The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-06

got SDuiS Jun anu HtShSdiE oAA VI
them while they tarried In Waxaha-
chic and fifteen thousand others did
the same at Ringing Bros. show
as that is what one ot the Ringing
Brothers estimated the crowd here.
We can all go to work now and make
that money back and have another
good time when we get another
chance.
The first Monday in November
this year was rainy day and very
few showed up in Waxahachie that
day, the fact is it was the lightest
attended first Monday | have seen
for long time. One cold, freezing
first Monday two years ago " + ahbtt-
foot' Bill aud myself were the only
apostles on the ground and We of
course soon adjourned, be bad no
one to auction horses and goods TO
and / he'd no one to get news from
and peddle newspapers To and we
soon gave IL up. Went home to wait
for better day.
My last trip was in the direction
of the Trinity river. At Boyce i
stopped long enough to renew my
acqu aintanee at that thiving village
which is situate d in the midst of as
good country as Ellis county has,
Out east of there one mile and a half
A. +. Dahnke has, this summer,
built handsome two-stoFy house
on his farm and J II. Lindsey, his
close neighbor, also owns splendid
two-story home. He was saving bis
kaffir corn He said he asked 800
an acre for his farm / went on
through Garrett east two miles and
spent the night at I. H. FarTar's.
He owns good sandy land farm and
he and his good wife have raised
large family some OF whom are
married. Mr.. Farrar made the race
for county commissioner "a few years
back and although he was not elected
/ believe he wonid make good one.
Mrs. NJ T.. Hunter, an English lady,
owns "a farm close by him aud her
industrious sons are good farmers
and they read eight or ten papers
and magazines. Munsey's, Cosulc~
poIitan and Review of Reviews and
others. They are posted ora All the
current literature of the day. This
Is what each and every farmer ought
to do. Read aud keep posted. Then
he can farm more iuteiIigeutly and
vote TO his better interest, possibly.
Ny next stop was at II, &. Win
terrowd's. He had carpenters out
from Ennis and was adding "A two
story addition TO his nousr. He
owns fine farm and Is successful.
Marion Toileson also owns good
farm in here on which he he recent
ly built "a nice home, and love 10
see mau get able tu fix himself
comfortably, On towards Crisp -,
f. and Sam Eason both own good
farms and they are rustief~ enough
To keep the Welt from their doorN.
-. T.. was sowing grain and sam
was ON trinity river having "A good
time gathering pecaus. sam enjoys
life as he passes down through IL
and no one / suppose ever saw him
with the Tues or complaining. G..
E Rogers, IA son-in~iaw of Hard
shell Jones, has been renting a good
farm out here for several wears.
His wife paid me for 1t. Honest
people and Hardshell people always
and at all times pay their debts and
our ESTERPRisE paper, just at this
time, stands In need OF the amount
due 1t from every every one Of It's
readers.
Close by Crisp Feagins and Spark
man own the Ezell gin. This firm
ALSO OWhH TIE bl~ kih AA N%fANP 1Ab
the crop liz short In this section and
they had shut down their gin IL,
Crisp aud were running their Ezell
gin. Mr.. Feagins is All honest,
good gin man aud he has employed
Ernest Eason to keep his books.
For several years F. NJ. Reed, IA
good citizen who owns a farm close
by the gin, said he was troubled
with something like paralysis. He
and his son-in-law Dan Anderson,
who also owns nice farm, both
paid me for their papers and Went
on 10 Crisp.
j. p. Sims has bought out the
Sparkman d Thornton stock 81
goods at Crisp, and said he too was
doing a very satisfactory business
Crisp has splendid school building
and they have a good school there
every winter. w. t.. Colvin Is Il
wealthy splendid citizen OF Crisp.
We have a good list OF readers over
there and they pay for their papers
too. Over east OF Crisp about noon
/ called at w. w. Wadiey's and he
fed me and my three thousand dollar
thoroughbred all right. Gave me
good words Of encouragement, all OF
which do newspaper maa good
MIR. Wadley used 10 be butcher IN
Waxahacfie and he and bis good
wife know how to- feed a hungry
man. b. ID. Disk, a close neighbor
of MIR. Wadlay, said his cotton was
only moderately good, but paid me
for his paper and said send II on.
v. q. Fowler rents from Uncle
Jesse Smiths wife and was gath
ering pretty fair crop and he too
never fails 70 pay his paper debts.
j. H. Crews, who owns a farm over
here east ~ Crisp, two years ago
had his house blown TO pieces. He
moved several hundred yards and re-
built, not long since another cyclone
struck him ard blew his house OFF
the blocks and when | got there he
had placed 1t back and was as cheer
full as ever. Crews is not man to
grieve over misfortunes but splits
on his hands aud takes hold afresh.
A. j Kolb, his close neigllbor, owns
farm over here and was away
in Anderson county selling large
body of land he owns over there.
His wife paid me for their paper
and said MIR. Koib was coming to
the Farmers Convention the 9Th
and 9Th r. II f4rfwuN rents fi4r~