The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-22

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Since last report many things have
happened that are not now news. |
could tell about the hail which did
some damage, and the wind which
scared more people than it hurt, too,
did some damage to crops aud build
ings, Yes. | might tell of Uncle Joel
Dfxon's return from West, San Ange-
10 and other points, and Mrs. James
DiNon's visit to Ennis and return,
and of her daughter, Lillian's trip;
but, if | didn't say that it all hap
pened in times past, some one might
accuse me of being too slow to catch
| news, and that's being some slow
Sure | cant tell all the news but
when it comes to good things to eat
| can do quite as we'll as an editor
at eating, No one cares particularly
,tsc,s, -s y 'se. h1 ,,..>H-. ,->.'sys Nsis~'
ing me by the month. I'm not tell
ing about the big dinner at Wan
Ralsons That's what | want to tell
about, but its been 80 long since
! that diuner that my letter IS about
to all go to Is, A vacancy, you know
! makes ,a,as, yesv selfish. Well VOW
perhaps remember Lem Sullivan,
now Rev, John l.. Sullivan, he was
). down .froW Wyne. visiting old friends
and, also, to escort his wife and
daughter, Miss Via, home. He's just
as wAl.e headed 81 eyNr. BN. IS looks
,liks l can't keep that dinner In my
head long enough to tell about 1t.
! WeN, Mr., md Mrs. Y. J. Paul and
children, Miss Mollie Jeffress and
children, Mrs, James league and
children, Mrs. Levi league, Mrs.
Chas, Verheyden we're there. Yes,
Rev. Sullivan and were there. Per-
haps this Is not worded just as a
magazine reporter would put it, but
we country folks had good dim
ner-l wanted to say that 1t was
not second hand dinner. Well,
writing about good dinner that's
been eaten week-you know how
that Is.
May be can do better at telling
what saw on my trip south. The
cotton crop down that way Is not
very good. The following illustrates
the situation:
Jim, you've got some cotton"
mo, Tom, no."
"Yes, you have"
We'll, II you will 60 into that cot
ton patch and get me one bale of
cotton and one bloom, you may have
the whole crop"
Another man told me that the
stalks In the Brazos bottom were SO
lower limbs. If one man were to
ride down one middle and another
man down the next with one row be-
tween them, they could not see each
other, But that's not quite as bad
as writer in Haskell county. He
says that the weevils have cut every
thing off the stalks and are now
boring down from the top of the
stalks into the stalks making whist
Hes, and we all know the wind blows
in Texas
r want to teil OF seeaas yoke o.
oxen hitched to wagon and man
tas&ae>>. 4.aasSsSS
quickly, I'll not and that got me a
bit reused. tried to plow yoke
of oxen over in Arkansas once.
looked good and l believe | saw a
stick and dirt chimney and log hut
ana three fodder stacks ana tho,
!. at % Cuban or, n. Filipiro with. 2
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never conquer US and carry such
pictures back to their homes Ia
show what We. are, They wc"ld
photograph some OF our thorough
breds, fine mansions, etc.
Bu4l must not forget the baby
:: she IL q girl over at Ike Lindralls
only . few days old.
Miss Mamie Flynn returned from
Mineral Wells and Dallas Saturday
after three or four weeks visit. and
Sunday Misses May McAlaster and
Glady Ralston, Masters Roy and
Howard Isffress. Ike Tsagae and
Harry Ralston were visitors at Mr.,
rlynn's,
October 9Th the
will open and will swing out upon
AXE Sysaae' y .Ns- mGsaals--2 SIN
) flag from a flag pole planted on the
school campus. That will show some
that we are here.
Owing to the rains last week but
little work was done on the farms,
and II the rain continues, much
damage will be done. The old cotton
stalks are suckering out and will be
soon a very rank growth which will
be In the way OF pickers and shut
out the sun, causing opening to be
slow and bales to rot before open
ing. T. w.