The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-13

Mr.. Ben +. Forester met me here
and in my buggy went with me to
his home close by and there ] feast
ed on the good things. Mr.. Forces
ter always keeps plenty to eat, and
/ spent pleasant night with him.
He too came here before the war
and own fine farms all around them,
and year or two ago bought an
other one in Johnson county and
gave it to his son. These are good
christian people and practice what
they profess, and each and every
night before retiring they read a
chapter out of the bible and revernt-
ly bow in prayer. This is right and
should be practiced by professors of
religion more than it is. Next
morning [ had not travelled far on
the road till | met Mr.. Curtis, who
owns farm on Chambers Greek
and lives in Waxahachie and was
hauling a load of ripe peach-I
es to town, filled my buggy
and sent some home. On west |
passed the farm of Mr.. Woodland
and his good lady said he was get
ting out of the grass. Mr.. Credille's
crop was clean, Next / struck the
north end of the big Anderson ranch.
Mr.. Tanner good farmer, had a
big body of rough land rented on it
and he SAID the grass and weeds had
almost swamp d him. Robt. Tur-
ner has moved back from ForrestOn
to his farm out here and his better
half said they were glad to get back.
Through Chambers creek bottom /
crossed that stream at the Davis
Gro ssing. The |. d g. n, railroad
is about completed through this val
ley. Syp ct ii Sewell of McLennan
county quilt most of the road
through the valley and graded it
from IA to Is feet high, On account
of scarcity of labor they have been
delayed. They are clever gentle
men and said they were old railroad
builders. Thirty miles through this
county this road is now nearly
completed, Where this road comes
off the mountain into Chambers
Greek valley there is a forty foot
cut through solid white rock for a
long distance and at the foot of the
noun ain near this cut there is a
forty foot fill. 1t will take, the con-
trace said, all the men that can
get at this job three months to com
plete it. 1t costs lots of Jay Could
IIIOIltN 10 buiAd bLlIS ioEaels liip lalji-
ily own il and are bnilding this
road. Mr.. j. M. Cook who lives
out near Bee Creek was down at
the railroad camp and picked him
up, and up through Witten's mag
nificent farm we went. Aaron Davis
who has been hid out in this Cham
bers Greek thicket all his life, by
the building of this road will be
brought into civilization and / hope
now as he beholds the trains go
putting by will be christianized.
Mr.. Chalmers who lived in Waxa-
hachie for several years is now
working part of Pats rich dirt and
had a pret " crop and IL moderately
clean C oss the ridge we soon
fetafat rCook's home, turn
Ell dis oat patch, shook
ha. 0s good friend, Mrs.
Get. ere off foot to Mr..
Galris nts' stock farm close
by. he osa several head of fine
imported Durham cattle, several
mule colts. Mr.. Clements also has
a fine stallion and two Jacks and
other valuable stock. He has some
haifers bred on his farm that are
prettier than the registered ones and
i wish more farmers would go to Mr.
Glen ents stock farm and learn how
to make mere money than they can
possibly do out of cotton and corn.
He is honest and practical and has
male a success OF his business and
his farm only consists of about 200
acres. j. B. Cook has been with
Mr.. Clements about eight years and
he knows about Is much of Mr..
Clements business as be does him-
self and Cook has saved enough of
his wages to buy him fine body of
land I'M the Panhandle.
After returningto Mr.. Cooks and