The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-26
From THE FIELD.

clans, Philosophy, if it does not,
should teach that every effect is the
logical sequence of a cause. 1t is not
very difficult sometimes 10 take the
! back track of an event and find the
cause or causes responsible for its
happening. But he is philosopher
indeed who can discern the signs of
the times. Many of us have been
| wondering lately what concatina-
ton of circumstances had been active
in the producing of the floods, cy-
clones and electrical storms which
are such a source of terror to those
who are not exactly certain what
the harvest will be-"
This morning | found in an old
newspaper the horoscope for May II,
which partially explains the stu
alton. 1t runs as follows: "On this
1880 day Mercury is in perihelion
and Jupiter is in time with Saturn
and in benefic aspect with the 18th
day-old moon, which is on the
equator" Does the solemnity of the
statement fully act upon your COM
prehension? Just think of it. "Mer-
curry in perihelion, Jupiter in time
with Saturn and in benfic aspect
with the moon" If these staid old
planets behave so badly what better
can we expect of the atmospheric
conditions surrounding this earth
| but an infitisimal atom in the
boundless universe. Added to this,
suppose a tramp comet should come
| in contact with the Aurora Borealis.
What would the result be? But these
! planetary disturbances are not all.
/ The Guinness investigation goes on, a
! Texas Journalist has about brought
on brainstorm endeavoring by num-
erical legerdemain to make 35 out
| of "23." Secretary Taft has been
down on the other side of the equa-
tor, JEFF Davis has made a speech in
the senate, the picture Of Mae c.
| Wood has been published (and here
permit me to state that If it is a true
one all that was necessary for Platt
to win his case was to put the plain
tiff on exhibition, for no sane hum
an being ever thought of marrying
the owner of that face Anna Gould
/ and Prince Helie have left the coun-
try, and l have had a bad case of in
/ digestion, which is probably respon-
sible for your present affliction, then
what else could we expect but bad
weather.
| | believe solitary employment has
a tendency to render its votaries So
| liloquists. At any rate people seldom
talk to themselves except when
alone. One day last week | visited
the place of business of the genial
son of Vulcan, W. E. Middleton. l
mean Bill Middleton's blacksmith
shop, where | heard the following
monologue. I'VE beat them good and
/ strong, | guess they will not have
the nerve to come again. He is the
smartest man in the world today,
! %, 900 nothing. I'll bet it amt one
under $4,000. Sardis was almost SOL
! id for him. Whoo-pee, Hurrah for
Bailey!"
1 ! have written so long in prose my
readers | fear are nearly froze, so !
think this very good time to give
you few verses of rhyme. While to
do so is very hard work, I hardly
think ones duty should shirk. On
| Monday ] stayed about Waxahachie
and Tuesday went out on route.
! Tom Forrest, soon with buggy
drawn by two to Mountain Peak car
ried me through. We saw many men
and some crops very fin know
nothing of his luck but got mine.
At Mrs. Cooks hospitable table our
! dinner We got and out again in
quest of business wearied not.
| John Forbes was the first man !
substantially met and he and Mrs.
Minnie Rotten at Ira, year a head
her figures set. John is a native to
the manor born and always has plen-
| ty when he answers the dinner horn.
! McLain, probably for the president
christened Grover, will read an En-
terprise over and over. While he is
youth to fame and to fortune I'M
known, he has wife and is fully
grown. J. e. Ferguson, the merchant
and of good fellow the chief with the
price OF subscription came to my
relief. His house is large, his bust
! ness is good, and all seems to 90
with him as it should. J. A. Thomas
on Midlothian No. /, Of horn-hand-
ed toll is worthy son. Mrs Thomas
was picking fine dew berries which
were as luscious as any cherries The
Mountain Peak country is an old set
tied place and | would like its history
here to trace. but there are many
i names of old settlers l can not now
! recall, so | fear such effort very flat
would fall. However must venture
to remark that blaze of patriotism
or politics from spark at one time
at the election in the fall filled our
offices almost all. Congressman, jan
itor, commissioner, superintendent
Of the county farm district clerk
deputy sheriff ! am sure 1t was NO
great harm and | am not ashamed to
tell served their country and them
selves we'll. The business at the Peak
~. E. Ferguson and G. T. Eskridge
do, and Drs. Shytles and Harris to
their patients are true. The spring at
the Peak runs brisk and bold and
the water is pleasant to the palate
and plenty cold. But l cannot longer
on this topic dwell. for there is much
more yet for me to tell
| Leaving there at the close of the
day to r. B. Reeves | wendell my
way where the welcome was SO warm
and the fare so good I ate more than
a prudent man should, and on my
back ! supinely lay two nights and
almost day. j. d. Kirk on Midloth-
ian No. 4 is neither rich nor very
poor. To live honordbiy and 10 him
self be true he ever tries and in ad-
dition is constant reader of the