The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-09
ON THE GULF
lnhoeeace Is Teasing on Fish and Oysters
AT Corpus Christi.

My betterhalf and myself arrived
here on the night of February /.
The northers that have been raging
up there have penetrated somewhat
10 these diggings and We have had
ice for two mornings. The old citi-
zens say this lis the coolest weather
they have had since 1899. There
are more visitors here than ever be-
Tore known in the winter. The in
tense cold UP north caused the neo-
pie to follow the geese and ducks in
their flight to the milder climate
Quite number are here now from
the states of Iowa and New York
and they are still coming. Private
rooms for rent throughout the city
are nearly all taken and a great
many families who come here expect
ing to rent private rooms and do
their own housekeeping were com
PEELED to go to hotels and boarding
houses. Uucle Billie Chapman, wife
and daughter from up on Red Oak
are here and have been for two
months. His health has improved
some and he says he will remain here
until March. DR.. Bass and Mr..
Splawn from Ray are both here and
contemplate going from here to Cali
fornia. Mr.. Spiawn has been min
ing out there, We are boarding
with an old friend of ours who
moved here last summer from Mexia.
Limestone county, and they feed us
on oysters and fish Oysters are
caught here by Mexieans and ped
died on the streets at 80 cents per
hundred. This cold weather the fish
in the shallow waters of Neuces
river and Corpus Christi bay have
became somewhat beEgmbed and yes
terday Sunday | looked inside a
fish house at more than three thous-
and pounds of fish in one pile. The
owner of that fish and oyster house
was packing them in boxes and bar
rels preparatory to shipping them
up the country / suppose that for
the next week or two Ellis county
citizens viii be enabled to buy fish
cheap. Oysters and fish | am ex-
ceedengly fond of, as / am of all
other articles of food | ever run up
against, and here where they are
caught right out of these bays and
cooked they are much better than
they are after shipment to our sec
ton ofAthe state. Oysters are fried
and brought on the tables here in
the largest size dishes and piled UP
as long as one viii conveniently lay
on. In addition to this I have a
dozen OF raw oysters on the side and
am feasting till | think all traces
of catarrh and grip will soon dis
appear.
The cabbage fields here are a |
wonder and the farmers are now
gathering them and hauling them |
here in wagon beds with |
the top sideboards on. Al
ready several car loads have been
shipped from here TO North Texas
cities. The cold snap has not as
yet injured the cabbage crop, though
IL has 10 some extent injured toma-
toes and other tender garden truck.
We enjoyed tomatoes for breakfast
The first morning here, but they say
he cold injured them and we will il
not have any more for several DAYS.
Beans are up six inches Tall let
.uce is plentiful Corn is being
planted all throughout this section I
)f the state. Green grass in the :
pastures is plentiful. After passing ,
Suero. the county seat of Dewitt
county, the grass is green and tail
'nough in many places for COW or I
lorse to get a mouthfui al a swipe
! regretted leaving home Just as )
he good roads train was coming to