The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-26

Oklahoma. DR.. Nelson, her father,
resides with her, he Is nearlyseighty
years old and quite deaf. Miss
Linda Hines daughter of Alex
Hines who lives on the Pecos 10
visiting her Aunt Mrs. Hampton
this summer. Mrs. A. c. Young in
another widow in here with o fine
farm, her neice lives with her and
her farm she rents. G.. w. Martin
owns a fine farm close by Forces
ton, settled out here in 1876. and he
has kept digging and sowing till
now he is fixed, / d'nnered with
HIM and it was a good one, he led
me into bis garden, orchard and
vineyard and ii IL all fine. His
wife's father and mother Mr.. and
Mrs. Howell reside with be and his
wife. i. A. Winn rents from Mr..
Martin, he has been crippled with
rheumatism for many wears, but is
one of the most cheerful men in the
community. He is now taking treat
ment in the way of rubbing, from
an old darby in the community and
thinks he is getting some relief.
). Z. Leatherman owns small
farm in here; is a nice farmer and
bad his crop in pretty shape. T. ID.
HarwelI rents on the Geo. Bullard
farm, said he owned "A farm back
n ear Pulaski and would move
back to ii this winter and he sent a
paper back there to a brother-in-law
J H. Simpson. Geo. BullaTd owns
lots of fine land, in here close to
ForrestOn and he and his wife are
now stopping at the farm till crops
are laid by, then they will move
hack NJ haekfg NJ KInwail
young Methodist minister in here,
will this winter JOIN the Animal
Conference. w. &. Brooks who
sold out his farm at Ozro few
years ago and moved back 10 Ten
nessee and bought "A farm, came
back last winter and bought the
Grimes farm in here. Mrs. Brooks
said they were not satisfied at their
| old home and longed to get back TO
| Texas. Ernest Hines has fine
crop Of wheat and oats On his farm,
| drove into his place, be WAS shock
| ing his oats, preparatory to plant
/ ing June corn on his stubble, bis
wheat he thinks will yield from 70
/ to p bushels Ia the acre. A Null
/ rents Walter Timmins farm and he
/ has the prettiet crop In the Forres-
/ ton country, be has been trading on
| cattle for several years, but he is
/ too good a farmer to fool with cat
tie. J. w. Stephens aud his brother
! lobe, who is the blacksmith at For
( reston, have this spring with one
! incubator and their hens matched
one thousand chickens and they
! have now over eight hundred little
| chicks, some 81 them large enough
To fry and they are shipping them
TO Dallas and netting - cents a
/ piece for them. lobe Stevens also
owns IL bee stands aud from these
he sells lots nf honey every year.
Four miles East al Forreston on
Dry Branch / spent the night with
, Uncle Newt Pharis He owns "A
nne farm out here and be and his
/ good wife are now taking life easy.
/ Their Granddaughter, whom they
( raised, lives with them. During
the war when Uncle Newt was in the
army bis wife moved from Missouri
/ into Arkansas and drove a yoke Of
oxen herself 200 miles across the
mountains in Missouri. She said
he scalawags OF both armies rob be q
her OF everything shhe made and
she was compelled 10 move. X, A.
| Reeves, an industrious farmer close
| ny I htAF #NFNA - AAthtEtb%l lNE INV
/ paper and | am getting a fine list Of
new subscribers. Mr. O'Neal owns
a splendid farm In here. This sec
ton is dry; no rain Of any conse-
/ quence since the big rains In the
winter.
Mr.. Joe Edwards and his sons
uear Nash own their OVID binders
and threshers and when got To
their place they were threshing their
grain, but the excessive rains in the
winter and then the continued
drouth had cut short the grain on
their deep black land These Ed.
wards are good substantial farmers
Uncle Tom Reasonover, an old set
tier IN here, is In very poor health.
lQuite "a number Of farmers through
out this section will 20 with as to
the farmers congress this year. Mr..
Brandon on Dry Branch close by
Nash owns well improved place
and be showed me a fine hog he has
just bought from some other state
and shipped in. He has "A very fine
registered Jersey bull and a herd oi
fine milk cows and heifsrs. J. 7.
bearing owns a splendid small farm
close by him aud be was blowing W
some cotton he had failed TO get a
stand of and will plant IL in June
corn.
These Nash and Howard commun-
tiles are dry. W. J Dodson over
here near Dry Branch said he had
planted his cotton, some of IL three
times, and no good stand yet. Al
Nash / dined with Tyra Cheatbam
He has managed 10 keep the wolf
from his door and owns lands and
money and nice teme in the vie
lage OF Nash. His mother who cam
from Pulaski In an early day re-
sides with him. Nash has twC
stores and a blacksmith shop, fine
churches and a school building and
our paper circulates largely In al
this section. West from Nash Mrs
Castleman owns q farm and on II
she has raised four beautiful intel
ligent daughters and educ ted them
two of when are married. Her hus
band was a cousin ofthe celebrated
Gen. John b. Casileman, of Ken
lucky.
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