The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-29

dustrious young farmer and viii
support his splendid little wife and
boy. | next turn west and strike ]
I'll. Stanberry who was cutting hur
rah grass with his binder. Almost
every farmer out here is putting
up tons of this and then the sor-
ghum patches are large and numer-I
Gus out here. Stanberry said he bad
put up, supply of 1t and his noun
tain cotton was pretty good. j. r..
Roe and ] NJ. Stephenson both own
homes on the mountain and their
farm Law out in the valley 200 feet
below. Around on the top of this
mountain is certainly the prettiest
place to live in Ellis county. From
each one of these gentlemen's hous-
| es the view is just splendid. Mr..
| Roe said he sent to Illinois last
winter and bought his seed corn and
now he was gathering more than
| twenty bushels to the acre and he
was putting up hurrah grass which
was as pretty hay as / ever looked
at. H. NJ. Burleson also lives on
| this mountain and owns fine lands
| in the valley below. He is the man
whose farm joined Jack Bealps and
| in the contest with Wooten last
spring we all claimed our farms
| Joined his and this furnished lots of
| amusement for us all. During my
first days rustling in the Mountain
Peak country ] CHANGED to meet
| Bill Buessll and he invited me to
spend the night with him and said
he would place me high above gnats
and mosquitoes. | have never in
my life seen these pests half so bad
and readily acceptedlMr. Russell s
invitation. He has splendid two
story house built on top of one OF
the highest peaks in this chain OF
mountains, more than two hundred
feet above the surrounding country.
I Under the mountain, are his barns,
garden and orchards, and when
had fed my pony, assembled that
mountain and enjoyed the breezes
free from pests. He owns two hun
dred acres close round the foot hills
of as fine land as Ellis county al
fords. Mr.. Bussell's health is poor
and he has offered to sell this mag
hnificent farm reasonable. One OF
his daughters teaches in the college
at Italy and his son is teaching the
St Paul school near Britton. Mr..
Russell has tunneled into this noun
.
also a large cistern and he filters
water twice before 1t reaches his
cistern. A delightful night ] spent
and roasted upstairs higher than
any man in Ellis county that night
Adjoining Mr.. Bussell's farm Prof
Alderdice. the man We elected to the
next legislature, owns 600 acres al
In the valley. He and his wife aTe
the parents Of five boys and one
girl The boil worms have beer
very destructive TO his crop but
Is letting up and be now has a hope
of making some cotton. 4 man OI
. more energy and perseverance, II
hard to find He has more sorghum
and kaffir corn planted than any
farmer | have run across and 1t n
looking well. That Prof. Alderdice
will make us one of the best repre-
sentatives we ever had, there is not
a shadow of doubt. Mr.. John
Morris owns 100 acres close to the
Peak and heleft half of 1t In grass
and when / got there he and Char
lie Smith his neighhor and Mr.. KEEL
lev from Sardis who own a hay
baler was cutting and baling IL. The
huFrah grass and other feed stuh
now being put up by the farmers OF
Ellis county will save the life OF
many a COW and horse this winter.
Mr.. &. w. Carter who owns a farm
out here went to South Texas With
the big move there several years
ago, bought land there, he made
failures and was finally almost
killed in the big storm, this disaster
drove them back to their mountain
| home. He still owns land down
there and says he thinks he will
soon sell it 10 the rice growers
Mrs. Carter though quite deaf is a
great worker, she this spring raised
and sold 800 or 400 pounds Of cab
bage and Mr.. Carter led me into
their storm house where this sum-
mer "a splendid variety of canned
fruits, sweet pickles etc.
were stored away. Mr.. Car
ter's health was improved in South
Texas but said he lost money down
there and that made the old lady's
health bad, she is working and re.
cuperating her purse and health
both now. Mr.. r. X. Parker and
his good wife are two more happy
and jolly good people who own a
mountain farm and are prosperous.