TEXAS MELON DAY.

July 1, 1898.

The Texas Exposition Commission, supplementing their general exhibit at the
exposition, set apart this day to show to the world the beauty and demonstrate
the good quality of their product of water melons.  Twelve hundred melons were
provided for the feast, which occurred at 5 o'clock P.M.  The distribution was
made the occasion for brief ceremonies at the horticultural building.

S.J.T. Johnson, exposition vice-president for Texas, and Superintendent
Atwater, in charge of the Texas exhibits, made short addresses, which were
responded to on behalf of the exposition by General Manager T.S. Clarkson. 
This concluded the formalities of the occasion.

Long tables had been provided, upon which to carve and serve the luscious
fruit, and a force under the direction of Arthur Nelson, superintendent of the
Missouri horticultural exhibit, was kept busy until the last melon had vanished
from sight.  Some of the melons weighed nearly 40 pounds and it was estimated
that 10000 persons were served during the feast.