The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-02-03

pairing his house, barn. fences, lots.
and all and soon will have everything
convenient. Mr.. Goodwin lives close
to him and was blowing and getting
ready for another crop.
F. w Holiahaugh and lot OF
other younger Hoiiahaughs were fix
ing fence. Mr.. Hollabaugh is one OF
those big jolly fellows who always
has something funny TO tell you and
| never fail to hunt him up. j. b.
Burrow and son have just come back
from a trip TO Mississippi He says
he enjoyed his visit but Ellis county
Is the best OF all Mr. Burrow takes
quite an interest in politics and took
our paper TO be up on the coming
county contest. II. II. Hicks was
building more to his house. says as
mans family grows he has to build
more and more and by the way,
most people have big houses for me
cessity is the mother of invention"
| Between Mt. Peak and Maypearl
there Is lane called Armstrong lane,
named from the Armstrong; who live
on It, They are well-todo people
and their hospitality knows no
/ bounds. Mr.. T. B. Armstrong was
| the first one I struck. He Is crippled
from rheumatism but came out to
the gate to talk to me He asked me
about Waxahachie and said he had
not been here this year, but we are
going to look for him when the chilly
winds are gone. Uncle Wilson Arm
strong and his wife are as happy in
their love OF each other as they were
when his locks were jet and the
peach was on her cheek When
rode up to their door they were sit
ting by their fireplace on the same
chair. His arm was around her
waist and her head was on his snoul-
der l heard him call her 'ootsey
tootsey," and she called him bully
boy" i sang to them, will you
love me when l am DID," and they
came out and threw mud balls at
me. Now, Uncle Wilson, don't you
and your wife deny this, If you do
IN make it worse next time.
w. B. Armstrong is one of the
young men of this county who has
made fortune by his own hard
work and good management. l
stayed all night with him and he
told me of his struggles to pay for
the first 60 acres of land he bought
He said he had hard spell of fever
and that it was a hard pull, but after
that he had no trouble getting along
His wife helped him and now they
are enjoying the fruits of their la
bors They have three sweet little
girls and a curley headed boy to
break the monotony at their home,
and when I left them I thought that
it could not be said of them that hap
piness was a phantom.
D. B. Humphreys was splitting
land with four mules. He is the man
who wrote the article, what one
farmer thinks" which appeared in
the Enterprise and Light few weeks
ago He is a forceful writer and
may come again. r. H. Landers has
out IS bales of cotton When | was
at his place last summer he was up
to his neck with his crop but he
cleaned it out and has made money
this year despite the rain. Landers
is a good man and his neighbors say
he is worker and a slayer. John
T. Smith | never saw, but G. w.
Wadsworth l called to away out in
his lot He wanted to keep up with
the county campaign and he will.
went by to see F. L. Gross to get
acquainted, but when | got there
knew him. He was busting land
with big mules but said it was pretty
.Iwet. | looked down the road and
saw a man coming stepping quick
and fast and I says, that is peart
| youngster," but it was Mr.. N. M. Nc
Brayer, the father of John and Kay,