The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

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morning She asked me during the
week II | had said any thing about
my son-in-law and seemed to be dis
appointed when she learned that
had omitted to mention a matter Of
such great moment to her but which
did not cause more than very gem
tie ripple on the surface of the So
|ciai sea where so many poor deluded
mortals flop, founder, fuddle and
frequently founder. AS | wrote a let
ter some time ago addressed to my
son 1t is but justice to the girl that
l disclose the son-in-law problem and
as there is usually daughter-in-
law as one of the cast Of characters
in the play it is expedient to discuss
the two together.
There is probably no more difficult
position in the family circle than
that Of son-in-law. have always en-
Wed Father Adams position. He en-
joyed all of the blessings of conu-
bal bliss with his young and perfect
| ly formed bride without prying,
meddlesome mother-in-law to poison
the mind of Eve by telling her all
the things she had demanded and OBJ
! tanned as concessions from Ewes ia
! Their. 1t was never intimated to Eve
| that she had married beneath her
station in life. She was never told
| that Adams great grand faith er's
| fourth cousin had pushed widow
womans dog in the creek. Adam
| had no father-in-law to strut like a
Standard oil senator, assume an air
| of superiority and tell him he ex-
lpected him to furnish his daughter
| such luxuries as she had been accus-
toned to all her life. Adam never
had Eve to tell him what brilliant al
/ liances she could have formed but
for the foolish fancy she has mistak-
en- for an undying love for him.
! When man takes unto himself
| one Of the daughters Of Eve as
wife he places himself in a position
| to become a target for all her family
to shoot at and it is only by dint of
fine generalship and upright conduct
| that he is enabled to harmonic and
cement in the bonds of friendship
| two families-his own and that of
| his bride. The majority of the hui
man race realizing the fact that tney
themselves are at heart a hard lot,
are always looking out for sinister
motives in others and are prone to
| put a bad construction on every act.
Oh darn the son-in-law subject,
| have fellow in mind who really
needs attention and the son-in-law il
! he is honest, Industrious, and if the
| girls family are intelligent, decent
| sort of folks, he will get along all
| right and it will not be long before
/ he will reverence her parents as he
| does his own and they will have an
affection for him almost the same
as if he was their own son. Affection
! is but the natural outgrowth of as
i ISOLATION any way.
! Some time since | met a gentle
man on the street who told me if
would have it published, he would
write letter that would expose to
view every dive in Waxahachie, or
words to that effect. told him I had
no authority in the matter and that
Tended it, | have thought some about
Kit since ana wondered what he meant
~ dives, for | am in WaXahachie
| two or three times a week. am on
! sp6aking terms with most of her
| citizens, know every place of bust
iness in the town and if there is one
| in the town that may Justly be called
| dive | do not know where it is locat-
ed If this gentleman knows of any
/ place in the town not conducted ac-
cording to Law the grand jury is in
ession and there is the plara
| him to make mis- complaint. There is
enough corruption in this world of a
real character without rushing into
| print and manufacturing something
IN T. n | r6
not long since of a preacher III a
quiet, decent community denouncing
from the pulpit that it was as rotten
as hell's half acre in Fort Worth. l
am not in favor of mob law but | be-
lieve when people make such ex-
travagant statements that new
suit of clothes made of lukewarm
tar and goose hair would be bene-
fit. Some people lose their Influence
for good by making assertions they
cannot produce evidence to prove. A
hint to the wise is sufficient.
| guess | am not as smart as was
for it seems | fall down on all | try
to write lately.
met r. r. Cummins of Avalon
in town one day last week He told
NE his uncle. W. l.. Brown, of Hart
ford, KY was visiting him and the
family of John l.. House and was de-
lighted with the country.
Last Monday morning ] met K.
d. Roberts Of Brushy on the train.
He had been on a visit to Italy. T. r.
'Stedman of Maypearl is an old time
citizen and a member of the present
grand jury and judging by a notice
saw of his gallantry when he and
one more volunteered to run some
yankees out of house during the
war, made a good soldier, besides he
is about as handsome a man as
there Is in the country. p. Watson, a
hustling young farmer of Italy 4,
was in town last Monday. w NJ. Me-
Kinney of Ennis was in town and
about the court house Monday c. H.
Kelly. Jr., of Waxahachie is a son
of Cullen Kelly and seems to get
about as much out of life as his IA
Their, Monday evening about sun
down | arrived at the home of j. n.
Alsup on Waxahachie 4, where he
had told me the chickens We're get
ting so saucy some of them would
have m he killed There waS a hop