Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-07-26

II nn, form, among that cNiltd hand,
uf parting sorrow gave nn token
sull WAS his form, and cold his hand
Poor nnnal kcnny'H heart WAS broken !
80
FLAT BROK e!
ny BUELL..
Sometime when you have whirlcd out
ofthe Union Depot at ksnsas City, past
nm. inbaryuth Of tracks, crUss-tracks,
switches and side-tracks that make an
iron maze Of The West Kansas Bottom,
mt the State Line, and just before You
ia,s the iawny kaw, take u look ht the
. Stock Yards. Great, wide, board-ienced,
harr.sullaccd-pens they arci litteenough
suggestive of interest, much less OF ro'
NAV ce or chivalry, in the Introductory to
sketch for that Magazine of whose mis-.
zion part is to chronicle the Adventure,
cr,stalize the Romance and embalm the
Chiyalry Of the Southwestern Border, US
they pass away forever before the Oncom-
ips OF Civilization. These wide. bare
yafds you will see throngod with herds of
long horned, mutley-coaied cattle, which,
Hketyery other living thing uu the bui-
der. have travelled. They are the four
f ot,d Texans, and the glimpse You get
orthrm from The car window is enough To
convey the imprtssio that they aie raey
of their eoil. Put one OF them alongside
sleek Durham, and you havea contrast
hat is reprcst ntative Of the diversity Of
social conditions under which they were
reared YOU have an exempt lcniiun Of
the contrast between two classes OF intu.
ihe smooth, sleek, languid short-horn,
a7iy mminatug, indulently shaking
bis huge rOuud sides To disndge tor
meuting fly, aud blinking his mild, dull
eyes about once u minute, is the eXem-
pHr OF Tint Syhafism that has come 10
lass Tor Civilization. The Texan, all ac-
i.on, clean limhcd, his wild eye ever rest
f. less, ready for stampede in column or a
mn a.muck through the streets on his
Il own hook, Is the representative OF the BOr
Il dor and the dumb type of is owner. The
men who herd ana tend these bovine bar
bsrians during their carly years passed in
nnring the Texan stepprs, from the
Canadian Fork to the Rio Grande, and
from the Arkansas border 10 Lampasas
and the Llano fstica'a are sd generis
They are class Hs distinctive as the
fouy-nii ers Of California or the Filty-
sytrs of Kansas, aud proud of their elias
.dratinn as Texas Cattle-men a. though
h we're patent Of nobility. To une ol
item at least it is a Patrielan Distinction
Having thus compiled with the con-
y,ntionni inle whereby all mt-ali e
vriiers atc hunal to ,voi.e . c"riair
m,asure Of predatory nuucucs hri rt
troc, eGinl tn the uli 'ct mauc .u hHrd,
i, reader can ctusiCcr himself duly IN
trodured Ia Oh Matt Grisby,u tnOiuugl
rncher. aud one whose TtNanship dated
iroin Sam lIou- ton = time and Sau JaciniO
Ola Matt was in no sense of the word
An extraordinary man, and he ceitainly
was a very ordinary Texan. Born IN
one of the northern river counties Ol
kentucky, someN here about lSlG, he hnt
hIowed the inevitable heut of Kentucky
Youth of that DAY In a kCcl-hOat voyage
to New Orleans, somewhere early in the
thirtirs. Then his restless disposition
imppllud him mp Red River, where h
STAYED. yaHOusly engaged as u lCld over
seer. boatman and 10 on, until Thirty six
when his waywaid eye caught the glim
mer of Sam ilou-iOu's Lone star aud ]
sealed his destiny. Texas has since thei
grown into u marvellous greatness, which
vast as il is, seems but the lamicst dHw
Of It's prosperity In view OF the piumis
Tue present gives. But Df those who con
tribute to her greatness now those VIII
lurscd her tragic infancy, are LETT hu
here and there one, n scattered few. Me
they are Of iron frames and brave, stou
/ hearts men whose hair the norlhrrs Il
many winners and the scorching- of man
summers have blcachcd and faded, ail
whose years ave told now bl scores thrlC
multiplied but you can set read in thos
u'on"u anu l"l wv" "i'n
lNo'' eyes Whosv hI' NV HEo ~ ~
W"' Lhh ulllneu' '"v '".
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