The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-04
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1 wild beasts in refinement, that his
use of hands and mind did not much
exceed the deftness of the higher
! type of the ape; we are struck with
wonder at the self developing power,
the inventive genius, the auto con-
structiyeness, the self-evolution, the
| natural mate power of self lift which
charaete1izes the history of the hui
man race. The swallow that builds
in our barns today constructs its
mud house just as did those that
built in the roof OF the ark. The
dove of today is no better mechanic
than the first one that cooed to its
mate. The habits of the lower ami
mails of today are just as they We're
thousands of years ago The cackie
of the hen is exactly like that of the
first one that heralded the advent
of the egg or took fright at a hawk
The hog of today wallows in the
mud, roots for food and grunts and
sQueals in the same language as
those that fled over precipice into
the sea when they undertook to con
tain the devils of one human being.
Among the lower animals, there has
never been, is not and will not be
any progress. In the human mind
and heart is implanted an ambition
which looks onward and upward. The
aspiration of every enlightened son
and daughter of Adam is the attain
ment of an ideal existence Pshaw,
am not interested in this subject
and should ! write ten pages on il
| would not get far away from the
old thoughts that have been handed
down to us for hundreds of years, in
fact would not make any improve
ment on what we learned from our
readers when in school. If | can not
give my readers thoughts of my own
and different from what we are ac-
customed to read and hear | will not
write So with the statement that
man is about the swiftest thinking
and most progressive animal that
roams the earth | will drop down to
matters Of local interest.
Ordinarily ! am like the 1rishman
that was shipwrecked and thrown
out on a strange island. He saw
some of the natives come to the
shore. He asked them where he was
and what was the nature of the gov
eminent. They did not understand
him and of course made no reply
So he said bejabus it makes no diff
ference what your form of govern
ment is am against it. However ]
have been forced to honor two OF
our officials lately for mertorius
conduct in office. The law provides
that a deputy sheriff shall not re-
eeive pay as grand jury bailiff
but since / have known anything
about the affairs of our courts no
attension seems to have been paid
to this provision am informed
that Judge Lee Hawkins has dis
cussed this statute and is doing all
in his power to enforce it. al
ways rejoice to see any progress to-
ward the observation of the law in
such cases made and provided and
now and here tender Lee my right
hand in congratulation, The con
stables tell me that our present sher-
If, A ". Wilson, instead o. fillins
the country full of deputy sheriffs
is giving the constables the work in
their respective precincts, Our dep
uty constable told me he instructed
him to report all violations to the
Justice of the peace and let him de
telmine whether he or some other
court had jurisdiction, If he will
continue such policy misdemeanors
can be settled in the ncighborhood
and the defendants and all the wit
nesses will be spared the trouble
| and expense Of attendance upon the
county court. And ! believe our PEG
| pie would be more law abiding il
| they were taught to settle small
! cases at home Anyhow | say three
cheers for Lee Hawkins and Albef
| Wilson and ! hope the good work
begun by them may grow until I
will be universally conceded THAI
the convenience and time of the peo-
pie are of more Importance than
! the fees of a few officers.
| Last Thursday as ! went down
| town after dinner Joe Kirk called
me and told me he was going home
4 in his buggy and had no partner 50
/ | got in with him and rode out to
| his home above Sardis and spent
the night ! had plenty to eat It
good bed and good company !
would like to know who could have
Jared better Joe has sold the gravel
which lies under his dwelling and
smoke house to the county for the
road and will move out soon to
very pretty place near the road, but
/ ] must hush about Joe for saw
several others during the week..
Wednesday morning | found John
! Archer clearing some new ground
and incidentally getting some wood.
! Mr.. and Mrs n f. Meador were
busy with their lard and sausage,
having butehered their swine a day
or two before. J. NJ. King was driv-
ing a good team TO a buster and
seemed to be doing a good job |
put his name on my list and pullei
/ for Mountain Peak ] +. Ferguson
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