The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-15
/ BOATS ARRIVED
.',sA r., AND MAYFLoWER
v .',cur THE FIRST LOADS.
s.,ot Marsh Of the Louisa Has
,.d me Earliest Product for
IN PAST Thirteen Years.

~, n and the May6ower are an
~ foot OF Fannin street with
:, choice melons, the first Texas
j arrive this season. Captain Marsh
go, n. has been the first to bring
= me- Houston markets since the
,ss BE said last night that the de-
- GOOD and that prices were s2,21
~ dozen, for the choicest melons.
,,.,s are nearly all large aud
rsptaIn Marsh: Bite the heart
~ 81 these melons and you'll con
n, MES worth living. God never
nn lining better than that. Old Noah
pss..cribed a watermelon as q spe-
S y ,snrd. His definition dent apply
ETsIons. for there's no gourd about
~ ~. arc rich and sweet and luscious
iH W. core, the real fruit of the Gu.
MsIlus. without the Shiny heart
~ Texas melons have. The crop
y VS,eallent II We get another rain
I, tailed last year down the bayou
\ tbe salt In the ground, deposited
Ny MI. .be spray blown up by the gales
F,s@,ss overflow. These melons were
n, nile Johnson. who has crop OF
~ ,eres aud by Hugh Shaw, whose
!, sbout thlrty-two acres, both living
thst Bolivar.
,rs beginning to visit Morgan Point
shsr localities for the purpose of fish
Y, trout and sheephead, which are
4tnI great many founders are being
"a md the waters abound In small
'ss which are very fine eating, though
NJ 20 Ahntt ,,f
w,l,bt. one and half pounds.
i,NSsr Captaiu william Newman, Is
El,,,.a.ored in the bayou. She brought up
y. Il 100 ,.ed6sh from Galveston. The
i.,n market was glutted, but no
N. as experienced in disposing OF
X. I'M, Stanford Ward bought the en-
s.,.u Marsh and the other boatmen
Y .I,sniur oil board their vessels last
n rsntsln Marsh said 1--WE find 1t
.ps,,rIy comfortable down here. One
N usmrally suppose. considering tina
LIN ~ birthplace of the mosquito. that
,s.sd be unable to sleep without net
\, IA, a mosquito is hard to find down
h they are all uptown cruising around,
fEp@e
| YRS STUDIES SPLENDID FEAT.
,nkirr of fishing" said he, 81 saw
| !, pr,l sport few days ago, a specta-
! exciting and grand that doubt If 1t
rsr be duplicated in these waters.
n iI,Aonse stule was fishing for tarpon
IN ygesn Point and ! was employed to
Nh Ag She used rod and reel. Her
h, risll was rewarded by a sudden
Etshg Of the line and then a jerk and
lnr snd magnificent fish, his sides
|e., lie FURNISHED silver leaped ttn
y ito The sir. He was monster proper
L 70 mistake. | watched the lady with
Lxa and the greatest admiration. All
kt-en have ever seen and half of thn
b would lose their presence Of mind uT,on
BAN occasion, which is, in fact, great
|Esrry, often fraughr with peril Not
n rth Mrs, Stude. With compressed lips
y nlly and dexterously handled the rol
rel II was very exciting. We wor-
DE great fish until he was exhausted
|EEil We were. too. He finally Law over
" SIDE and then we managed him nice
! Ht nt3!7red six feet three inches IN
IN srd weighed about 10 pounds. /
y. ny Mrs. Stude has performed feat
Itang the tarpon never eQualed by II
n u this part of the country. 1t Wiz
n tM fsh Of any kind. big or little, that
Z I'D ever caught. After her splendid
naatn Of nerve and courage in catching
Y 10 she almost tainted when we laid
r@t She had the scales of the monster
f1Nd and expressed the intention Of
-.i them to New York to be made into
M'iu fan as gift to one of her fam.
IEW, D. Cleveland and myself caught
N tarpon ever secured with rod and
M this section. The fish was over six
lg and weighed much over 100
~. We had hot time managing him.
az Cleveland In describing II said
Inlt be wouldn't take 5000 for the ex-
y Louisa R. will return to Morgan
Y Iuorrow for another load of melons.
An Marsh was enthusiastic, OF
tx y Speaking Of the deep water an
Fnuon; he said the amount of money
YOU'D complete the work probably
tt9 Harrisburg, and that is all con
y WOfacted to do. This means" he
n n greater Houston and that n splen.
INV sure TO be built at Harrisburg.
nv nahy advantages and can easily be
f-sa nTstclass town. Money, brains and
NV ma plenty Of trade" said Captain
~ would accomplish the result hoped