The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-19
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Last week was one of rest from
toll on account of the wet weather
during the whole week All the work
] saw was one man breaking new
land and two cutting stovewood At
the houses | learned they were gone
to town or on hunt. At town
there was no crowd. SO the question
arises, what became of the male
population? l presume J. c. Light
home for l heard some one chopping
| wood where l am told he lives but
the fog was so dense that | could
not find the place. Monday morning
before going to town l called at the
home of NJ A. Ledbetter and re-
newed his subscription for year.
At Waxahachie c. c. Cunningham
said send that paper to my brother.
H. w, at Sulphur Springs, Okla. F.
al Italy and a terror to evil doors
| for Ia years, will now read the En-
! teIprise. On the train to Forreston
=. H. House, good farmer on
| Route 2, Italy, put his name on the
| list. Tuesday it rained all day but
w E. Walker, a good citizen and
user of the split-log drag on one of
the Forreston roads renewed. So did
| U. j. Peacock, a good farmer and
F. Harris, pastor of the Methodist
church at Forreston, now gets the
Enterprise as part of his mail.
Wednesday at Milford, c. P. Hos
kins, justice of the peace for prob
ably 20 years, gave me a dollar and
said send it along. Out on route 2.
sitting out by the fence waiting for
the ground to dry | found T. j. Ser
! les. Mrs. Mollie Collins, wife of J. l..
| Collins is my subscriber | spent a
pleasant night with them and went
| forth to pull through the mud. The
next name on my list is that of w.
M. Weatherford. | was sorry to learn
that he had been dead about five
months, but his family of cultured
people were still in the community
and will still read the paper. w. M
Brice has lived near Pluto for sew
eral years. | found a dinner, some
fine Durham cattle, Leghorn chick
ems, fine mules, good colt, and a
hearty welcome. | found Luther
Vanlandingham in bed from the eff
fects of charge of shot accidental
ly thrown into his leg by his bro.
ther-in-law, Claude Padget
Leaving him | found Claude and
wife and mother comfortably located
on the Burks farm which Claude
has recently purchased At E NJ
Cretchens | found a general appear
ance OF prosperity, fine patch OF
wheat and pleasant chat Sorry to
learn, however, that Mrs c. was
very much indisposed. Night coming
on | found Mrs. Thomas, two stall
wart young sons and a daughter liv-
ing at the home Of Mrs Thomas
girlhood, the old p E. Mccain
place. On the way to Maypearl pro-
cure sub from F. NJ. Cocker and re-
new ]. w. Laney, who was busy
building an addition to his resi-
dence. Mrs. Mary Bassinger told me
she had gotten three dozen eggs
from forty hens the day before and
that she was getting Is cents per
dozen for them. When 40 hens will
/ make forty-fve cents per day it
looks like hens pay Mrs S. A. Oil
yer on Maypearl No. 1, says she has
been reading the Enterprise for 81
years. When she renewed this time
she arranged for her time to expire
in the fall when the money crop is
coming in. Friday looked so gloomy
| came in home and on Saturday
reston who has been a reader of the
Enterprise for long time, is a good
!, farmer and takes great pride in the
breeding of fine hogs. If the boss
will let me off | will report the cot
ton association convention at Dallas
this week. | mentioned a few weeks
ago that | got tailored one day Some
understood by that that | had got
ten new suit of clothes. | meant
{ | had done no business. But this re-
minds me that | am about to wit
! ness a demonstration of the truth
/ of the saying that all things come
to him that waits This old summer
coat | have worn all winter will
soon be in season again.
| have been accused of Partially
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