The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-22
THE lvILLA COUNTRY
work in the fields In that pari Of the
County Is About Finished.

mundane sphere and taken up his
abode with the Prince of Fireworks,
It is said that the poor old reprohate
looked across the great divide and
seeing Lazarus, whom he had form
| erly looked upon as person OF
not much consequence. begged him
| for just one drop of water to cool
| his parched tongue. He never got 1t
then and probably will not have it
the next time we hear from MIN, for
| am told that the water works in
| those regions are dry and it will be
| hard to find anybody TO carry il to
| him. I shouldn't undertake the job
| for love nor money and neither Will
| you. 1t lis hot here at home, bur
water, natures beverage. is plentiful
| and the ice man is in his glory. We
| don't have TO beg for either, but just
| buy it and be refreshed There are
| many kinds of drinks TO be sure.
! but the drink that comes from The
old oaken bucket that hangs in the
Well beats them all.
| But hot or cold, wet or dry, the
| Enterprise has tn be doing, and last
week | went TO Ovilla and surround
| ing country The crops there are
as good as any other part of the
| country. but a rain would he good
| thing. I find many OF the farmers
| breaking stubbie and it is a hot jon.
| both on the men and teams. The
| work on the crops rs about over,
| or as some Of the boys say, we
| have just quit, we are not through
Threshing is still gong on, but viii
| he up this week, then for a few days
rest or a trip 70 see the kinfolks
and maybe q prospecting tour on,
west
My first pull up was with
Sam Burns He was breaking stub
| bic and said he was thirsty. He
came over TO the fence and We drove
| down to a big spring and refreshed
| The spring never goes dry and ~ as
| fine water as one could ask for. \
| spring always calls 10 nay mind In
dams. cow boys. and the pioneers,
| for in an early day. before wells were
so plentiful all such had TO 90 to
these places for water, The buffa-
| 10 and the deer. too, probably stalked
their thirst here unmolested by man.
| but civilization releEates all THIS and
white faced cattle now have their
| places
0 a Finley is one Of the max
| ers OF Ellis county. He served her
| as commissioner five years. during
the time Of the building OF the court
house He is well fixed aud Is a
Southern gentleman of the old style,
! his huspi atty has no bounds and AS
an entertainer ii would BEE hard o
| find his equal He was a gouieder-
ATE soldier. tut his years sly upon
! him lightly aud one would never take
him 10 be- so Old AS | SAT on bis
front gallery that night, J would sug
@est first one historical event, then
another. just to hear him discuss
them RE knows men as we'll as
events and he gave me his personal
recolletJ0as of Alexander r, Ste
phens, john H. Reagan and others OF
the old regime. His wife and
two small boys were as cheerful "a
he Has son, Wilbur. Is now In his
senior year at the University of Tex
as where he Is taking a course in
civil enElneeriug and during the va
cation months he has a position g
craftsman in the general land OF
flee
G. w Lindop was out in his cotton
looking up his prospects He is a
capital fellow and you like him e.,
once. lie has a new house and eyeFs |
thing new. He had everything be
needed bat the Euterprl~e and he |
has thas now. i. O. Murray vas
cutting grass and la a big hurry
He said Hello : said Enterprise,
a Ia.
rgia fell
A little furth' or I came 80 !
sorghum mil presided over 10y the |
world cenouaed and famous sorgh- !
Gm maEer. W. A. MAJ tin. He had an
able corps of assistants m the per
sonnet OF J. C. Carroll. r. W Rob /
nett n ~ Brown. e. Z. simms. f. /
~ Rohuett, Fred and Buren, .iartiu /
nd W. e. Simms. They were max /
ing mulasses from seeded or goose !
neck ribbon cane and it was fine ! !
SOL q jug full Of If and my Kids "a
t0eF want a barrel nj &c. Long live /
Martin and his sorghum mailing
y. 2 Mcdonald VAS In the HAY
business. 100. bat had taken ont for
dinner 7 took out with him and we
ate "a chicken SKEW that hts good wsre
sei before ms RE takes Qua paper
and told me TO hang up WITH Mm
rs heHeter 2 came that way and 'l be
-Irr 100 do SEA n D. Roberts was az
home 1ut reading the paper ! sgf
10 cool urnf from hats well and Jaik- /
I'd crops with him He ia an enthH.
4as.e farmer and showed nae snme
Eougd seed white corn which he said
would mgkc g0 or 5U bushels p5r
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