The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-06

crop. r. J. Durrett also owns
fine Chambers creek farm. He and
his sons were planting cotton and
he told me If 1t was possible to go
to his house for dim sr tn do 1t for
1t was given up that Mrs. Durrett
was one of tho best cooks In the
whole country. thanked him but
failed to reach him this trip. But
later on / will hit good dinner
there with my appetite keen. Cham
bers creek flows down through this
section close by the new town and
its valley is very fine farming land.
Mr.. w. r. Daniel and his father
own farm on the prairie and also
strip of this valley and they were
digging in it when | got to them.
Mr.. Jones and his son and son-in-
law, George Yates, rent the VIII
lians farm on this creek. They are
all good clever men and first rate
farmers. Mrs. Jones, the old lady,
suffers from rheumatism and | adj
vised her To go to Milford. The
mineral water there cures that.
w. r. Alsup owns a fine sandy
land farm over here. / walked out
i'm it and could one time more see
the imprint Of my number tens in
the sand behind me. Mr.. Alsup lost
his wife several years ago, and his
daughter and son constitute his
family. His daughter is an accom-
plished young lady. She owns a
fine piano and favored us with some
music. For two or three miles this
side of Auburn the country is sandy
land and Tom Steadman owns a
comfortable home and farm on it.
He has one of the best orchards in
the county. He owns fine Red Dur
ham cattle, Berk shire, Poland China
and Red Jersey hogs and trades eX-
tensiyely i'm hogs. / went with him
Through his pasture and looked at
his fine stock and he and | digged
about his corn roots and found
chiuch bugs sucking his young corn
and these pests were injuring Ii too,
He is a fine manager and Will keep
on making a living for his good
wife. A. l.. Shippey and his broth
er and mother also own NICE sandy
/ land farm out here, well improved,
on which these good boys make a
good living. y. J Blair is another
good citizen i'm here who reads our
paper, pays for il and makes good
! living for his wife and children.
! Mr.. Mercer also owns a good farm
| in here and W. {. Igleharth said he
! had worked with J. &. BTindley foI
/ five years and had never had cross
word with him. Mr.. Briudley WAS
| away and / failed to see him. He
lis one of the most practical and
successful farmers in Ellis county
/ Y. ID. Cone owns a good farm close
/ by and DR.. Weeks also owns spleu'
/ did, well improved farm in here anC
| he has an eXten sIye practice In the
surrounding country. Mrs. Oliver
and her son and daughter have q
nice home and good farm in the
| Eyrie country. J W. Stanley was
/ Just finishing picking cotton. He is
a hard working man and owns q
small farm in here. Pays for hi.
paper ana is my friend. At Mr.. am
| Mrs. p. ID. Banks / devoured q
| splendid dinner that reminded
| of Arkansas. Asparagus soup, POI,
| salad, with many other gOodIe
| too numerous to mention, and al
/ this | washed down with sassafras
| tea. Mrs. Banks had all this ele
| gantly cooked. 1 reckon / have
| dug tons of sassafras roots and
| drunk barrels OF that KIND OF ties
and I'm the spring-time there is nc
| better greens than polk salad. A
| rayine running from his horse-lOt IL
| filed with fine pear, peach and plum
| trees, one of the best orchards in
Icpuntry. He has one son and daugh
| ter and Mrs. Banks said she wanted
Ia move to Trinity University anc
educate them.
Round by Mr.. Shippey's, where
also met Mr.. G.. A. Thomas, another
J of our readers and subscribers,
| passed out toward home. / spent
the night with Mr.. ID. b. Sparks
near Boz. Rheumatism has affected
him so seriously that he is now
unable to walk. II Is just as cheer
full and jolly as ever and with hin
and his pleasant family ! spent &
pleasant night. He bought a splen'
did farm and his boys are cultIvat-
ing it for him. Mr.. Sparks is an
old Tennesseean and splendid far
mer and his good wife, she is one
finest cooks in the land and | love
to get there. INNOCENCE.