The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-04-28

out TO see Mfr Diilehny who Ii the
fathegia-law of an old playmate OF
mine. Prof X L. Wilson. now OF
Josephine Coming back | me, MIR
A r. kosaon aud be told me 10 keep
the Enterprise coming These RIOS
sons are fine folks and all take our
paper | saw Mr. Dsshman AZ his
home and watered my horse there
Then | struck ont for ELM Thicket
This land is similar to the land
around Trumbuil and cant be ex-
celled and IL is a pity there Is so
much Johnson grass on it. but John
son grass can be Killed. so | have
heard NJ Perry. a son Of Mr.
Perry who lives on the Anderson
ranch. subscribed He wants To hear
the news and get acquainted He
is just from Alabama but has come
to stay G C. Shirley fed me and
my horse lie has ii pretty home,
the flowers and vines are there, and
he and his wife know how TO treat
hungry stranger and make him
feel ut home This country and
these people are close to Mertens
which is in Hill county.
w J Arthur lives here and has
for "a years. He has 265 acres of
this rich land and Is wen fixed He
has the largest pear trees | ever saw
in this country, some of them are
S and 10 inches in diameter He
has pigeons by the hundreds and I'd
love to see some of these Waxahachie
little boys turned loose on them
He has daughter who is a student
al the Milford female college. and
school. | also met Mr. j w Couch
at his place. He has a magnificent
house surrounded by tall trees and
lawns of grass. He has 373 acres
of this land and has been there since
1854. Both these gentlemen take
our paper and brag on it. They in
vited me back 10 stay all night and
I'll land there some day if | live. II.
C. Langford took my paper too. He
is younug man and | like him al
ready for he is progressive Mr.
Wash Ryburn, former sheriff of
this county, has bought $50 acres of
the Leroy Wright farm and is over
there patching and killing the John
son grass. | found him hoeing po-
tatoes but he stopped and told me
of the old time citizens of our coun-
ty and many other things of interest
which III tell some other time
now drove into Mertens, paid
my respects to the "Hedlyte," looked
at the town which is a good one, and
returned to Ellis county. J. w
Braden | met with a buggy load of
provisions. | held him up and gave
him copy of my paper. He sub
scribed and will now be glad he is
living | got into Arkansaw lane
and found T. f. Cook painting his
| house G. w. Cook lives close by
| jawed Tom J. Green. looked at his
fine mare, hogs, and 35 acres of the
| finest corn in the county. He went,
a year or two ago, to Henderson
county to get rich He got thu
chills instead and is now back Il
stay. We cant do without you Mr.
Green. so don't run away from us
any more.
~ w. Cook is a brother TO these
other Cooks and raises War Horse
game chickens. He has some pretty
birds and is proud of them. This
night | spent with Mr. r. II. Gore
He bac a moet gouuania1 70 ,,iIv q
good wife and three smart little
boys The BOYS go TO Milford to
school and were to have an Easter
egg hunt that evening Their nam
ma gave them lot of eggs and they
went off in high spirits. Il. + Tin
die, r. n. Hall, II. r. Parish | found
at work in their fields They an
took my paper and made me think |
was a hustler from taw
l.. l.. Jeter is proprietor of the |
Best or none poultry farm He is |
an enterpriSiug man and showed me !
through his yards most pleasantly
He has b T. Rocks W. p Rocks, |
Black Lengshans and Brown Leg
horns lie also has NJ y Turkeys |
and O l. G. hogs He has two in |
eubators aud Matched t7G chickens |
out of 90 eggs tie has taken first |
prize at several poultry shows aud |
has these ribbons on exhibition ina /
his Incubator house. His big COB |
bier once weighed a. pounds aud Is /
the best bird In the state lie has
an improved variety of straw berry /
corn. native cotton that has Tinted |
5N pounds To the hundred. Southern /
Queen potatoes. and 90 day white
oats MI letter has NO cheap stuff.
says be donf pas no sell or 60 buy
he sdyVftises extensively and SELLS
esge am over Texas and told me
thar not loug since he sent tao site
linKs to ohto HIS place is woytb
E0iuE to see snd 3 aish could say
more about &c. tie s farmer
psoud ~ his tailas ~ to s~e him
iuf have nof told Yna snytbinN ef
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