The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-30
VISITING THE FARMERS
A Representative Of The Paper SpeacS
ARoihei Week In the Country.

ago are more than pleased with what
they got But that is just the way
alth us all. man never is but to
be blessed The heat is not SO
bad after all il a fellow can just
grit his teeth and go 10 work. I
went out to a man who was breaking
stubble last week and as a preface
TO my talk to him / said: "It's a
hot job isn't it," He says: Yes.
but not nearly so bad as sitting
around dreading it," And that is the
way. A fellows imagination has a
great deal to do with it. / believe
that those who work little get along
as well as those who don't, and may
be better, for a fellow who works
don't have so much time to think of
how hot it is and he can appreciate
cool drink When 1t gets too hot.
some folks scoot to the northern
lakes, and when it gets too cold they
scoot back south, and that is heap
of trouble, and then they don't live
any longer than us fellows who stay
at home and work. But, YOU know
we are creatures of circumstances
any way. and the fellow who is con-
tent with his lot is the happy mortal
after all
Prof. f. j. Anderson, the tall
sycamore" of Ellis county. was
my first man to hobnoh with
on my last trip. The professor is
from the "old dominion and is proud
of his old state. but you know If
there is a thing In the world a man
is fond of il is being from Virginia.
The professor was for many years
one OF the leading teachers of our
county, but he has quit and Is now
close student of the science OF bu~
colics His farm is an ideal one,
and his spring house with its milk,
butter, water melons, etc, gives one
an appetite at once. He raises hogs.
chickens, and a few fine colts every
year and makes money out of them
too. Prof. Anderson is a we'll read
man and especially on biography. He
has a fine library and loaned me the
life of Peter Cartwright, and If you
hear of me preaching any OF old
Peters sermons, just blame Ander-
son for it.
w n. Shumate and his son were
grubbing out a patch and said the
hot weather had no terrors for them
E. o. Madden and his son, @ W.
Madden. both take our paper. He
said they wanted two so they would
not have 10 wait so long TO get it
when IL came II. Dickerson and
children were cutting the last weeds
from his cotton His cotton crop Is
above the average and | hope 1t
may continue SO,
/ ate dinner with J. A. Dutton
and found him 10 be fine man. He
has been out west but is back TO
stay. He says he has had a plenty.
His boys are great readers and they
took the Enterprise and Dallas News
and paid for them themselves, These
bows are all right. for when a boy
reads he is safe A p. Sealy took
our paper TOO. He is an old time
standby and we just had TO have
him back
c. H Windham IL one OF old Ell
lis big farmers. He is proud of his
calling and is making money at his
business. He owns rhe Bill Erwin
place of 1913 acres and a finer farm
is not to be found. Last year he
sold 1870 bales of cotton and has a
big crop this year. He has eight
acres of alfalfa and 500 bales of II
in his big barn now. Fourteen Dig,
sleek hogs grunt in mis- pen and they
are busters He just sold four or
them for $500 He is now build
ing a $500 house Of ten rooms, five
halls and $50 feet OF gallery. He
has his own water works and don
owe cent But, the best of all,
he has a good wife ana ten children
all at home and healthy. He SAYS
he wouldn't do without the Enter
prise. and told me thar whenever !
was in his neighborhood that one
Of his airy bed rooms was mine He
is another man who started with
nothing but bv hard work and well
directed efforts has made a fortune.
j Borders was just getting bet
ter from a spell Of fever. He telt
under his pillow and got out dot
lar and said Count me one Of you
for another year anyway. His crop
was clean and promises we'll. but he
bad better keep ont ~ the sun.
J. L. Alexander kept me over
night and : would have loved 20 staF
with him for Week, His good
wife has a yard fuli of chickens aud
taet eat them TOO. They have q
Hule nye year old bog and he ~
"a bright little fellow Tor his age.
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