The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-07-12
hllfIN IN the FIELD


| va a'toabA Oh the ram tbT fifkl
part OF the week, did not get on;
I'LL IN. roads dried little, and then
visited cur many friends between
Ray and Royce A fine country. and
3 fine people with fine crops and
everything promising and every body
in good spirits We are solid out
there for almost everybody takes
our paper and have every since they
have been there 4 paper backed
by such people is SURE to succeed and
we are getting there with both feet
and don't you forget H.
went around hS Parks school
house by Prof r. ] Andersons.
saw his horse and buggy hitched up
but did not stop. for knew the
! Professor was fixing for something
! We all think great deal OF him aud
| II is already being talked that he
| Is possibility two years hence for
| well just keep him in mind W. A.
Parks was not a, home but his wife
| pointed out To me the finest grape
vine around II IL an arbor and
completely covers space some 3
feet square and is full Of grapes. If
| had it In my yard wouldn't take
400 for 1t, as bad as / need money.
j. {. Reubell Is life long friend OF
Mr.. w. J. Buie and asked about
him. G. w. and d. o. Madden are
always on our list and always take
time to give me talk. Mr.. Madden
was fixing to wash. said he knew
how and I'll bet he does too d. C.
McMullen is back on our list again
and we are glad to have him and
intend to keep him If good paper
is any inducement We saw J. r.
Davis cutting weeds out of his lane. |
said he wanted to have breathing |
room. Weed cutting Is quite com
mon now. and il we folks in town
would follow their example our
places would look better.
S. 6. Robinson has nice home
md loves to have his friends come
o see him. He wears mustache
md goatee and looks like a Ken
ucky Colonel" His daughter, Miss
christina, is quite an accomplished
musician and Mr. Robinson is proud
If her and her achievements. She |
ook the full course in music at Fer
is Institute under Miss Eugenia |
Boone, and is a graduate in music
from Trinity University. She has
a desirable position offered her to
teach in Pennsylvania and will prob
ably accept.
7. J West and B. NJ. Carter live
on opposite sides of the road and J
they are just simply bully boys
and chums, They are the best ma
tured men in the world and are as
happy as any farmers with fine farms
and good crops. | ate a good din
ler with Mr.. Carriers and his wife is
rs pleasant and jolly as he is. She Il
IS Mack Erwins sister and a niece
Of j. NJ Spalding, one of my best
friends. They told me that Mack
Erwin was vice-president of a fine
school at Sanger, California. and
was doing well He is now in the |
of that state taking his |
vacation. His many friends in this |
county will be glad to know of his |
success in his new home.
| stopped at the home OF n. L. |
Moore, who took my paper, passed
EN- Reagor's nice place, stopped for
a chat with w. J.. Splawn at his big
two-story house. and staid quite
while with S. f. Splawn. They are
all, always on our list and are of
Ellis county's best citizenship. /
gave Mrs. II. c. Hitchcock copy
of my paper. Her mother, Mrs.
Griffin, who was with her said, Take
it, | love my county paper" and she
did
]. G.. Nolen and | used to work
| at gin at Rocket | was book
/ keeper and he was the engineer One
day We "blowed out" paid ourselves
up and went to Dallas. We got up
/ there. drank some OF that Trinity
river water and of course both felt a
little rested from our hard work at
the gin. We were standing on a
corner looking at the zephyrs float
ing in the sunshine, when along
came man with a big hog all har-
messed mp to "a little wagon and
working like mule. The fellow
was dressed gorgeously, wore "A plug
hat and the harness on the hog
was silver mounted. and in fact.
Solomon in AN his glory was not ar
rayed like one of these" The man
sat pu the seat iu the wagon and
drove along as complaceutly as "a
nigser on dray. Now that was "a
sight ro me and Jim. $50 We fol
lowed The fellow was "a patent
medjciCue yender and had The wagon
iull oi pills. salye-. pl1sters. chill
tonic vt, After bee had got crowd
. hc stood up in the wagon and began
BOO rEtni tho virtues OF his remedie
In OBJ. meantime rbe hog stood per.
ftD.iF -tiIi. fhe man said 90 was au
educated boE could count. PLAY
seven uu apit between bis teeth. and
iU o. whole boz OF other thlnEs. and