The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-30
FROM THE FIELD,
no MouNrAIN PEAK ANp VENUS.


TO MOUNTAIN PEAK AND VENUS.
He is a large neshv man bRt was
this hot weather h0eing his cotton.
He aud some Of his ueighbors oHu
a fine thresher and be moved il up
north OF Midlothian this s9mmer
and made good money with it.
Renting from Prof. Alderdice are
two brothers named Aired and tn
Professor said they we're hard worf
ing clever men, and they ere put
ting up hay in "a hurry. The Neal
brothers rent DR.. Shytles' farm
over In this valley and they bought
"a hay baler and said they could not
begin to bale all the hay that was
wanted, l.. w. Hollabaugh and Mr..
MeBrayer both rent the SeweIi
farm. Mr.. McBrayer has eight or
nine children and Mr.. Hollabaugh
fourteen or fifteen and these "
families work an immense territory
and they are both clever men and
good farmers and ! hope they may
succeed i'm raising their numerous
progeny To be good citizens like they
and their wives are. Mr.. fosey
who married Sell Moore's daughter,
will move this fall to the Territory.
The descendants OF the Moore fam
ilv have put in their claim
up there. Some Indian blood
traces through them from from Mrs.
Moore. who has been dead or many
years, Many good citizens through
ont Texas trace back 10 Indian all
cestry and all these aud / know sew
crai I'm this and other counties who
are making the effort to secure their
allotment Of land ia the Territory,
and / hope they will succeed. The
fact is. / wuuid like 10 have Ii }lttle
Indian in me right now, hut its all
i'm me Irish and Scotch and some
other kind Of blood that don't hap
pen 10 inherit any land In the Ter
ritory. M. Daily also rents from
Teel Moore and he makes money
aud some one told nae that Lee
used to borrow money from Mr.
Daily, and he told some Of bis
! neighbors he was going TO quit 1t
did not look like he, Moore, Was "a
good ru~stler, but he is, and Is con-
stantly trading and Of course needs
money occasionally. o, r. Mont
gomery rents owe In this valley
from Mr. Wbippie. the drummer,
and he Is Il big fellow. | have to
look up to him and believe he il a
/ good worker. Mr.. HollahauglI rode
with me to see some of his neigh
bors and / went back aud helped be
and his large family devour a spleen
did dinner, and his wife looks young
and she remarked 1t was not much
| more trouble To take care Of lots Of
children than 1t wac just "A few
Back round the valley Mrs, Il, r..
Huff owns a big farm and pasture,
and Mr.. Rotten rents some OF the
best Of it. He was away hunting
cotton pickers aud he seemed TO
have son pretty good cotton for a
worrny year. AT II. +. Wise's farm
in this valley / stopped ard his
n~eighb0rs say there * not q more
successful farmer in IL. His place
is we'll improved. He only has his
wife, a son and daughter. lis son
is making "A lawyer of himself and
his daughter has not yet finished
her education and will 20 of u
school this fall. They both are in-
teiiigent, bright young people, Mrs
Huff owns "a pretty home and /
stopped there. Almost everybody
out here reads the ENTERPRISE
Her two pretty daughters have been
attending Baylor University and
will possibly go back there again
this session. Mrs. HUFF has man
aged her large estate with the jndg~
ment of "A good tinancier. Mr.. sam
Wise also owns IA pretty home and
q good farm out here and he t8a wak
away In Johnson county hunting
cotton pickers and he like his broth
er is p successful farmer. sam
Hinkle aud Mr.. Ramer both rent
from Mrs. Hun and they both
struck ms as being pretty good rus
tiers. Across the valley aud through
"a magnificent country | came 80.
Marion Smiths farm. Up the
mountain TO Mr.. Gauaway's who
rents from Mr.. Burles0n and he and
several young men were putttng at
the prettiest rick Of hay | saw on
the trip. Across To Lewis Els
kridge who lives and owns a farm
in the cove of the mountain and II
is rich and fine and he will never
suffer on dirt like this. Mr. Forbes
settled at the foot of this mountain
in 1916 and raised "A large family
and has given off to each of mis-
children "A good farm. Two sons
John and Jim both still live close by
him. Mr.. FORBES stHl looks Ao9AA
yet and his wife seems stout He
used good Judgment in that early
day and has kept 0s usina II by
staying there. jim Forbes waA SICK
and / called 20 see him aud spout
"A pleasant night. He has just pat
down IA deep well and a wind nili
and had water piped all over his
house and premises, he ton tias a
large family and this seaso he did
not plant any cotton. In this cove
of the mountain is a lovely place TO
live. over in this valley j. Hol-
iabaugh rents from Prof. Aiderdice,
he has a splendid team and Il a
good rustler. Close by W. j, viii
liams owns a splendid farm
and with d deep well he has a
well improved farm. 1t Was 8 rot
day bat he and Mr.. Woed8rd we're
cutting stove wood To cook his hoe