNllN' -
uilway IN front OF the Grand Central de-
D at Houston.
Texas has more names written In her
register than any other three states in tht
agricultural building combined. The sec
ond register book Is now about filled II
was kindly donated to the Texas exhibit by
Clarke 4 Courts
The Texas Fruit. Flower and Vegetable
Festival. to occur at Houston December
h,tt ,all .Nfl x,x f, ~
Texans. as well as residents Of Cmah;
who visited the festival last year. Tn
delegation OF sixty-five business men from
this city, Who We're at Houston las. yeal
during the festival. agree with the gen
eral verdict that 1t was the greatest TeXa
event OF the year.
Yesterday the official record OF total
admissions to date to the exposition wa
| ,404 $40.
The following Texans have registered Il
the Texas exhibit register during the pas
| week:
| II. l.. F1ato. TeXes.
V. Il Lieh. Houston.
| j. H. Baker, Waco.
! Perle penfield. Houston.
c. H. Hamley and wife. Port Arthur.
! Alice Holman and Frieda Wangemann
/ South Texas.
| Mrs. Carrie Morton and Miss l.. A. Chris
han. Waco.
Felix Vanderstucker. Fredericksburg.
w. n. DilEer. Houston
Mrs. George Knapp Miss Lizzie Riddle
San Antonio
l., Jcrson and wife and Miss Nora Jen
son, Ganado.
c. A. Tarllng and =. l., Downs, Temple
j, L. Harris and c. G. Krogness, Texas
L. Groves. san Antonio.
Nj. NordQuist. Fort bliss
n. II, Rische, San Antonio.
n. Randolph and wife, Houston.
Fred Swanson. Dallas.
w. H. Kyle, Victoria
u. l.. Harley San Antonio,
Mrs, C. A. s!as aud Robert NJ. Sias, Gal
weston.
Loccsley Fife and Belle shannon, Dallas
Mrs. w, f. sterley and May Anna Ster
ley, Fort Worth.
Horhcrt Collier and wife. Amarillo.
Mrs. w. II, Hume. San Antonio
II c. 5fomerer and Margaret Anglln Ro
lmerer. Fort Worth
n. Y. REYNOLDS and wife, Dallas
u, II. overall and Mrs, r. II. Overall
Coleman.
y, ] Aseburn. Fort Worth.
w. W steley. Waco.
f. g pnouy and 5. r. Jackson. Dallas
\, T Wilson. Dallas News.
c. Y Price. DALLAS.
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