The Velasco Times (Velasco, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1893 Page: 2 of 4
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U BY W. A. LEONARD.
THE OLIVE.
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Politic .
UlLIUlON
The Gulf !
Volateo.
To-day is the anniversary of the
battle of San Jacinto.
Vela8CO has the iinest harbor j
in the world. 11 is a iresh water
harbor and land-locked.
Velasco is a good town to stay
by. She will make one of the
great cities of the United States.
All southern Texas has been
blessed during tlio past week with
plenty of rain—not too much, but
just enough.
An appropriation passed con-
gress lor building a light-house
at the mouth of the jetties. The
work will be commenced before
July of this year.
Velasco au a gulf port is not an
experiment. She has been tried
and can handle the goods of Texas
more cheaply than any other
port on the gulf coast.
Scth Shepard, of Dallas, has
been appointed associate justice
of the court of appeals for the
District of Columbi i. it is a life-
time job.
It is said there will be only forty-
six saloons in South Carolina un-
der the now liquor law. If the
moon-shiners do not get right
down to their business there will
bo great suffering in the Palmetto
state. ______________
The appointment of ITon. A. VV.
Terrell, of Austin, minister to
Turkey, meets with a variety of
views from the press. There is
one good thing about it—Mr. Ter-
rell will be relieved of a rather
embarrassing political situatiou
by the appointment. He may re-
turn a democrat.
The Times is in recipt of an in-
vitation to attend the Battle of
Flowers, a beautiful festival to be
given by the ladies of San Antonio
on San Jacinto Day. The ladies
of the Alamo City have gone to a
great deal of pains to make the
Battle of Flowers a decided
success. Visitors from all over
the state will be present to in-
dulge in the merry making.
¡ ITS GROWTH AND POSSIBILITIES
ALONG THE COAST.
The Kxperimeut of I'lautinir Orchards
to bo Made at Veluiu'u.
IT IS THE MOST PROFITABLE OF
FRUIT TREES.
5HÜ53S
Editor K. M. Johnson, of the Hous-
ton Post, took the Keeley cure re-
cently lor the liquor habit, and in a
loug article over his own signature,
recommends tho re mud.y uh thoroughly
efficacious. It takes some moral
conrnga to do such a thing ol this
kind, and the Houston editor deserves
botli thanks and praise for ids earnest,
manly words in behalf of a discovery
which is worth more to the cause of
temperance, than all other agoucies
combiued.—Victoria Advocate.
The above is from the pen of
Joseph Dixon, who has "been
there himself," and speaks ad-
visedly when ho says that "Lhe
discoverv is worth more to tem-
perance than all other agencies
combined." A most miraculous
cure by the Keeley treatment re
ccutly came to the personal at
tenlfcion of the writer, who lias
every confidence in the treatment
if propo'lv taken. It is truly a
great discovery, and a blessing to
tho human family.
There seems to be a general
impression that the salt grass
lands of the gulf coast country is
worthless for anything but graz-
ing purposes. Now we do not
protend to be an authority on
land or agriculture, but we believe
that all the land of the gulf
coast is capable of growing the
iinest fruit in the world. This
statement is madft on observation
in the Salt Kiver valley of Arizona,
where the water is so brackish as
to leave an incrustation of salt
when it is absorbed by evaporation.
And yet the whole valley blos-
soms with fruit trees and waves
with aliivlfa. The salt lands of
Arizona are preferred over any
other for horticulture, as the trees
are more thrifty and the fruit
more free from bugs. The Bait
grass land of the coast country
only needs draining to become as
valuable for fruit or farming as
are now considered the valley
lands.
The Certainty o I Producing the Fruit
and Oil Demonstrated.
No subject is of more interest—
at least no subject should be,
thau the introduction to a new
country of profitable plants.
The farmer or orchardisf who
continues to plant one species of
tree or grain until the same has
degenerated, is in this age of en-
lightment, properly termed a fos-
sil, as he certainly is. New
growths more hardy and better
than their predecessors have from
time to time sprung into existence
under the skilful hand of the cul-
tivator. New varieties of pota-
toes, strawberries, peaches and in
fact everything of value belong-
ing to the vegetable kingdom has
been improved upon by man.
This statement may seem para-
doxical and yet there is no deny-
ing it with safety.
The peach was the bitter, pois-
onous almond of Persia and the
delicious tomato so common now,
only a plant that my lady called a
love apple.
So of the olive whose ancestor
was the wild oleaster, a small tree
of a straggling growth, or better
described as a bush with thorny
branches and apposite, oblong
pointed leaves, dark grayish-green
above and, in the young state,
hoary beneath with whiteish
scales; the small white flowers,
with l'our-cleft calyx and coralla,
two stamens and bifed stigma, are
borne on the last year's wood in
racimes springing from the axils
of the leaves. The dupaceous
fruit is small in the wild p.ant,
and the fleshy peri-carp which
gives the garden olive its economic
value, is hard and comparatively
thin. In the cultivated forms tho
tree acquires a more compact
habit, says a learned writer, the
branches lose their spinous char-
acter while the young shoots be-
come more or less angular. The
fruit is still subject to greater al-
terations of form and color; usual-
ly oval or nearly globular, in some
sorts it is egg-shaped, in others
much elongated; while the dark
hue that it commonly assumes
when ripe is exchanged in many
varieties for violet green or
almost white. We might follow
the list indefinitely, but that we
propose to treat in this article of
a single tree, but that the one
which Pliny considered the first
or greatest in tho svorld.
The olive will grow and flourish
hero on the coast of Texas. Do
you doubt the statement? If so
procure a cutting and make the
experiment, or, bettor still, pro-
cure a hundred cuttings and make
the reality a grand test of the
writer's statement. Plant the cut-
tings vertically or horizontally as
in either position they will grow.
Plant in poor land and add a
shovelful of manure and cultivate
and prune a little from time to
time and in from five to seven
years, according to the species
planted, you will begin to witness
results which will astonish you,
and enrich your descendants an
hundred generations hence, as the
olive tree will practically live
and bear forever.
The favorite place of the olive
is by the sea and a calcareous or
sandy soil, no matter how poor, is
best adapted to its growth.
At present the wild olive is
found in most of the countries
around the Mediterranean, ex-
tending in range on the west to
Portugal and eastward to the
vicinity of the Caspian, while
locally, it occurs oven in Afghan-
istan. An undoubted native of
Syria and the maratime parts of
Asia Minor; it's abundance in
Greece and the islands of the
archipelago and frequent allusions
to it by the earliest poets, seem to
indicate that it was there also iu-
digenous; but in localities remote
from the Levant it may have es-
caped from cultivation, reverting
more or less to its primitive type.
"The olive shows a marked prefer-
ence for calcareous soils and par-
ticularly for the sea breeze from
which it seems to gather life and
strength, growing with luxuriance
and beauty on the slopes and
crags of the (¡reek peninsular and
adjacent islands."
The author of the above, al-
though writing learnedly of the
olive and its history, is neverthe-
less misleading in some of his
statements. For while it is true
: that the olive will grow and flour-
■ ish upon lime and chalky soils, it
may be safely assured that y me
and chalk are not the substances
upou which the olive ieeds, for
place it for instunee upon the
same substances or soils remote
from the sea and the life-laden
sea breeze, and the olive will
degenerate aud die uuless
afforded artificial stimulants,
| when it will live like a caged bird
with drooping plumage. The
olive, like the willow, requires
moisture and like the cactus will
drink it with its trunk aud leaves
and will afford also, if by the |ea,
even in au almost rainless so dion,
a sufficiency by condensation of
dews and vapors to moisten the
soil about its roots. Theophras-
tus was nearer right than he
knew, when he declared that the
olive would uot flourish at a
greater distance from the sea than
300 stadia.
The orchardist of Southern
California can tell us of prac-
tical olive growing for profit on
the North American continent,
lie has made a success of it aud
from time to tune enlarges his
orchard, knowing full well that he
can never over-stock the market.
True it is that imitations are put
upou the market and pass current
like the artificial butters made
from tallow and other cheap sub-
stances. But, like real butter,
olive oil will maintain itself
against cotton seed and all other
substitutes, and continue to bring
a good price to the manufacturer.
The ease with which the olive
can be planted and cultivated
should form a ready incentive to
those who toil hard for a living
as well as to those who seek large
profit from small investments.
Again and finally we are asked,
"are you quite sure that the olive
will grow in Texas?'' Yes; there
are bearing olive trees on Gal-
veston Island, for that matter, in
the heart of the city. The trees
referred to were set out for orna-
ment but they have also proved
useful as tfhey have yielded fruit
and demonstrated a fact worth
millions to the people living 011
the coast of Texas.
Let Velasco's surrounding coun-
try take, tho lead in planting
oliv 'S, as in a few years this sec-
tion must take the lead in every-
thing.
The Double Excursion.
From the Houston font.
The double excursions to be given
on next Sunday over the International
and Great Northern to both Uah'os-
ton and Velaaoo, under the auspices
of Dick Dowling Camp, Confederate
Veterans, promise to be the excur-
sions of the season.
Already parties aro being made up,
some going to Galveston aud others to
Velasco. At both places special in-
ducements will be offered, such as
will uotiie had during the summer
season.
To make this a success in evory par-
ticular and make sure of a very large
crowd, for which ample accommoda-
tions will be afforded, a new feature
has been inaugurated for the benefit
of the girls and boys. Tickets have
beon placed in the hands of several
prominent ladies, who will give tbem
to those who are willing to oxert them-
selves. A number of the merchants
have offered prizes to the girls and
boys soiling the greater number of
tickets. Those prizes are worth the
working for. They will bo awarded
according to the number of tickets
sold, the prizes suitable for each class
being separated. The boy or srirl sell-
ing the greater number will have tlrst
choice and tho second highest the
next choice, aud so 011 until all the
prizes are given away.
A whole week is open In which
tickets may bo sold. The prizes will
be mentioned during the week.
A Happy Villon.
From the Sun Antonio Express
Married iu 8t Marks' church Friday
evening, April 14, at five o'clock,
Miss Florence C. Margetts to Mr.
Charles C!. KoftVoth of Velasco Texas.
Miss Mabel Margetts, sister of the
bride acting as maid of honor, and Mr.
Muck of Velasco as best man, I)oan
Richardson officiating. Aftor tho cere-
mony the happy couple repaired to
the home of the brido 011 Howard
street, whore they received the con-
gratulations of a few intimate friends
and choice viands were served. At
H:15 o'clock they left for Austin and
other Texas cities, before going to
their home in Velasco. Miss Margetts
is a native of England, who since her
residence In this city has endeared
herself to all who have been privileg-
ed to know her. Mr. Koffroth is a
young gentleman of sterling qualities
and well deserves so worthy a help-
mate. He is quite well known as
connected with the "Velasco World,"
and is a prominent uitlzeu of that
growing seaport. May success at-
tend them.
To the Croaker.
The croaker is well known hi every
community. He takes a pettneuiistic
view of everything, and is never so
happy as when he has the ear of a
stranger. He is a bird of Ul-omen, a
I buzzard of society. He may often be
! found among the men whoarelargely
Interested iu a town and its welfare
and prosperity, and while honored
j citizens In inore humble walks of life
are doing all iu their power for the
town, the croaker continues to run it
¡ down aud iiiduce mea of means to
seek other locations. Wo have them
here iu Velasco. They claim that their
' old shell ofahouse which could be built
for $160 or $200 does uot reut for more
I than $10 or $15 por month. They are
too trilling to repair the root or clean
up the premises, and the housestands
vacant as soon as the tenant can se-
cure a more pleasant location. Speak-
ing of rents, Thk Times ventures the
assertion that there is not another
town In the United States where so
many cheap and worthless buildings
aro reuted at such handsome figures.
There are many old shells here bring-
ing from 50 to 100 per cent annually,
still the owners are uot happy. Heal
estate paying fiom 10 to 15 per cent. Is
considered a splendid investment iu
any city in tho the world—except Vo-
lasco. It is true that there are empty
houses hero, but what :tro they—-noth-
ing but hoards stuck up or! end
ami ornamented on the inside wltn
yellow jaundice paper and millions of
cock roaches, for which theownor's ex-
treme modesty provenís him from
charging more than $10 to $15 per
month. Is it any wonder tiiat, such
houtes are vacant? Hut life if) too
short to talk about thocroaker, besMcj
lio is most too contemptible a subject.
Let him alone, lie is doing all lie
can against his osvn interests by liv-
ing and vlllifying his own town.
Life is too short and too full ol oppor-
tunities for the business man to waste
time with lilm. Let him crawl into
his hovel and die among bin cock
roaches. His absence will bring joy
to bis associates and tranquility of
mind to those who are occasionally
forced to come into social or business
contact with him.
He will Develop.
Mr. Carl, one of the substantial
Cernían citizens of southwest Mis-
souri, arrived hero with bis family
last week, bringing live heavy teams,
with farm wagons and farm imple-
ments, and will at once commence
breaking up a three hundrtd acre
farmwhichjhe bought some time since
from Finnie, Doutliit and .Tones. Mr.
Carl is tho kind of citizens that are
needod here, and The Times hopes to
see many moro of his class locate in
Brazoria county.
J. R. Marmlon, Jr. sold tq .left'Can-
non 20 acres out of the Waller league.
Mr. Cannon will begin improving it
at once.
It might be well for the new board
of health to tako a careful look around
the city. They might be able to sug-
gest some changes.
Tho real estate tlrm of Finnie
Douthit & Jones report the following
sales for the past week: To Love,
Entzinger & Collins, of Kansas, 4Ü5
acres out of Musquez tract, consider-
eration, $2,010; to Hiram Calvin, Olm-
sted, Illinois, 8.54 acres out of Mc-
Dermott League, consideration $5,704;
to Love.Entzmiuger A Collins, of Kan
sas, 60 acres out ol S. F. Austin, three
Labors, consideration,$325
NOTICE !
The members of Velasco Lodge No.
3743, Knights of Honor, will meet at
their hall 011 Saturday evening at 8
o'clock, for the transaction of impor-
tant business conuectod with tho
Lodge. All members are requested to
be present.
By order of Dictator.
Jas. T. StovaIí,
[attest] Dictator.
C. B. Mabtin, Reporter.
GEO. C. G¡-XL,0>v¿LZ3.£T,
Produce and Commission Merch ant,
"Velasco. Texas.
To the Farmers of Brazoria County:
Bring rae your Vegetable anil let ine ship them for you. I cau got you top price .
Cabbage and ouloni In great demand. E V KBYTHI NO TAKEN ON COMMISSION.
UOBI
(Successor to l>r. S. G. Northup),
pr-
evi.En IN
FURNITURE!
1 keep 011 band, « heap for cash,
Parlor and lied Room Suits,
Wardrobes. Tables, Safes, Cots,
Orders Chairs and Office Furniture, also
Taken Mattresses, Pillows, Carpets,
For Goods Mosquito Bar Frames, Mattings,
Not in Window Shades,
Stock. Croquet Sets, Etc.
Call and Get Prices. VELASCO, TEXAS.
To Our Friends . . .
IN BRAZORIA AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES:
We cordially invite you to make our store your headquarters
when in Velasco,
We will take pleasure in showing you the most complete
line of goods in this part of the state.
T. L. SMITH & BRO.
Best Imported
FROM
China and Japan.
ONLY EOc PER LB.
This is tlic Best mid Cheapest Tea In the mar-
ket, ami can be hail In small package*. 1-fitli of
a pound, for 10 cunts.
Oolong • Tea
7!i Cunts pur Can.
XJ£IO.
For cheap town lots and land in
any quantity to suit purchaser, for!
fruit, truck and dairy farming, write I
or call 011 Finnie, Douthit A Jones, •
• Velasco, Texas.
FARMS.
¡sooaxiuuoGCXJcoasajaJscc
If you deslro to make
A PROFITABLE INVEbTMENT
Call on or Write to N. M. Norflect, ,
Velasco, Texas. Business Lots j
from $100 to $2090. Oni.y Onk-
Thibd Cash.
BRAZORIA : COUNTY : LANDS.
j BK
Light Weight Footwear
Is what we have been receiving for the past month.
Our Spring Stock
Is Complete and to the Ladies who want the latest foot-
forms, the Gent who is looking for his Ideal Shoe, at prices to
suit the times, we say come and see if we iire't "in it."
We can fit your foot, head and pocket-book.
Children's foot wear galore!
Come and see our Shoes, Oxford Ties and Slippers!
@ldit>ater's (®a§!? gtyoe gtore.
COHEN BROS. & SASS
To the Front Again with the Most Extensive Line of
/T^illiijery (joods
Ever Shown in Velasco, Comprising of the Latest
Styles and Shapes in
TRIMMED AUD UNTRIMMED HATS
Selected with the view of pleasing the most fastidious taste. Wo have also
secured the services of a thoroughly competent milliner, acquaint-
ed with the very latest styles, and will he sure to
please the ladies.
Cohen Bros. & Sass.
C. a. VOGEL,
VELASCO, TEXAS.
Agent for the following steamship lines:
Anchor Line, Bailie Line, Compagnle Generate
Trans-Atlnntiuue, Hamburg-American Packet
Co., Ilansii I.lno. Nethcrlaud-Amorloati Steam
Navigation Co., Norddeutschor Lloyd Steam-
ship Co , and Union I.I lie Also agent, for Fire
and Marine Insurance Companies W. V. Oil
Co, Heal Estate and Manufacturers Agent.
Cabio Address "*VOQI5¿i."
Notice!
O(lice of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
Railway Company of Texas.
ItK.sisoN, Texas, April 10, ISM.
Notice Is hcrahv given that the annual meet-
ing of the stockholders of tho Missouri. Kansas
A Texas Hallway Company of Texas will lie
held at the public ofllce of said Compa y, in the
cltv of Dcnison, Grayson County, Texas, on
Thursday, the 18th day of May, 1893, at 11 o'clock,
a. in., for the election of a board of nine direc-
tors of said Company, and for the transaction of
such other business us may be brought before
the stockholders mooting.
Apr 14—td. K 1'. Mr.mtn.u Secretary.
Special Notice.
Velnsco Terminal Hallway Company's Office,
Velasco. Texas, April 10, 180:;
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of tho
stockholders of the Velasco Terminal railway
company, called by the Directors of the corpora-
tion for such purpose will ho held at the office
of said Corporation, In Velasco, Urano rid county,
Texas, on the '¿Tth day of June. 1«W, at 12o clock,
in., for the purpose of authorizing the Issu-
ance, and disposal, of the bonds of said compa-
ny. loan amount not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars (f-JO,000.00) per mile, at par value thereof,
upon the railway now constructed, or which
may hereafter be constructed, payublo Septem-
ber 1st. 104:1. and bearing Interest at the rate of
live per cent. (5 per cent) per annum. Interest
payable semi annually, anil for the purpose of
authorizing the making and execution and do-
livery ofa mortgage of the corporate property and
franchises of said company, Including the rail way
^instructed or to be constructed, or such portions
thereof as may be determined upon, to secure
the payment of bonds of this company, to au
amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars
($20,000.00) per mile, .it par value thereof, upon
the railway now constructed or .vhtch may here-
after be constructed, payable on September 1st,
1043. and bearing Interest at the rate of five per
cent (ft per cent) per annum; Interest payable
semiannually. _
W. M. I>. Lkk, First Vice-President,
Velasco Terminal Railway Co,
lru r* R. Bryan. Secretary.
PROFESSION A Jj CARDS.
Dr.J. (¡. Boyd,
OFFICE OVER BOYD'S DROG STORE,
_ POSTO i'kick HU1UHX0.
Dentistry!
W, A, FLEETER, Mist,
Office Cor. Ave.B and South 2d St
R. E. MÜÍ^REiZr
- at - ZLiarw,
Practice in all Courts. Collections Promptly
Attended to. Correspondence Solicited.
VELASCO. - TEXAS.
Lewi
I IS R. BRYAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
(Odlce over New Bank.)
VelMoo, Texas,
VVill practice In the courts of Brazoria, Mata-
gorda and adjoining counties
J. B. SHEA "
Attorney at Law,
VELASCO, TEXAS.
Practices in tho courts of Brazoria and adjoln-
Ing coilntios
M. S. Münío , Jr,
Velas. :o.
W. B. Munron.
Rousou. Texas.
NIUNSON t HIUNSON,
■A-ttoxneys - at - Law,
(Offllceover Nat'l Bank.)
VELASCO, TEXAS
Hong Lee Laundry.
(Opposite 3 tlon«l Bank.)
First-Class Work at Short Notice. Ladle Dressea
Pone np In Style.
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