The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-03
FROM THE FIELD.

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Here is the difference hStween the
individual Who reads MA the one
who does NJ They are moth FREE
quently Informed but On different
subjects. s@ssszs
Last week stopped at the house
OF farmer, reader of newspapers.
He spoke of the death Of the-emper
or and empress dowAger Of China
and the probable eaea on the peace
OF the nation OF TING Haytian rebel
lion, of the advance being made in
the navigation of the air; of recent
election and the probable members
of the cabinet; OF 1.-The, canal astron-
omers claim to have found on the
planet Mars; of the late decisions OF
our courts OF last resort; of the lat
est news concerning the supposed
engagement of Senator Elkfn's
daughter to that dago; of the latest
mob violence in this highly civilized
country; of. the storm damages and
mine disasters; of what Roosevelt
had for Thanksgiving dinner; Of
Bryan's love- making to President
| test suggestions for the good of the
farmer; OF the railroad rate hearing
before the interstate commerce
commission; OF Joe Bailey's last
purchase of fine horses; in fact OF
all the current. events of the day. |
know something Of these subjects
and could understand and appreci-
ate his conservation The next fell
low ! INST was sitting on the fence
chewing GreenvilIe tobacco; spit
ting at spider and watching two
pups chase a cat AS soon as he
found l sometimes wrote up people
whom met he got sociable and be-
gan to show me about the place. And
here is about what he told me:
That game rooster can lick any
rooster of his weight in Texas
Them thar hounds always come out
head in a fox chase. Getting away
from his chickens and hounds he
began to tell me the news In the
neighborhood. He said IA SINNERS
baby got grain of corr Id its wind
Pipe last week and came darned
nigh chokin' to death. OF course
I sympatbized with Sal but & had
never heard of her and was i not
much interested. He said Bill Per-
kins pizened Joe wilkins best pos
sum dog and that Joe gave Bill one
| of the best cussins' he ever heard
and would have licked him II a
measley fine-haired cuss what was
teachin' school hadn't stopped him.
He told all about the circumstances
connected with the sickness, treat
ment and cure of ST Caldwell's old
gray mule with case of collie. He
gave me full history of every diff
ference between neighbors and COM
mented literally on the merits of
every case. He could tell me how
much cotton, how many bushels of
corn, turnips or potatoes every far
mer for three miles around had
made. He really seemed to remem-
Der more than my reading friend
but had confined his field of obser-
walton to a small radius around
home. He is like thousands of peo-
pie we meet who have minds but
have either never realized the faci
or do not know why minds were
given them All the literature l saw
about the place was IA Slow Train
Through Arkansaw" and he
thought it the greatest book ever
published. Young people, which one
I of these characters do you most adj
mire and which would you emulate,
! the reading man who can converse
1 intelligently about the events which
! are constantly building the history
1 of the world or the fellow whose
/ field of observation is more circum-
scribed than the pony driven by the
/ ,r01 n,.,.iT 1rItr
mail? If such a fellow had been in
Adams place it is doubtful whether
he would have fallen, for his thirst
for knowledge would not have been
strong enough to cause him to eat
the forbidden fruit.
Monday morning after partaking
| of such a breakfast as that Forces
ton widow could afford realizing that
nothing was more uncertain than a
Katy time table | started to Waxa-
hachie on foot. About half way was
overtaken by Mr.. Wilkins from the
Anderson ranch and rode to town
]. e. Tennery from Italy No. was
on the street with the price and got
on my list. Seeing G. w. Cook and
| w. l.. Goodman of Italy 8 on the
court yard | fastened to them and
| got action on w. LIS money. On the
street l met my old friends, j. ID.
| Kuykendall and his son, George. j.
d. spent this year in Grayson coun-
! ty but has returned and will get his
mail on Waxahachie No. l next
year. The first time I ever met him,
! | 4 years ago, we almost had row
over the difference between back
! sliding and falling from grace and
/ | don't know the difference yet. Din
ner coming on | disposed of that sol
emn duty and proceeded to write
my field notes, finishing about 4
O'Clock, I took my bundle and went
to the home of L. 0. Wilson on
Grove Greek. He and his two accom-
/ plished daughters, Misses Alice and
Betty, compose the family and they
seem to compose about as harmon
ious a household as one generally
finds. | have known Mr.. w. foi
nearly 80 years and of course en-
4 joyed my visit On the way out
+ passed Mrs. A. A. North feeding q
\ Gre lot Of brown leghorn chickens
4 Leaving Mr.. w S | passed by where
4 ], N. Aisup and children were pick