The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-21
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fer ae raises hcfees to safl and he
has te tee1 shrM re make shnm
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aAuat corn thai see mes 20 Ar lie
aaId II @aA aot original wtfh aim
bat That be bad got IL from a farm
journal II was thls THAT corn will
mix from the aolI. ~. Instance. II
red corn ~ planted tals year and The
next year white corn IL planted ou
the same land the f~o wsii mix.
haY.ut much faith Ia che suggestion
and neither has Mr. Gibbons / new
or shall forget the fret time | ever
SAYS Luke Gibbons. II waH at Rock
EFT one summer day, and q fellow.
not "A farmer. but an agrlcuituriat
was there too This great agrtcul-
tursst was doing a lot uf talking
and among the things he said was
thsa. Il am reliably Informed. gen
tlemen. that cotton seed and corn
mixed together will make fine
feed for hogs" Mr.. Gibbons replied,
Yes, ! don't doubt 1t, aud the
more corn the better" ! laughed. OF
gers at me and between his teeth
says, Il don't wish to be insuited,
SIR" | apologizod and he silently
folded his tent and stole away. Mr..
Gibbons has son and daughter,
Opal and DIN. IN Trinity University
and. | am told, they are doing fine
work.
Uncle Johnnie Wicker Is now
about 50 years old but hale and
hearty and as jolly as a kid of 20.
]. 2. Adair is his son-in-law and a
fine young fellow and worker. He
had Just finished planting his corn
when | drove up so he sat down on
his pillow and we talked while his
live out there and have good places.
+. f. Payne has a new house built
on the bungalow style that is very
pretty. | got to G. e. Jarrett's
about o'clock in the evening and
he had gone to work, but / drove out
to his base of operations to see ii
I could bother him. He said he was
glad to see me and l know he was.
| knew he would be, that is the reas-
on / went out there. ! wanted to
make him happy twice, when | got
there and when / left. / asked him
what he thought Of "Simplified
Spelling" as advocated by. President
Roosevelt He said he was in favor
of it, land" he says, "if s-o-x don I
spell socks, what does it speli?'
rot his views on the Japanese ex-
scluston ACT. on the brownsville al
fair" on woman suffrage and tc
exasperate him, / asked him what he
thought of the value of time" He
says, II think whole durn lot OF
1t, and would recommend that you
give the subject some immediate at
tention" 1t was then 6 O'Clock. He
took a chew Of Greenville, spit in
his dogs eye, looked weary, and l
came away-till next time.
David Jerusalem Neel. There is
nothing like him. went to his home
and came away mad and III tell you
why. I knew Dave was Past Grand
Master of the Ancient Order of
Prevaricators," in
fact. I knew he was chiefest among
ten thousand of his kind and all to-
gether lovely, but l have been riding
over this country continuously Tor
two years and have had some fine
in hyperbolic figures, so
last week | drove down to see Dave,
and | thought | was loaded to the
guards with a score or more of plain
lies. He met me with
smile and said he didn't know why
IN the thunder | hadn't been around
before. | put up some excuses but
Dave knew there wasn't any truth
In any of IT, We fed my horse, then
had fine supper which had been
by his good Wife. ! told !
few Of my best ones but they i'm
pressed Dave about as much as a !
charge of bird shot would have on
A steel plate man-oi-war. After !
supper he turned loose. He talked |
If wars. and Ku kluX. and Indians,
ma a thousand other things. He I
aid he was a crack shot with rifle I
md among other things he told me /
his. once" he says. II saw nine ,
cen geese sitting on limb and got I
very one II hem with one shot I
rom my rifle What do you think B
Il that7" h. Says. I told him plain
- thai ! didn't believe ono word or
INV such tale Wen. he says, TN /
ell you hos I did a. took GOOD
him and split the limb with my bull
81 and when the limb closed M u
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