The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-01-27

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Article II TIE pulsski Gilazss


Toe following article, written by
Rev. I. j.. Duncan, pastor % the
Methodist church at 'Ennls, appeared
in last weeks Issue OF the Pulaski
/ Tenn Citizen
swell, cir, II | haven't had a Joyous
time feel inst like sitting dosn and
telling your readers the whole blessed
thing A few miles from Ennls, where
/ make my home for ths present,
/ mark We, all Methodist preachers had
/ better keep an eye on that last phrase
/ is a village called Nash Now Mash,
/ be il said, is located IN one Of the fin
est black land sections Of Texas. II is
there that numerous OF my long time
/ friends have settled. What more 1T
( ting than that their children VINO have
heard their fathers and mothers talk
about Tom Duncan al tnsir lives
should desire TO have him celebrate
with them the joyous occasion Of their
embarkations on the sea u matrimo-
MAJ bliss? So the summons came, and
+ | might as we'll add for the grstth of
history that 'Barkis was wiiln'
followed the serpentine route Of the
r. r., until decamped tor z couple OF
: n rrow, spunky ponies and was so n
in the home of my old Dyer5 creek
friend, Robert Satterdeld He took
to himself my little pet a tins years
long gone by, Lizzie Lee, sons and
daughters not a few blessed their an
ion. But it was the first time that GU
pid had ever dared to break the spell
of Domestic union, Miss 1Eabs. was to
be given away in holy wedioCk Al 80
. that evening. To that end the beau
tlfuI chapel had been decorated in the
most charming style. Eyry Smith, a
youngster from Giles county, Tenn,
was the happy man who led her to
the altar He was the son OF my old
friend, Joseph e. Smith, who through
all the long years Of a most happy
married life has never been able 10
! keep his neighbors from asking his
lo7ely wife: Is your father at home2'
J He seems as proud Of it now as when
young Hfe's Journey they fret began
s After the ceremony before an i'm
. mense crowd we repaired 10 the Sat
terrified home. 1t is spacious, hos
/ pitable one. The Smiths a1G they
were in evidence in large uumaers-
and me Moores and the W.!lamses
and the Cneathams e. al-2s tHe
smart set say, assembled with ",
and how the time did Fly while We
talked Of the long ago, and the trieads
on earth and in heaven. The y3urg
sters entered into the spirit Of tie &C.
sion with a zest. Many is the good
one they got on the old folks W1jle-
/ we INDUCED in the "reminiscences OF /
the happy days Of childhood. We
travelled Dyer's creek from source 10
mouth, and went over TO BeLwcOd, /
Indian Mound. Down We went 10 To-
| baccoport, over the river and al up
and on down he modest little streams
that water the dear old hill country Of
nv childhood. l could almost see
Sam Gentry handing out the snake 10
Uncle Johnnie Morgan, Hayes Fork
/ in the sweep of q great revival Bill
/ Atkins warming Us boys up TO the i'm
/ portance of the subject. Ana so on,
and SO on. Your columns and the pa
tlence of your readers admonish me.
But ! will have the last lick. It was
good to he there,
/ These people are doing well They
are industrious and thrifty. The soil
. RESPONDS nobiy to their toll Think /
will visit them again in the no distant
future and sample their spring chick
ems My friends will not be surprised
at my orthodoxy. The principal wo-
man in the state Of Texas is now visit
ing her SOB. Jerome, in Balsboro.
They are a mutual admiration society.
I just let them admire. So I am going
to don my buds and. HE nae to the In
dian Territory, and they will he as
( lonesome as I have been when they
return" T. J. DUNCAN.