The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-20
BY INNooE NoE ABROAD

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Bristol is one of the communities
where our paper circulates largely F.;
where we have lots of friends: and
when / arrived there on my last trip
Prof. Stephens, the postmaster,
touched me on the shoulder and led
me into his private office and under
the counter lay two large pumpkins.
knowing my great love for this arti-
Gle he had carefully selected these
from Ia wagon load passing through
tee them to be good; said they had
| he right color My friend McNaren,
who usually supplies me with pump
| kins over here, failed on them this
season and he said the only interest
| he had In these was that he fur
| finished the seed to the gentlamen
who grew them. / brought them
| home and sent Judge Lancaater part
of one, gave Capt. Anderson one
small one, aud / reckon We all
Toasted
The surveyors who are locating
the right of way for the Rock Island
railroad passed one mile west Of
Bristol. Tins road will build from
Dallas south along the Trinity river
until il gets down through this
county. when It will t1rn into Corsi~
cana and from there viii build down
through Frcestoue county TO the
Gulf This road viii certainly Toe
built and will ran through the cast
ern part of this county, The Iutor-
national road has just completed ~
miles through the western part ot
this county and uowtbe Rock Island
will give the citizens OF the eastern
part Of our county another road and
when this one is completed Ellis
county will be pretty well supplied
with railroads. Bristol will have to
move a mile or more. The survey
ors say they cannot possibly get up
on the high point il is now situated.
Bristol 5 already a good business
place and when this road is built il
will be good town.
While near Bristol recently /
spent the night with J. W. Pitts
who owns farm and ranch south
Of Bristol. He is among the best
rustlers in that section. next
crossed Red Oak creek and spent
the night with j. q. Mckay and
both he and Pitts had been :ortu-
nate in having low lands that over
flowed and made them some corn.
This article lis as scarce this season
in Ellis county as hens teeth and
that horse of mine almost foundvred.
Mckay lives over here between
Bristol and India in "a magnificent
country and he is splendid little
rustler. There Is All Arkansawyer
named Fletcher In here. ] struck
him year or two ago just after he
landed from Arkansas and / pre-
dicted he would succeed and he is
getting there with both feet, J l..
Duncan is another man over here
fietting richer all the time. Can't
hold a rustling farmer down in Ellis
county.
West of Bristol near the Grange
Hall Mr. Sims, the old Nirginian.
lives and he said Smith creek on
which his farm lay was good enough
for him and what he wanted To buy
now was an almanac that would
give him two good rains next june
tired of buying corn and said he
found it very incouvenient to do
without it.
In the most excellent address of
Prof. II p. Atwater here at the Far
mers Institute meeting he spoke of
the great necessity OF preserving the
birds and told of the great good they
did IN devouring the small insects
He said that millions of birds were
slain annually with which to deco
rate ladies' hats. He further stated
that il was to the interest of every
farmer to protect the birds and he
gave the names of DIR. #. =. Palmer,
Biological Survey L. S. Depart
ment OF Agriculture, Washington,
d. c.; w. It. Hornady, Director
Geological Park, New York City;
w. NJ. butcher, 525 Manhattan ave,
New York City.
A great many Of our readers have
asked us To publish the above adj
dresses so that they might apply
for pamphlets which will be sent