The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-09-05

LII Ia GAfG WITH NAtA@ 4EAA IT lit ~
good. he would have made some
wheat, but failed to aet a thresher
in time and Is feeding 1t 10 the hogs
and chickens. He says nc more
wheat for him, that hereafter he viii
plant his surplus land in popcorn
ard dancing gourds. He has cut out
sorghum and don't like Bermuda
grass. Says there is not much nutri-
! ment in either. This year he and his
children put up 5s4 Jars of fruit
for his own use and his wife has
sold $50 dozen eggs. His chickens
are mixed breeds, his wife told me
she thought that better than any
one strain. He raises pure bred
Berkshire hogs and sells the stock
pigs for a big price, He has his
own cold storage for his meat and
keeps il all the summer. | ate some
Of his bacon and it was clear and
pure and not rancid. A great many
of hts bees died this year of starva-
ton during the wet weather. He
ships his honey to the Warldorf-
Astoria hotel in New York city and
gets the highest price for 1t. He
will make some honey this year but
not as much as usual. lie has his
own water works and everything ii
can ask for. He loves his friends
and no man Is more loyal TO them
than Flavius Davenport. Last year
he went back to his birth place in
Kentucky and brought back with him
a quart of twenty year old. He has
invited Chap Carroll, Joe Hickman,
Joe ~Slayden. Tom Yates, OIL. Wilson
and Uncle Bob Mayfield to a dinner
that he is soon to give. and tnen he
says the cork will be pulled When
that aggregation Of celebrities. that
coterie Of brilliancies get together
won't there be a meeting / viii
be there too for am already invited
Al Nash | found Drs. Miller and
Satterfield and both doing we'll.
! Martin Il Stogner have general mer-
chandise- Mr.. k~uykendaII clerks
for them and took our paper which
he sent to his mother. Mr.. McLeu-
don runs the gin and he got his
first bale the day / was there.
Al Malonev ! found the owner
and proprietor. Mr.. J. NJ. Maloney.
He already took our paper and he
told me to SEE all the other boys for
fear they would be mad. / saw them
A. f. Hickman was building him a
new house and II wilf be a nice one,
He took our paper again, said he
could not enjoy that new house with
| ont the Enterprise, W. T. Dyess
was picking cotton and was whoop-
ing up to get a bale out. ! ale din
| ner with him and rested for an hour
| or two. w. NJ. Ratliff came here
| from Georgia 80 years ago. He came
In a wagon and lost one child on
the way which he buried ia Arkan-
sas. He used 10 haul lumber from
| Dallas and says there we're no roads
or bridges. but he knew the direction
and just started out. Aunt Jane
Pierson came from Tennessee two
years ago and likes Texas fine Her
boys have q fine crop and are doing
we'll. W. Il. Britton of Ennis WAS
visiting Mr. RatiifF and took ouF
paper TOO. Said he used 10 take il
ana was glad tu get ig hack again
~. a. OLIVER and SON. Oscar, were
/ cutting fine iaat weeds from h3s s.
acres at fine cotton. HE mas $ a~res
of good corn too. p p H-sduuudsor
hai been sick. He got too hot put
Ting mp sorghum. but was then np
and about. " p Chltes kept rae
over night and he and his clever
family treated me buncomb. They
have IS turkeys fine and fRt end
they gave ME one Think of me
next Christmas day-
The next morning the first man Z
found WIS r A. LHBier. he was
yerv sick with fewer. had not tao
aot hauling cord u0oA ont of tEs
bottom.
Uncle Hiek Cheath-m "a fine old
fellow and loves COMPANY Re came
here 35 years aero and Erew uo utth
the country He Told rae ba bad se Fl
the Time when he could have bought
"a hundred acres Of land for e pair
Of boots, bat said be- neYer had tls
boots. He now has a good home
and ! love 20 talk with him Hs
says he used go have O fine suriua
on bis place. but two years ago limo.
cenre Abroad cams and 8fauh aut
IS and 80 aad lever afsor ia.
5notler Arup since. told him fbaf
2 knew Innocence was q great eate'
ana talker bur newer knew aafor'
rhrt he could actually drink a spFini
d
J. p. Wilson was oa tn his field
/ asked him which Wilson be ANS aus
he said "Freda father Then
knew. Sometime the g bette.
known 10 some people than Ia
father. That was ihe case this time
ar. Wilson is we'll fixed and make
Fou like him ar nee II q Brad
ley wms another man down with thi
feEer bnf ne was better Il A. Rob
luson took my paper and - did m'
old time friend a. r Turner whuti
+ used 10 know ~ Rocket had
nnc time 0u his trip. hut after ail
there 81 NO place like home
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