The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-13

i~aNl NVbNdA dittI we lNsUt push
and crowd of the first Monday.
attended the opera at shelton 8 opera
/ house know very little of such mat
ters but II seems to me that Wax
ahachie opera house Is much bet
ter than the street leading to the
Katy and r. and b V. stations.
1t seems to me that on several oc-
casions when | have attended enter
tainments | have heard the speaker
raise his voice in condemnation of
amusements in general and the OPP
era in particular 1t IS fact that We
have had bad politics, bad
novels. bad plays, and bad
preaching but because such is the
TACT is no reason why We should in
discriminatory denounce the pulpit.
the stage and all fiction Man is not
| responsible for his nature and most
all normal healthy human minds re-
/ quire certain amount of recreation
| The man or woman who reads diff
ferent kinds of literature, associates
with others and INDUCES in a GER
tain amount of amusement is usual
/ ~ cheerful and gets more out of life
/ than those who confne their eff
forts and ambition to one line of
thought and action.
| 1t is the duty of every individual
10 bulld as noble character as his
nature and environments permit and
1t is doubtless the duty of all to oc-
casionally, seriously consider the fact
that there is no end TO mortal exist
ence and to so build that when the
end comes there may be no cause
Tor serious regret. We ought to
labor to do all the good possible
| and to harm no one. But some are
disposed to minimize the importance
and the pleasures of life. Some seem
to teach US that the whole aim OF
life should be to prepare for the
great beyond. ! have never been able
to believe that We were given a taste
for pleasure simply that we might
lead an existence of continued sup.
preston of desire for harmless rec
reation. Nothing can be wrong which
does not injure someone else or de.
grade ourselves morally So let us
be good to one another and get all
out of life We can. Attend the opera
attend the circus, dance if you fee
like II, provided it Is not the round
dance with some other fellows wife
or sister, go to the fair, read good
novels, study politics, go to preach
ling, eat, sleep, work and always be
cheerful. This suits me and il some
other plan suits you | shall not fall
out with you
1 notice from today's News that
there was falling of 35S.115 votes
from 1900 to 1904
Well, | suppose | went some
where last week and saw some peo-
pie, The hrst encouragement came
from my old friend w. R. Norman,
VINO farms on the Anderson ranch.
l.. Il. Reasonover of Waxahachie,
whom l have known longer than |
can remember, was next d. j. Clay
ton of Waxahachie No 5 came for
ward and got on the lis. w. A. Ap-
r-Iplipg OF good Georgia stock waA in
from F6ffest6n 2 Fl. l.. Reynolds,
Forreston 3, had his figures set up.
| ID. l.. Hinkle of Midlothian was TAX
| ing in court or first Monday, or
something. w. l.. Goodbar of Red
Oak who had been visiting in Vir-
ginia sent me dollar and word that
he had gotten back. G. G. Smith,
Italy 2, came up with pleasant look
and dollar, j. c. Thompson on Mid
lothian was in Forreston with a
dollar. T. A. Miller good farmer
on Ennis brought me a dollar.
| Tuesday morning | found s. s.
jenkins on WaXahachie 5 finishing
a good pen for his hogs and had
Langshang and Rhode Island Reds
in the yard D. H. Brandon was out
among his Poland China hogs and
Jersey oattle. He had me send the
paper to his father-in-law, w. r.
Berry, at Bellview, Ark, and told me
Mrs. Brandon would soon visit her
parents, 4 found G. H. Cunningham
tout in the field and walked with
him to the house He has been living
at the same place 40 years. He said
he came here before people had to
work for living. j. l.. Ramsey was
in bed with fever and Dr. w. P.
Sims and Rev. S. Richardson and l..
b. Ramsey were there for dinner
DR.. Sims said he would give Mr.. r.
worse medicine than he had II he
did not get better soon. l got dinner
and a dollar and went on my way.
Mr. and Mrs G. L. Watson were at
home. AS left saw hog as large
as yearling. l found w. b. Gain
son, Forreston, l, cutting cornstalks
with mower, after talking with him
for a while he gave me dollar and
will now read the Enterprise. stop
ped and talked with Mrs. Pierson a
while and then went to Forreston
for the night. At the home OF ].
NJ. Newcomb on Forreston 2, Mrs.
N. told ME the Enterprise was al
most like one of the family. hear
many such expressions but seldom
tell It, w. G. Harville, Forreston' g
enterprising blacksmith, was the first
to hand me dollar on Wednesday
morning. At Bell Branch found the
gin doing good business. At the store
1 met j. A. Mattox of Italy. | paid
him a dollar which put him In such
good humor he had me send him the
Enterprise. Out again on Forreston
10, | found j. NJ. Hughes, aged 81
years, out picking cotton, His son,
B. F., gave me subscription and
told me his father picked about SO
pounds per day. He said he tried to
keep his father out of the field but
he said he felt better at work, Jesse
Caver, colored, had picked about I 2