The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-14

very VusA ones lot ihe uSule uSuiuh-
stration agent. Mrs. Hanks Davis.
Her time has been full. giving In
structions to the various canning
clubs in the art OF canning fruits
and vegetables. Wednesdays en-
gegement took the home agent to
bristol here she was To assist Miss
Elah Glenn. one Of the most euthu.
siastic members la all the county.
il. canning corn. tomatoes and peas.
The society editor having visited
Bristol at the organization of the
club in the early spring. was glad of
the opportunity TO return. and ser
the results OF few months work
among the girls. We were enter
tanned in the home of Mrg. Matte
Glenn. who has been a resident of
Bristol for thirty-three Years. aud Is
club for the encouragement of her
/ daughter who had NAB, quite
! record When we arrived the daugh-
| tiers OF the the horIc had gone over
u the river to gather the corn To be
| used in the demonstration. They
brought back 110 ears which were
canned during the afternoon togeth-
or with a quantity of peas and to-
patoes. A shady tree was selected
| aud under its sheltering branches
gathered a congenial group of Bris-
tol ladies, all interested in the con-
servation OF honey products, and
watched with much fascination the
steam canning process. Mrs. Jack
Lennon of Rice, cousin of Mrs.
Glenn. and guest in her home, Mrs.
Bob Cain, Mrs. A. n. McNaron, Mrs.
W. r. Jones, and Miss Clyde cocker
were present to witness the 6cmcn-
stration. The entire afternoon was
taken up with the work, and the
ladies enjoyed the social time, while
Mrs. Davis worked. A trcat Enjoy
ed by all was large platter of fried
which he had just brought from the
river, and said it was the first time
IN his life he caught more than any
crowd could eat They left thirty
pounds at the river for campers who
lad just arrived. They brought
bone sixty fish, eight OF them aver
aging ten pounds.
Mrs. Glenn has made her home in
Bristol for thirty-three years, and Is
interested in the progress and deyel
opment of her home community.
We talked WITH numbers of people
Who are still praising Waxahachie
for their generous hospitality in the
celebration of the Fourth, and many
declared that it was the biggest
triumph for Waxahachie that she
had achieved for years. Several
bristol citizens attended the big
barbecue
The Ennis and Waxahachie papers
have been devoting editorial para
graphs to the condition of the pixies,
and if the motorists enjoyed the
freedom of the press, they would nc
doubt add their amen The pike
between Palmer and Ike is danger
ously narrow, and excessive speed
ing is perilous. One motor party
passed us at such alarming speed
that the right-of-way was given him
without protest There is a deep rut
on the Palmer pike, and horse
and if motorists are not careful. il
could cause them trouble, too This
is a beautiful country and the cotton
crops over in that section are a joy
tc view. The country is picturesque
and nad they good pixies. some dis
tricts having no pixies at all and re-
Gently voting against good roads,
their accessibility to the county seat
and neighboring towns would give
them much pleasure when the bad
rainy weather sets in.
Mrs. Glenn is one or the iand
owners whose land is in the Trinity
levee district, and she is much in
terested in the reclamation of tnat
land She says the land has been
Surveyed, the blue prints secured,
and they will ask for a bond issue to
build a ievee to reclaim 1900 acres
OF land in the Trinity river bottom.
The bond issue will call for $780,
600 which amount it is said will be
required to build concrete dam.
Mrs. Glenn raised two thousand
bushels of corn from this land three
years ago, which averaged eighty
bushels an acre, and this crop was
made after three overflows. Sac
says il can be made fine cattle