The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-07-30
FROM THE FIELD.

BY INNoo ENoE ABROAD
1t was a Jolly crowd of citizens of
Ellis county that stepped aboard
that decorated car on Tuesday
morning, July 10, bound for College
Station. The streamers extended
from one end of the car TO the other
on both sides and read "WAAA-
HACHIE ENTERPRISE EXCU R
SION TO FARMERS CON
GRESS.n This was printed on
the streamers in letters SO large and
plain that it could be read while the
car was speeding along twenty-five
miles an hour, and this S On on our
car attracted attention all down the
line and while We stopped at the diff
ferent depots the people were kept
busy reading the stTeamers and
seeing our crew of fine looking la
dies and gentlemen from the best
county on. earth, all of whom had
on their best Sunday go-to-meetln'
clothes. They looked well and felt
good, of course they did. At Gar
rett, Ennis and Corsicana our num-
bers were increased. Those from
Milford and that section OF Ellis
county came in on the Cotton Belt
and Joined our merry party there.
After leaving Corsicana We struck
the sandy lands and many were the
expressions of pity for sandy land
farmers we heard from these black
land fellows. Ii is true we have
this season no better corn than the
sand but their cotton looked shah
by indeed, compared to this rich,
black land country. | ran paper
in MeXia, Limestone county for
five years and FROM the time our
car reached Workman in FreestOne
county till ii passed Bremond in
Robertson county, | felt like i was
at home again and as our train
stopped at Workman, MeXia, Groes-
beck. Kosse and Bremond | jumped
off, shook hands with every man,
woman and child in sight and felt
like | was meeting some of my KIN
folks. 1t had been long time
since | had met them before and
left the imprint of my number eieV-
ems in their sand banks and under
their tables. These good people
greeted me heartily and it was the
wonder of everyone on our special
car how it was that so many people
all down this road were SO friendly
TO me. Five years of hard rustilng
among them and building "A paper
at Mexia with thirty-five hundred
subscribers, had led me to mix and
mingle with them many times.
Several cordial invitations / had
that day TO again come and run a
paper for them and said they wouid
again divide their hash with me as
of wore. Every one of our party
seemed 10 be hungry and informed
the conductor to notify tie railroad
eating house at Hearne OF the Tact
that we had sixty hungry people
aboard that car and for him II pre-
pare for us, however mistake OF
the operator made the telegram read
only six for dinner and We al
rushed to the dining room upon our
arrival at Hearne, took seats at the
diff erent tables. OF course there
was not enough dinner TO 70 round
and some of our party had u scrap
at peache and watermelons To STAY
stomachs till We reached the col
lege Calvert is splendid town
near the Brazos river and We passed
through that before reaching Hearne
and after leaving the latter place
Bryan was the next city and II rs
one of the prettiest towns on the
Central railroad Hearne, Calvert
and BRYAN are all close to the braz-
os river and the thousands of ne
groes who cultivate the rich Brazos
bottoms, and they are class or
people who spend all they make let
1t be much or little. Five miles
below Bryan we reached our desti-
nation College Station, aud as We
walked from the depot to the main
building, many were the express
sions OF delight we heard from our
party as they beheld and admired
the beautiful grounds we passed
through. Rare plants, flowers and
trees grow luXuriantly ali over the
college campus OF something like
81 acres. 1t was now after ,
O'Clock and | prom led OR party If
they would 90 To the building
where the congress was then
in session / would attend to
registering their names and Sc
curing their rooms and this / did
and placed us all In one building
where we could be together. Nice
cots on which to sleep three In "A
room and we were given one OF the
best and most convenient buildings
on the grounds. At $50 in the
1880 noon and $3.50 in the
evenings about $50 ladies and gen
tlemen met In tits big mess hall and
were fed Think of il, over 900 peo-
pie being fed at one time and in one
ball AT first there was some con
fusion and men got restless waiting
for meals, but this trouble soon
itself and then everybody
was well fed and happy. Our black
laud people possibly enjoyed the
fruit and melons furnished us at
meal time more than anybody and
we never let up on one of those
sandy land swe. t melons so lang as
there was particle of red juicy
meat in the r1ud