The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-22

Mr. Delk told me tho average xnr
wheat was about III bushels while
oats would probably reach 40 bush
els. This II the best oat yield have
seen this year
That night / stayed with Mr.. RI.
III Billingsley. He Is now rs years
old, but he and his wife live alone.
They are as happy as a young mar
ried pair and | love them They
treated me as well as IL / had been
their own son. With them the sun
Is getting low and the frost is on the
flowers, but they are good people
and Want TO meet their pilot face
TO face when they have crossed the
bar
f. j, King is an admirer of fine
horses and generally has some on
hand. He now has a colt that is
| a beauty. Mr.. King is taking fine
care OF him and You may look out for
a fine horse, | ate dinner with J.
A. Wood. who has so acres of fine
black land. He likes old Ellis coun-
| ty and says he thinks he will stay
here. r. c. White and four children
were just finishing hoeing out their
cotton. His little boy. Tom. was cut
ting weed slike killing snakes. lie
said he wanted TO get through and
rest. Bless his little soul, he is a
worker and will make a man right
some day | stopped for rest and
drink with !. n Sanford He liz a
man who takes a pride in treating
one nice, old Ellis is full of them
and with such a citizenship VINO
would want 10 leave
r. NJ Hassell is from Murray
county, Tenn, and like all Tonnes
seeans. IL friendly. He IL a worker
and had nee out early next morning
He takes great interest in present
events and is we'll poasted political
~. His wife is clever lady and
any one would feel at home at their
place. His horses, hogs and cows
are legion. but he feeds them well
and don't you forget it, He has u
large family and ! assure President
Roosevelt there is no race suicide
there. MFR Hasseil's is good
place to go and the latch string hangs
on the outside.
Sam H. Smith IL one of the orig
inaIs. He has never done any mean
ness and has never changed his name.
named Smith. but as they would get
mean they would change their names.
He too. was In the hay business
He lives with his children and hts
little girl is his house keeper she
bad nice dinner for us and waited
on the table with all Iae grace OF a
little woman,
Mrs. Nj e. Taylor and daughter.
4. IL a
said they had missed 1t a great dear
since IL was out Her mother. Mrs
Br0gden. was there and jolly old
lady she was. She was from Geer-
gia and | called her "goober grab
ber." bat she knew was from
Kentucky and called me corn crack
er. found r. L. Massey sick
with fever bat he was much better
now had this part Of the county
worked out aud | struck bee line
for Rocket found Col. Arch
Prlde on his front porch and We
soon concluded TO 60 fishing. We
phoned To Chief Of Fishermen Sid
Farrar and he and HaFtselle ceplen
were soon with us. We caught the
fish and the turtles to our hearts
desire. We also met ms German
crony Peter Feltz He and Colonel
Prude philosophical about So fol-
lows, Says Col. Prude Peter.
this Il a great world and man Is tae
boss OF the whole thing lie rises
a0 n the morning like lion anfs
fl8lrisaes In the evening like "A raz
weed He is OF few DAYS and fur
az troabie. bat most Of his trouble
is us hih own choosing. he marfst*
man and then his cup of hap
i"e~s continues to overflow foreyer
o. ffer"
Tt@1 Peter soliIoquized tbusiy
"E '-oG Mr. Prude. but I lnoks al
he Fl fc~ent and knows man ia
9 .'.rr TX fool Is a man bar :
uaa 9er be like dis yeIlar dog (
&o.e -aDe at night and has 70
ll -4ne pigs and one anrse and
POW Goa I has to smoke my pipe
two hours before | sleeps ia de
e J gets un. has a fght mit
nss e. eats some mean grab and
de- goes 70 work for every body hul
miGe elf AZ night dis dos biffs
himself ia De side with hIs foots
and 81 sleeping in de- morning be
eats and drinks and IN happy AMI
oafks ar a bnzzard or bays 10 de
moon iusl as he plesses, den after
while nc dies and Is dead. bus when
dies Z hos 10 40 To he'll yet. do
wish J aas ii Yeliar dog
The fish now refused to bite aud
We ,5Ht home. so mediate aud eoe-
slider each for himself
NlLFtN.