The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-07-05

Thursday and Friday i spent at
tending the Elks' street fair at En-
mis- This Is the second year they
have held carnival of this kind at
Ennis and both entertainments have
proven satisfactory from a business
standpoint. And then the amuse-
ments furnished to the people of the
city and surrounding country was
greatly enjoyed.
Tents and awnings were stretched
along nearly the entire length of
Main street and these were occu-
pied by red lemonade stands, snake
eaters and other entertainments.
Sideshows were numerous and after
/ had ridden on the flying jenny /
had my fortune told and head phre-
nologized and tanked up on red lem
omade. Then l proceeded to see
who was there and it was a big
crowd. The citizens of Ennis and
the surrounding country were in at
tendance in large numbers. On ae-
count of the long drouth the display
of farm products was not so large,
but onions, potatoes and few sam
plies of corn were splendid.
Stalls were erected in the center
Of one of the streets and Friday
morning they were filled with Dur
ham and Jersey cows and bulls,
mares and colts, driving and saddle
horses, and pigs. In the afternoon
a committee inspected this exhibit
ton of stock and awarded blue rib
bOns and premiums. Arch Moore,
who owns a farm and ranch one
mile east of Ennis, had on exhibit
ton his herd of five Durham heifers
and one bull. This herd was pur-
chased in Kentucky two years ago
by Mr.. Moore at fancy prices. They
are registered and are beauties.
They were dehorned when calves
and they attracted quite good deal
of attention and Mr.. Moore is in
deed proud of them. He offered a
special premium of $500, hoping
thereby to have some of the other
registered Jersey herds in Ellis
county to compete with his. He is
very anxious to see some of the 9th
er herds in the county and when /
suggested that a cattle show be
pulled off in Waxahachie some time
this fall he was delighted with the
idea and said rather than miss it he
would ship his herd over here, Mr..
Garrison Clements of Eyrie, p. f.
Rape of Midlothian and DR.. Sims
of Boz, are all possessors Of fine
herds of Durhams. Charley Graves
of Rocket and J. A. Mulkey of En-
mis- both own registered Jerseys,
and with the many good cows
around Waxahachie and in other
parts of the county a fine show
could be given. / sincerely hope it
can be pulled off here some time this
fall, probably about the first Mon
| day in October.
| The crowd was very orderly in
Ennis. A large pavilion had been
! erected in the street near the depot
and from this place the Ennis band
and a one-legged trapeze performer
entertained the crowd.
D. w. Birchfield, brotherin-law
of Rev. G. w. Owens, the big lum-
Der man, who is interested in and is
manager of the yard at Ennis, came
from the sand jacks of south Tex
as county, where / also roasted for
several years, and with him and his
pleasant family stopped while TAX
lug in the sights of the Ennis fair.
The following named gentlemen
gave me their names while / was
there to go with us on our big ex-
cursion to Bryan: w. H. Giles,
Bud Lightsey, w. r. Lancaster, j.
NJ. Burkhead, T. J. Miles, g {.
Tolleson, J. f. Parker, and Arch
| Moore. INNOCENCE AARoAD'