The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-25

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caught me this time without word
TO say on any subject. About every
one on The Enterprise staff except
me has taken vacation within the
year. The editor, the city editor, the
printers-most of them; SO / believe
| will take my vacation this week by
not writing anything except a short
history of my rambles during the
past week.
Tuesday | wrote my letter and
tspent the remainder of the day with
my Forreston constituency. | think
II went out on Forreston / and stop
ped first at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs Reull Hampton, where | was in
ltroduced to their son, about one
month old. At the residence of w.
III. Cain ! learned that he and Mrs.
Cain were visiting in Georgia and
that he was enjoying his visit so
much he did not know when he
boys had gone after wood, but Mrs.
Presley was preparing chicken for
dinner and ! remained to help them
eat it. They were considerably cut
up over the fact that one of the Will
hottie boys had stolen their last girl.
hope all parties may become recon-
ciled and that the marriage may
prove a happy one. A while before
night ! drove up to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. viii Keplinger, on Italy z.
| only intended to rest a while, but
and papers in the house | made no
remonstrance. Mrs. j. b. Hemphill
of Avalon and children, came di-
rectly to spend the night. Mrs.
; Hemphill is a teacher of music and
favored us with some fine music at
ter supper. Plenty of good things
| to eat. good company, for Mr. and
Mrs X. are good entertainers, good
music. a good bed, and a hearty well
come makes the lot of the wayfarer
mot so hard. Near the Italy cotton
oll 1ilIIl dbouL nIlIt lloLI nan NIL
, | run upon a Baptist tent meeting,
; where l rested my ponies while |
! listened to a sermon and witnessed
, some good od-fashioned shouting.
' AT the gin Joe Barker invited me
f to go with him TO dinner and | ac-
I cepted. At his home | found a new
daughter. Miss Maurice, | believe the
boss of the place, with Mr.. and Mrs.
e b. and a son. her subjects. She is a
n great girl. ! found W. C. Conner on
h Italy 2 mailing iron on mule 5
I hoof He was pretty warm, but in
t a good humor.
!, AT Rankin | played a few games
n of dominoes, received R c. Owen, a
= good farmer on Blooming Grove ,,
: and Mr. Wade who has been visiting
his children at Rankin. Mr.. Rains
and a son had me send the paper to
. his home at Holly Pond. Ala, to Mrs.
Sallie Virgins. Night came on and
/ went on to the home of Mrs. Duke,
where | spent the night. c. d. What
1 ley lost his home last spring by fire,
but has built new cottage and is
going right along. On the way TO
Bardwell | spent a while at the home
of B. NJ, Vel able, where ! got plenty
of good artesian ice water, ate some
peaches and enjoyed a pleasant chat
of half an hour, This work of mine
would be simply glorious if it was
not work. Bardwell is still improy-
ing, and | found my old friend, J. w.
Render, at his post at the Citizens
lumber yard, While at Bardwell
there fell light rain, so | took the
train for WaXahachie, and from
there to the Widows and Orphans
Home at Forreston. / was about to
forget to mention that on my way to
Bardwell | spent a few minutes with
R. Walker on Bardwell /. w. p.
Nichols lives on Waxahachie No 3
w. r. Jones from Waxahachie No. 3
goes to WaXahachie nearly every day
land everybody knows him, and know
him as a good man, so nothing
could say would adj anything to the
record. | will state though, thai ne
always goes down after his dollar
cheerfully, j. ID. Mir!ke is popu-
lar teacher in Ellis county who Las
come up by his own efforts and row
teaches the school at Britton
NJ. d. Dawson lives on Blooming
Grove No 2. 1t is usurping the
place of the local correspondent, btt
Forreston being u e home of my a.
vorite widow, ! II lather partial to
the community aid IN constraln "a
to remark little Co corning its prog
ress. he farmers ave erected a Id
put IN operation a 1r-AIn stand pla 1t
which, with coat II ed paint, looks
fine. Henry McCaIttr has erecte! a
four Sn-saw gin !. dit which, vita
COaT tc white main, h., he lilo pr,r.it,