The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-09-05
FROM THE FIELD.

The latter part of my trip in the
western part OF Ellis county was not
finished In last weeks paper. Pro-
hibition and anti-prohibition stuff
hid to be printed and consequently
| left off part of my trip for this
week
After spending the night with Mr..
Forbes I crossed over the mountain
to the Venus road and as j was de-
scending it, in passing a white house
close by the road, gentleman met
me from the house and with a troub-
led look on his countenance, asked
me to turn INTO ,ield on the oppo-
site side of the road and go mile
and bring Mrs. Barley to his house
quick, his wife, he said, was sick.
This gentleman lifted the hind
wheels round and ] turned quick.
Always and under all circumstances
| try to help my fellow-man in dis
tress. The whip was freely applied
to that pony and up through that
farm | went like whirlwind or
creased lightning. ! soon met the
lady coming, assisted her INTO my
buggy and the race back begun, and
when we stopped in front of the
door Mr.. Worlow again appeared,
and this time he had a smile on his
face, his countenance had changed
for the better, and this fact 1 quick
ly noticed, and his remark was: 1t
is all over and there is a sprightly
new girl in the house, and be looked
happy, and / drove on towards We
nus, and that evening when | pass
ed back that way, Mrs. Barley said
that baby should have part of my
wifes name. Joe Dillon, who has
for many years been "A faithful prin-
ter in our office recently named his
new boy for me and now we have
name sake each, and i am proud of
it, and somebody's babies will be
wearing new dresses and breaches
at my expense. / viii make these
little fellows happy sure.
On towards Venus, Mr.. Meeks
rents on the Flory farm and said
the boil worms had injured his crop
severely. J. w. Niger, close by,
said the same. Mr.. Niger was sick
and said be would go to tire Terri
tory this fall. Mr.. Stanford owns IA
good farm out here in ahis good
country, made no corn and was put
ting up hay. Next, int Venus. The
/. d G.. n. road has been graded all
the WAY kHAhARA w w vi At &&pN
and it crosses the Santa Fe at We
nus and with the fine country sur
rounding this town, and two roads
passing through 1t is bound to make
city and good one. The new road
is making an overhead crossing
| here and ii takes a dump - feet
| high to make 1t. The new road is
| building a splendid depot here and
! this alone shows they expect anus
to grow. j spent all day Saturday
/ there and met many Of our suhscrib-
| ers who seemed to be glad to see
me and / was indeed glad TO meet
! them with their bright prospects.
! Several of our Ellis county citizen :
/ have in the last few years bought
property in and around there and h
! has adv anced in price. In the after
noon ] met Prof A. =. Thomas who
owns the school there. and had tho
pleasure of going with him overland
! through his college buildings and |
! had no dream they were so extern
sive as | found them. In his large
two story dormit0ry where he boards
/ his pupils there is room to accom-
modate sixty odd. Through bis din
/ ing room, cook room and bed rooms
/ / was led by the Professor and they
are all large and airy and eomforta-
bic both for winter and summer. In
the center of this large doFmllorf
there is large room for night study
and here at the tap Of "A bell each
student is required 10 come after
supper and spend some time prepar-
ing their lessons for the next day.
They are assisted in this night
work by one of the professors, and
Prof. Thomas said to ne that his
attendance had reached nearly four
hundred. This whole business Is
the property of Prof. Thomas who
established the school in 1895. His
school building was undergoing re-
pairs and has this summer been
greatly enlarged So as Ia aeeommo-
date his constantly increasing at
tendance. Burnetta college is a
credit not only to its proprietor who
has labored increasingly six years