The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-07-10

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Ia Kise eas. ia that she ic. nsaa ia
un~ ia his sIory. fer ., h. fslY saa
- hes Thls Ia tss Mind OF ~.athey
| shat lAsss all tsn slHs oas nf US. SO
@ans 80 harry aa and fgnssh our
sark and t=ss trip TO $50 our
~ifs's sinfoIas We feet bad. and
| there In an inward. out~ara alios~r-
einesa whlsh 80 In our xaneF in-
terysls call pare Iaslness shoui the
onIy happy hing on cur place ss our
lold one-earesi Tom cat. lie sleeps
most ~ tho time. and this morning
! saw him and vai eating out ~
the same plate. when he had finish
cd his repast he sat back on his
launches and licked his chops az II
TO say, Il am rich and Il Isn't worth
while" The tronhle with Tom IL that
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof" and he lets every day pro-
vide for itself. while with ME it Is
root hog or die and have to keep
rustiing. for want and the fear OF
want doth make slaves of tbs all. |
know | am feeling tough, for my
two children are playing In the dir,
just under the window where ! am
writing and moment ago ! heard
the boy say To his sister. Daddy IN
"a "a
and the girl replied. Yes, and |
heard mamma say awhile ago that
If he said another word to her to-
day she would beat the head off him
with the broom" My children think
their mother is all of it, and that !
am an indispensable nuisance. and.
with such combination against me
I generally get the worst OF it. Last
Saturday | got in about noon and l
was hot and tired, and mad, | guess,
for ! remember soliloquizing to my
self as follows just before | arriv-
ed at my place of residence: 81 am
going home and if dinner is ready |
am not going to eat bite, II it is
not ready | am going to raise the
very devil" But when / got there
the whole kit and billing" were
gone, and stuck on the door with q
pin was a piece of paper on which
| was written, Il will be back when
l get back" Now. wasn't that vel
come to weary soul? The house
was locked, so / turned the horse
loose and took a seat on barrel in
the front yard and tried to look like
| a statue OF patience. My wife and
brats had gone | didn't know where,
and ] tried to console myself with
the thought that ! didn't care, but
that is hard to do. And where do you
suppose they had gone? The chill
dren had gone to party, ana my
wife had gone just over the fence TO
ton to injury, they sat in that
|neighbor's window all the evening
and watched me broil; and, when
she did come home three ladies Just
casually walked over with her. just
happened to you, know, and ] never
got 20 "cuss" a bit, for they had me
Laughing before they left. Talk
about strategy, manipulation, chic-
lanery. finesse, and for doing things
THAT no man would ever think OF. a
woman is peculiar.
Our county is o. X. SO far as the
corn crop is concerned. but when 1t
comes TO cotton II II late. The cot
| ton looks well for its age and Ia a
good stand. but the farmers to whom
II have talked don't seem To have the
confidence In the crop that they usu-
lalIv have. Late cotton gives the boil
worm and all other insects and pests
a chance and as one farmer express
ed H. We cant tell thing about
cotton yet
went to the southern part of
our county this time and ms first
hold up was with J. W. Boring tie
Is always the same. in town or out
III town. dressed up or IN his over
.lalls tie was sowing sorghum To
spllee lea with bis corn Tor feed
Then / drove to the Anderson ranch
and got dinner with g. y hounH
blood lie Was aboat 40 with h's crop
land NtIi Soon be- able t1 take a fssi
last lrar BE- ~sat ta WheeleF e"an
Is aud boasbt him "a big loi II laud.
gts mas move ,o lt sumg Ilnie aat ho
tnay uot. put he has maae a s~od in'
seatmyng snd eau asli uut sHy iims
"a ruua rFvftt dit uot ttrynlate
etsf fhe Nudsrsea raush mach az
moat of tho@s sasepis alfeaaY iaAs
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