The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-01


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IA ihe f'tysg rfeshy teriaa church an
ancient and interesting structure. aud
lunch III down town restaaF~
ant, we are safely aboard an excur
sion car for thirtyttye mile ride
ever the city. Among the many Off
ferent points OF interest eofu. pf
which | shalt mention. haphazardly.
rather than In their usual order, II
the old V.rsamendi Palace. Where
Col James Bowie found his wife.
the daughter uf one. Governor Yer
amends In the rear ~ this house,
Milan was shot By starpshooter
from the top of cypress tree The
old court house is near by, also Nil
avn Square wher. IL buried Milan
and where Ii the market house and
convention hall The United States
arsenal, San Fernando cathedral,
the oldest in the city, and many 9th
or interesting Catholic and protes-
tant churches. Carnegie Library city
hall. postoffice and federal building.
stately homes. death dealing brewer
les, many of the more than forty
schools and colleges, public and pri-
vate, parks galore, Breckenridge be-
Ing the largest In the state. the fair
grounds and grounds where encamp-
ed the Roosevelt Rough Riders,
previous TO their departure for Cuba
10 take action in the Spanish Ameri-
can war, old Mission Conception in
the distance, and last, but not least,
the hot sulphur wells, some four in
number. aud the Sanitarium. where
some of us are re-invigorated by a
plunge in the swimming pools.
| Down town again, and we tread our
way down narrow old street, per-
| haps, typical of the Mexican quarters
which so abound here, where we
have q real Mexican supper at the
Original Mexican Restaurant. as
original a place as we have seen
Night finds us on corner. watching
for an S. P. car--each loaded 10 tn
guards. We follow our guide throug
the brilliantly lighted streets, keE
| so the year round, we are told, nc
: merely for carnival occasions. an
D are at the handsome mission styl
5 of structure. 1.-The Sunset Depot,
and. soon we bid farewell to San An
tonic, our most brilliant and cosmo
politan of cities Several days befor
, know that no berths. either going 0
coming. are to be had, so we are pre-
pared for an all nights vigil. 1t is {
good-natured merry crowd for the
most part. except rough traln-au-
ditor Much testing and beer-swigsine
takes place. among both sexes. A
crcaking. cranking door, TO break
the monotony, a long four-hours
| wait at Austin. TOO dark to sight see;
mad rush al Hillsboro for dinner
OF anything to eat, and we are home
again. where the much desired rain
/ has come.
Our trip is over-its discomforts
fOrgotten--a pleasant, happy mem
ory we shall not soon forget.
ORA MILLER.