The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-21
A Scared Man and a Buckine
BrOnchO.

lbrother-in-law, j. II. Simmons,
brought to my house on Kaufman
street, in this city of WaXahachie,
from his ranch in Bosque county, a
long-legged, trim built bay horse.
He had Just broken this animal to
harness and he drove him around
the streets, bowed his neck like
goose, and to all appearances was
gentle. ] was somewhat Jubus OF
him, though after driving him few
times decided that the mustang in
him had been overcome by the good
American blood The possessed.
Twenty years ago or more when /
first struck the mesquite bronchos
| rather enjoyed riding and driving
lone of them that was spunky and
would occasionally get up in the
air, and | was never thrown of or
run away with by any of them, but
in later years my liking for this
kind of sport suddenly left me and
the truth is, want no more of the
lbucking broncho In mine. This par
ticular horse was great take In,
and he did completely take me in,
for last Sunday evening, when i
hooked him up for a ride, he pro
ceeded to show me the kind of stun
that was in him, and not more than
twenty steps were taken by him till
all of "A sudden he reached back with
his long legs and big feet to see
how far behind ! was. Striking the
dash board, he laid that up in my
lap and then got one of his feet
caught up in the buggy. With
hard struggle he soon freed his leg
and foot, and then the fun began in
dead, cold earnest; stitf legged,
fence rail, buck jumping, he went
up the street. For forty yards i
held on with death grip, and hol-
Tered at the top of my voice, but If
this mustang ever knew what whoa"
meant be seemed to have all at
once forgotten 1t. Jump out could
not, even had / been so disposed,
and / proceeded to stay with him
hike Dutch uncle and boiler
I"whoa" at the top of my voice all
the while. The neighbors al up
the street rushed out 10 see the fun,
and it was their unanimous verdict
that for holding on / couldn't be
beat. The truth is, / could do moth
ing else, bat they didn't know it.
MY buggy was ramshacked consid-
erably, and when | finally landed
that mustang against a ditch bank
and crawled out, ! did not feel larg-
err than forty cents. After | had lit
on the ground he was not yet salts
fed, and proceeded to do the act all
over again, and in some of his curves
he seemed willing to dwell among
the stars If it were possible, but
Through all his capers j held onto
him and finally loosed him from
THAT famous red buggy aud 1t Ii now
il. the shop, laid up for repairs, and
as Pete Freeman of Ennis said u
few years ago, when some fellow
took a shot at him and missed him,
in relating it to friend Pete said,
1.-THE good Lord takes care Of his
own" and he must have strength
eued these big fists and arms Of
mine on this occasion. My hands
are badly blistered, and that mus
tang will be ON his way to the ranch
again in double quick time. No
, peddling newspapers on bin for me
If you please, and no more Sunday
afternoon rides.
/ have been travelling around on
the outside of Ellis county consid-
erably this year and have found no
country equal to it in which to make
living, and that is first of all what
we are all after-a decent living,
!
over and above our actual expenses.
Last week | journeyed to Brown
county to see my mother. In Fort
Worth | had three hours to wait for
train out on the Fort Worth and
Rio ,Grande to Brentwood and
put in most of the time with Lee
? Penn of this city and another cotton
buyer named Johnson, both of
whom were on their way 10 Mineral
. Wells. Judge Dunlap says his deli
cate frame ard mine will Keep any
where and in any kind of climate,
= hence we do not have to go away to
. hunt health. While these gentl g.
men and myself were waiting for
our trains, we boarded a street car
= and ran across three miles north OF
: Fort Worth to the big packing hous-
es that are being erected there.
|, Thousands of men are busy con
structing these immense packerIes,
which when completed they say will
cover eleven acres of land, and af-
ter walking over them for half an
hour, Lee Penn said to me: This
is too big a thing for a common man
to think about" If 1t ever gets
seasonable again so we can raise
corn, hog raising will pay. The
pest Ildfbel We nave ever Hdtl Will
be in Fort Worth when these i'm
mense buildings are complete for
the slaughter of hogs and cattle, and
even now while it is SO dry Ii will
Ipay each and every farmer in Texas
to hold on to his pigs and keep life
in them somehow, for the day is
, surely coming when corn will be
, made here in Ellis county, and then
the farmer who has lot of shotes
wi soon have gold and silver dol
! lars in his pockets. The demand
, for hogs and cattle Will be better
than We ever saw it in Texas be-
fore. One extreme follows another
E, and we who live will see some years
when corn win be produced in album
dance.
| went out from Brentwood on
, | the stage twenty miles north and
: took my mother and sisters by sur
I prise. They were not looking for
! me. | found my sweet old mother
much improved. While she 10 still
totally paralyzed In her right side
yet she can now talk and they lift
her into an invalid chair and wheel
her TO the table and over the house
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