The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-19
At Home Again.
r FNTIrRpRIeE.

quite a pr0tracted stay away from
home.
When | frst got home the dogs,
cats and chickens did not at first
seem to recognize me, but it only
took few days for my chickens
and rabbits to know that the old
boss was home again, and they
have been holding quite series Of
public meetings for the past two
weeks. 1t took me at least two
weeks to get the gates rehung that
were off their hinges and the holes
patches i'm the yard fences and then
doing a general cleaning up and
Strengthening up of things. / want
it distinctly understood that ! am
n Nv at home and strong. 1t is true
/ had real nice time while away
from home, yet, "There is no Place
Like Home" The farm is again
rented out, but m poultry and Bel
gian hares shall have most of my
own supervision and attention from
now on, and you need not be sur
prised if once more | place few
Berk shire hogs on this ranch. 1t is
true that it does seem for the past
two ears that we Texas people
used a stock of hogs that are drouth
proof. ] have advertised for breed
of hogs that can stand the drouth,
though / have not yet had any re-
Spouse. Should you hear of any
such breed of hogs please write me
at once, I'll pay for the ad. Much
was said few years ago in the
farm journals about pure water,
fresh air and clean quarters. Well,
tried that, but hogs, that is Berk-
shire hogs will starye to death On
such treatment, without some good
substantial food. 1t is now my
firm opinion that hogs in order TO
do we'll and pay well must have good
wholesome food and good care and
attention.
Why is 1T that our newspaper men
have quit advising the farmers. A
few years ago every little newspaper
in the state was full of advice TO
farmers. 1t seems that they have
about let up on even diversified
farming" W h a the matter?
Well we have had two years of the
severest drouths that Texas has
ever known and the truth of the
whole matter is that our farmers
generally, are in the middle of bad
fix and our advisers have called off
their dogs and left us 10 root out,
scratch out or dig out or just any
old way to get out. My prediction
Is that the farmer who has put in
most of his time attending To his
own business will pull through safe
and sound and will have learned
valuable lessons from the severe
drouths.
Don't get scared when | tell you
that Uncle Snort has made a sol
emn pledge that foF the future he Is
going 10 stay very close 10 home
and look strictly after and attend
strictly to his own interests. 4 few
days ago ] met tn Waxahaehie a
very Gear friend, whom ! had not
seen for "a long time. He seemed
very glad IN see me aud began
pouring out a string of high flown
words Of congratulations which
took me very much by surprise.
The more / asked for explanation
the mare be would smile and con-
graduate. Just that morning the
most enterprising merchant Ia your
city, tour Mr. Durhami made me a
present OF fine five dollar hat, and
then | had some other honors CON
ferred on me very unexpectedly and
of course could not tell for just
what | was being congratulated un-
til / finally forced him to an explain
alton, which was, Il heard you were
Just married. - Ofcourse my feathers
fell and like the boy that run
over the calf / had nothing more
to say, only "You are very much
mistaken. ] am not married nor
even a prospect that / will any
time koon,' and | further say
that if | should decide 10 marry
again / shall consult everybody and
ask everybody's opinion as to who
| should marry and when, especially
the tattlers. the busy bodies who
put In most of their time meddiing
with other peoples affairs and who
take special delight in rehearsing
little falshoods that might possibly
fling little mud on some ones
good name, ana when have con-
suited all these parties j will do just
as please about it, knowing posi-
lively that it il no ones business
but my own. Now ask pardon for
having said this much on the sub
ject, but / do il because j feel that