The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-26
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~ A@y ezst ] f8aaa MIS- 8sE@4sF At
hst gate ffsstlss@ -,stl : sss-ss : iisse
asked her IL abe TOOK the EnteFpFiH1
and ahe aaYs Ne bat ! sant to- and
abe gave Fns a dollar waa al Mr.
Wilson's place iass Summer ~hsn
y. hes wege rips and &c bad peach
- tn cat ans. fine ones too. / did no,
get To s.e Uncle Frank bnF guess Re-
eas around some v here \. r. s*aIcy
has bought 3 place of hia Own aud
things look mighty usce around his
place he has nice orchard aud has
xhltc washed the tre-rs whish gives
them an appearance ef freshness that
iA pleasing 20 the eve ] nn@ went by
Mr. Martins and he got In the bug
gy with me and sc went over TO \.
+. Powers Mr. Powers took my pa-
per and as left they were TALKING
of their crop prospects.
Dave Rutherford has a pony that
has all the eolnrN of the rainbow. and
II can run like streak. Mr., Ruth"F-
ford has fine farm and IL a good
farmer j NJ Williams Is in oar
county for his first year but from
the way he's is starting off ] am sure
be knows how to farm. He had taken
the mold board off q John Deere
pillow and had then attached the pillow
to n buster sulky and was cutting up
the cotton stalks with ease with only
two mules. He said he would come
back in the middle with a buster
which he would run "a shallow as
possible, then he would plant In the
old row. He says this way saves team
power and that he prefers it for other
reasons as we'll That night | spent
with Frank Prude. He used to 20 to
school to me and he was gentle
| manly boy and has made gentle
manly man He married one of his
! schoolmates, Miss Maggie Rutherford
and with their big baby boy they are
! happy Frank has bought Mrs. Ruth
erford's home place and has nice
home He raises red Jersey hogs
| which he sells for a fancy price.
Frank never sowed any wild oats
! and in that he has showed his wis
dom, for they are about the most
useless extravaganza a fellow ever
engaged in.
Jesse Harris came here from Mis-
souri, in 1859 He has a good farm
and the day I was there he was re-
sowing his oats. He always asks me
to call on him on my rounds and l
| do | went by to see the Harpers but
they were away. They live in good
houses and have fine farms and take
our paper always. Arnold Guyer is
| a German and good citizen. he
iloves our country and loves to keep
lup with what is going on. He is q
good farmer and makes big crops
Jeff Adams was at home with his
lsick wife, but he came out and we
got acquainted enough for him tc
take my paper. | went by the Wad-
legs but they were away. They are
fine farmers and have every thing
nice and convenient. They have been
here long time and have been close
Ily Unidentified with the progress of
our magnificent country. One of the
Younger men. Sam Wadley, is ply
stefan and pratices his profession in
| Oklahoma.
| J. b. Farrar is another of my
school boys who is doing we'll. He
| raises fine horses. hogs and chick
ems and says he raises only the best
| he can get of every thing He says
it is Just as much trouble TO raise a
plug colt as it is TO raise a good
one, and the good one is worth ten
times more. J. n. Altman, a young
man who lives close. planked out a
dollar for the old Enterprise, for. "
he says, You get up a good paper,
and love 20 be Dragged on, don't
1you?'
| u ). Prude is another young far
mer who IS doing wen and believes
In the best of everything. He has Il
seed corn. known as square deal
corn. which is certainly an improve
ment over our common varieties. II
| is a pearl gray color was brought
! from North Carolina. and Is Insured
to make 0ne-third more 20 the acre
| than the common varieties He has
two cribs of corn. one OF the square
| deal and the other just common
/ corn and anybody can see ne
square deal Is a long ways the bet
| ter corn u r. Morgan said he was
| settinE 40 with his work and
would have a fine crop this year lie
la Gna farmer and always does his
| part We lik. myself. once lived IN
south Texas aud knoSs how To- APP
preclate shis fine country,
/ O. b. Fatrar has So acres of alfal-
lf4 and san SOW 4" acres morv tie
j. lu alfalfa enthusiast aHd caa 'ale
\ the virtues of alfalfa equal 90 Col r.
+ SMITH af sherman iEis land is
peculiarly adapted 40 alfalfa and be-
| satu ~. rr.sss his land AZ f@ee an
4 ef. 5nd FATS cgap wiil brinE zen ycf
seur og tne Investment NJ. Farrar
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