The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-02-10
LETTER FROM BRAD SHHW
He is Keeping close 10 Nature up in
Gregg County,

Now if l was put on the stand to
TESTIFY under oath who that is, |
should be compelled to let the court
answer for me. | do not know wheth-
er it is that tall, erect personality
wearing a Mexican shutdown and
whose very looks make you think of
the frontiers man with his do-as-l.
please, get away from here daring;
more tamiliarly known as Innocence
Abroad, or whether it be some more
delicate dudish dandy.
On the 10th Of last month | loaded
car partly with stock of different
kinds. to be shipped to my ranch in
Gregg county. The next morning
before any, except people compelled
by like emergencies as myself, were
astir. | told my family good bge and
made bee line for the Katv depot TO
each the Katy flyer for Dallas, there
| took the T. p. for Glade water,
where ] arrived at $50 p NJ The
firstnoi-e which greeted my ears after
aliehting from the train was the low
ing Of my car OF co VS.. found every
thing in good order, and soon mad
them off and to water and feed. BY
this time thew seem to be thinking
they have fund the haven of perfect
peace and rest.
This country is not the great rich
country OF Ellis county but Wnat
wealth there is here is more evenly
distributed among the people The
| great majority of the people own
/ their homes, and they are paid for,
/ they eat their Own hog and homlny,
and rest in the shade of their own
/ vine and fig tree So this makes 1t a
pleasant country to live IN. The
/ greatest, all the year round Industry
IN these regions is the milling indus
try | can hear fourteen mill whistles
from my place, and am In hearing OF
FIVE planners. Long before day the
gong for the mill hands TO get up can
be heard ringing, These gongs are
worn out or cast aside, circular saws,
suspended by a wire from the Dough
of tree or hung on large spike
driven in the trunk Of a tree, and
struck with hammer. These gongs
can be heard for miles in the still of
the morning. Early this morning
! went to mill for some lumber and
put on 442 feet, the mill man charged
me $500 TOR it.
am getting along tlamingly thi:
winter. | have fifty acres cut OF
ready for burning, ard as fine land al
| ever saw. No scarcity Of water here;
but the men on the hills complain o
the weather's being distressingly
beautiful. This country is undulatint
in surface, with sandy loan soil per
fectly well adapted to vegetable aut
fruit culture
There has been killed within hear
ing of gun shot of nay cabin in the las
forty days, one hundred head of Jog
off the mast, which never saw an ca
of corn. Not long since / counted 2
cows in one bunch, any of which wer
fat enough for beef, and not one o
them was fed during tnis season, the.
had been running in the cane brake
Sunday it began to rain, and befor
q the middle of the evening the win
q shifted to north and the rain wa
turned to hard snow. which continue,
L until the ground was covered. Mex
9 morning the sun shone some, but be
= fore night the clouds began to thicker
r the wind got fresh hustle from tn
north, and here come the snow, mos
% all day it has continued, intersperse
1T by epells of heavy mist which froZe q
Ia fast as it fell, and now as am writin
ia this, l frequently hear the crash G
falling timber giving away under IL
lOdu Ol lCS anu tbO Gnu 10 nUt yCbs 10
a hear its sharp tinkle on the roof. A
q was writing last night listening q
q the crash of falling timber, and Tia
y sharp sound upon the roof OF peitin
W ice, / wondered what the mornin
/. would reveal, and what a scene c
= grandeur, beauty and sublimity me
my gaze this morning. The mist ha
continued all night, the limbs an
trees still continue TO fall, and oil
y how the whole forest sparkles, ever
} tree and shrub Ia dressed in diadem
of diamonds. My little boy and too
a stroll away through the woods abor
an hour ago, and as we went crushin
3 through the snow / wished that limo
= eence, and some forty or fifty of m
= young friends from dear Waxahachi
could be with us to zee the grandeu
. of this ice covered and Ice laden for
.. est. Every young pine which Ia
.. ret broken during the night formed
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