The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-04-14
FROM The FIELD.

L
had had no rain till Tuesday of
last week and oats and Awheat was
suffering badly. l have not for
some time been to the home Of my
Arizona friend w. A. Martin, who
rents on Capt. Patrlck's farm north
FIVE miles, so last week l paid
him visit. Out on the Ovilla road
three miles Mr.. McKinpon owns I60
acres of land and in the last seven
years he has had two splendid
homes burned and last year he ro-
built the third home on the identical
spot where the others burned. He
is both unfortunate and pIucky.
Said he must have house to roost
in and the last home he built, like
those that were burned, is a good
one. Mr.. Mac was blowing up bis
pea patch, preparing to raise some
| feed that is good for both man and
| beast
Capt. Patrick, who is president of
the FIRST Nationali Bank of Waxa-
hachie, owns one thousand acres
out here, five hundred of this is in
ham cattle fine jacks and mules.
He sold one young jack last week
for four hundred dollars and has
several more of this kind. My
friend Martin used to run saw
mill in the mountains of Arizona.
The only timber in the territory
shall of town out there and we
both wore six shooters then as reg
ularly as we now wear our hats.
He now holds his pillow handles and
| am showing lead pencils for a lIv-
ing. Better business for both of us.
| like my job best and | know Mar
tin does his. We both held our jobs
for two years or more and when /
gave up my marshal's isb the citi
gems begged me to hold it on, but l
had escaped bullets for two years or
more, some of which were directed
at me, and having no desire to die
with my boots on, as some OF those
western fellows do, Martin and |
both found our way back to civiliza-
ton, among the good people of Ellis
county, where we are both content
now to live and die. He has a fine
l25 acres of this ranch, a good
house to live in with water piped all
around over his premises and he
and his industrious family are hap
Ply and contented, out of debt and
with money to buy bis supplies. He
had just finished digging a storm
house and he said a prairie dog
could not beat him to it when the
wind blew. Mr. Martin is q Jolly,
iovial man; is the Fraternal Master
Brothers, also rents on this Pat
rick ranch They are both good
farmers and clever men and had the
prettist gardens / have run across
this spring. J. W. Martin attends
to Capt, Patrick stock and pasture
and he very cleverly showed me
around through the big barns and
the fine jacks, horses and cattle.
Returning home | passed out
through the west end of the ranch
at w. NJ. Williams home. He owns
seventy acres here on the Ovtlla
road and he has remodeled his
house and painted it and things look
bright and cheerful there. Mr.. o.
A. Finley the ex-county commits
sioner and his wife were gone, but |
proceeded around the yard took in
his fine chickens and hogs and a |
blooded mare with fine French |
coach colt. Mr.. Finley is a pro-
gressive good farmer and loves his
business. Along back | strike the |
Brown farm now rented by o. q.
and 1t is one Of the best
tracts of land close by Waxahachie |
and Mr.. Mitchell had it plowed up |
In good shape. Alfred Chiiders
has rented on John Solon's farm
ten years. Mr.. Scion owns one
thousand acres out here north of
and Mr.. Childress said
he had done his best for ten years
helping Mr.sSolon to take care of
It. Mr.. Alfred also rents on this
Scion farm and he too was planting |
cotton. Mr.. Chapman and his son
own a fine farm out here north of
and pretty home set
In the midst of an ash grove. A
man is rich enough with what he
Owls. Bob Reasonover, rents Mrs,
Goats farm. She lie the widow of
The gin man who died In Waxahach-
e few years ago. Bob said it was
a fine body of land and be believed
he could make living on IL. Yves
Harmon rents the Skinner farm
ust north of Trinity University and
le showed me seven of the pref
list berkshire shoats / have looked
lpOn in many a day. Harmon says
ne has ready sale at the University
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