The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-01-03

/ am now in the extreme northern
part of Brown county, out west, we
in Ellis county say, and / want it dis
timely understood in the beginning of
this article that have not come out
here to grow up with the country; l
tried that out here on this range
twenty years age and failed to grow
up with the country; | sWinked up
and from three Thousand sheep all OF
which died very dead in two winters,
/ went TO cutting cedar posts Ia the
breaks and mountains of Callahan
county north of this, and from there
| drifted into Arizona territory ana
after many years of somew what
checkered career finally fetched
up In central Texas, have come to
the conclusion that there is such a
thing as taking Horace Gree.ey's I'D
vice too strong and getting two far
west These Christmas excursions
save people money in travelling to see
their kinfolks, but by the time we
count up the logs fellow gets in his
sides made there by the lunch baskets,
little, old green and blue colored hand
safe hels, carried by the majority of
Christmas tourists, he is out more than
il he travelled on straight full fare
ticket. Arriving at FIT. Worth last
Friday | rad a few hours to stroll
over the city and for Christmas times
it looked dull to me. The Texas Pa
citic depot there is one of the finest
in the state and every accommodation
is here afforded the travelling public.
A place to wash the dirt off your dirty
face; nice seats in large, well yenti-
lated room, and besides there is
place to get something good to eat at
an elegant restaurant. My money ard
me parts company when find one OF
these places. At IL O'Clock / boarded
the FL. Worth & Rio Grande 'oad for
Brentwood, by Granbury the county
seat of Hood county, to Stepnenville,
the county seat of Erath county, Dub
lin in the same county where the Rio
Crane crosses the Texas Central.
these are all nice, western towns. On
west W. next pass through Comanche
! the cou lty seat of Comanche county
| and this, too, is rice town. All these
| towns here mentioned are substan-
| TALLY built of white lime rock, quarried
from ii ountains close by each of
| them. = very email proportion of the
| lands in any of these western counties
! is in cultivation, this rough iand tnat
| is not susceptible of cultivation (and
there is great deal of III IS fenced
and used for grazing, but from FL
! v orth TO Brentwood did not see IN
anY pasture where COW or morse
coulu get mouth full If grass IN
DAVIS struggle for it. However, some
rain out here during the summer
| months helped the farmers TO MAKE q
little corn and cotton and they are all
I h. n a
STACK and little sorghum Is all " Il.
They are used to drouths and know
how 10 take ND their belts and adjust
themselves to hard times. The years
of great abundance, peace and plenty
are exceptions out here, but with AL
her drawbacks people are contenteo
and oujte happy. The healthiest
section, reckon, and the :act is the
further west / get the more mustang
I get in me and this morning as l SIT
at nv mother end SISTERS fresides |
feel gaily and good, and pretty soon
will be gallopi0g ever these prairies on
tue hunt Of another turkey dinner,
pound cake and other goodies too
numerous to mention. Brentwood is
ore of the best towns in this western
fcountry and / got there at sundown
and found district court in session and
with nv brother in law, who met me,
went to clearinghouse; met thirty or
iorty farmers and ranchers of the sur
rounding country, some of whom
knew twenty years ago when | was
one o them and a pleasant night
had of it; ate nice, fat venison at the
boarding house. Up here the boys
crippled some deer, but go far they
have failed to place any along side the
turkey ON the table. | will possibly
take turn at them before leave and
then / know will have bear story
to tell when get back.