The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-07-03

Jim, now own thousands of acres Of
the very best land in this county.
He and Jim made trip last year to
California, Oregon and Washington,
and through the National Park and
the pictures of all the regions
through which they travelled they
showed me and when l got through
looking at them and having each
picture explained to me l kinder
felt like | had been there myself.
Miss Fannie Harrison, a niece who
came from England few years ago,
keeps honse for then She is a
bright, intelligent lady. Mr.. Harri
son went with US to the Farmers
Congress last year and he and his
son Jim will both go with us this
year. | next stopped at the farm of
Joe MehNg. He was away from
home. He Imported several head of
fine horses and mares from Ken
lucky a feY years ago, He also.
owns fine Jack and Meharg knows
how to handle them and talk about
them. Across to Mr.. Moses farm.
He is another man making money
farming in Ellis county. Last win
ter he sold a small farm and bought
a larger one from Jim Webb. He
too was away from home and /
failed to see him. Mr.. Crutcher
owns a nice farm next and he and
his wife have daughter, Miss Bell,
who has been confined to her bed
for nine years. When not suffering
too much she reads and is a bright,
cheerful girl She said she was
glad | called to see her. She reads
my trips and is my good friend.
Mrs. CrutcheT has an eyer-beariug
mulberry tree in her back yard and
on this | Toasted and spent pleas
ant hour there with this clever good
family. Next across 10 Mr.. Var
nell's who rents on the Whitefeld
farms and at Uncle Tom Johnston's
/ saw the first beet patch. He has
an acre or more and they look well.
Mr.. lobe EdmondsOn said he had
al acre of the stock beets planted
and they were fine for man TO eat
as well as beasts. At Uncle Raj
eigh Sims home j spent the night.
n g and his wife have no children.
One young lady they raised il now
grown and he has educated several
other young ladies who are now
grown and have families. Uncle
Raleigh and his wife had permitted
t44F p4LE EtDlJAF VI AllF N'i4llAlt A4EA y
to have a party at their house that
night and | was in the swim and
our readers ought TO have seen me
playing snap and other games with
the girls and boys. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sims have a very fine piano their
home and from this and violin
some OF the boys brought W. had
splendid music. 1t was an event =
OF pleasure to me as we'll - tga
seventy-fiVe or hundred young
people who gathered there from the
surrounding country. Uncle Raj
eigh owns a fine farm out here,
money ahead ana be takes life easy
and no man enjoys it better than
he and his good wife.
Mr.. I. {. Cain OF ForrestOu, was
threshing the wheat of this neigh
borhoOd and it was yielding from
Is 10 20 bushels per acre. There are
- or D men who rent on the Auder-
son ranch close by and each Of them
have from 30 TO 80 acres Of wheat
sOwn and it will WELD something
near 70 bushels per acre. Mr.. Cain
owns "a fine thresheT and he will
soon knock it out for them. / pass.
ed down through the ranch bv
Messrs. Norman and IOuugblood's
crops and they both have pretty
crops and had them clean and clear
of weeds and grass Both these
gentlemen have splendid, iudustri-
Gus families. Mr.. Zann and Mr..
Irby also rent on this Anderson
ranch and both had pretty crops,
clear Of grass. Mr.. BilIiugsley
rents farm In here owned by Bin
Briggs. Said he had no cotton
planted and he was helping his
neighbor chop his cotton. Mr.. h.
said be and his wife liked our paper
and were good friends to il. | do
love to get To the homes az orr
friends. IL makes us feel good To be
told by our friends that We are max
ing "a paper they love TO read. We
labor hard each aud every week TO
get out paper that will interest all
our readers. Mr.. Criddle has rented
one farm near Boz for ten or twelve
years. He j. an honest man. makes
"a living, pays his debts and ENJOYS
life. Mr. Woodland, near Boz. owns
a good farm and he had "A field of
wheat near his house he taougbt
would yield more than twenty bush
els To the acre. He is making mon
ey farming and constantly buying
more land. He and his good wife
insisted on my stopping for dinner
but AZ was too early i'm the day and
on across Great House branch 10
Mr.. DawsOu's / went aud found him
busy as usual. He fed my horse on
alfalfa hay. Said be had several
acres Of II and would plant more
this iaIl. He has been experiment
Ing with few acres Of il for two or
three years and So well pleased. he
with II as "A feed crop will put In
several acres more Mr.. Dawson
has a deep veil and "A wind mill and
water plped Co his house, lot and
garden and iu room adjoining his
Kitchen he showed me his bath tuh.
At very small cost a plumber put
"A coil pipe lu bis stove and now Mr.
Dawson and his family enjoy hot.
comfortable baths all winter. This
II luxury more farmers ought To-
have and now al Il very small co-t
they can have IL. Mr.. Dawson re-.
marked while showing his bath room,
90 me that this alone saved him "a
hundred dollars doctor bill year
Back 10 Bog and close by that place
j. X. Dooley, a good fustling farm
eF owuz aud operates a good farm
and Hudson Bros. have a broom
factory there ana they are turning