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


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80 mach fog the ps~lade
our trAia. not tn he an exception
eisd gp The TRACK. and 80 arrived on
The throneed scene of the waxahs-
ehie railway station some twenty
minutes late, where q happy II eou1s-
what impatient crowd OF excursion
lists 20 the "Alsmo City. merry
crew Of Trlnltonians. and their chap
eranes. hnaud for Waco 70 the ball
game. and a few general passengers.
lay ia wait for her. Then on We sped
through some of the rich waxy black
land farms for which our county OF
Ellis Is noted, through the prosper
ous little towns of F'arreston. Italy.
Milford. the last named with Its
splendid Texas Presbyterian College
for Girls looming up on our right. on
| to the next county seat. Hillsboro. So
long as We live We shall never forget
the occasion OF our long tarry IN
Hillsboro' For what purpose, |
know not. unless 10 make US that
much later and to give us lesson in
patience.
Again speeding 60 southwark
| we pass through Temple and various
| Texas town and hamlets. with but
little variety of scenery, rich prairie
lands and gently sloping hills. until
We are nearing our states great cap
| ital, Austin, where the country's
geography shows a more decided
preference for timbered hills and less
fertile lands
But the scenery is attractive, and
some OF the many splendid institu-
tions of Austin take shape and form,
the chief of these being the capitol
building itself. whose great dome
stands a towering sentinel outlined
against the sky.
1t is a peculiar and appreciative
fact that, for the most part, the M,
X. & T. railroad track running into
Austin passes through a neat and
homelike residence section of the
city. a difference from the average
course of railroads, which usually
offer TO eager passengers and tour
! lists a cityis most offensive parts.
| Having a wait of some twenty min.
utes here we hurry from our We
/, hicllle of conveyance about the four
teenth coach back, and press on t{
! Congress avenue for glimpse a
close range of our great caplto
building, where were recently waSet
the battles against an unloyal Bale,
the newspaper railroad passes AM
what not. (And how these very hon
orabe and wise CD senators an'
representatives must miss their rail
road passes.D
might comes on apace,' and at
| ter some time Of waiting at the river
| bridge, where we get glimpse OF
| irrigation as conducted in that part
of the country, differing someWha
! from the irrigation schemes of Colo
RADIO and other western countries
our journey is resumed. So much as
we should like, both coming and go
| ing, we are denied the view of the
range of country lying between Aus
| tin and San Antonio. About ten, we
arrive in the city of Saint Antho-
nv" our destination, the first settle
ment here being two hundred ana
eighteen years ago, in 1859.
A quest for rooms begins. All the
/ hotels are long since fun to over
I flowing. But OF this quest, more
| later.
The air is raw and chilly, sur
prising thing-we surmise, for sun
ny" San Antonio, where winter is
! but name
! II may bee we'll 60 add here I'm or
| der that the reader may the better
/ appreciate the situation. that / was
/ one OF many foolish virgins, who
took only q light wrap, and neither
rubbers nor umbrella such winlry
weather has not been felt in san An
tonic all winter. we are told. We
/ hear. 100. that the people have been
PRAYING for rain. and surely the
PRAYER OF righteous man ayaileth
much" for the mists of saturday.
change by SUNDAY. iuto heavy down
pours with short lived intervals ot
drizzl,s. or lovcying clouds.
For our first uisht iu This early
Spanish settlement We are "parior
boarder But soon our vision. oi "a
Z so,f velvet couch aud dainty furnish
iura arc dlspciled, tog inconvenience
Z abound. fhourh our landlord AHd
/ iaudiadt afc Audl disposed. M,
/ hfother sud h.s party cannot Do" A'.
. eommodatcd herv. an sock lods1ns
. .iseF h,f, ThfnHFh lhr Kindness ~
: NF ANA Nu q b.. utesau. former
I Waxahachians. we Rr" comfortably
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