Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-21
FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
Cattle Ranches and RRnebcrOs a No.
BILE Specimen of ManhOOd-Intcr-
estinS "Reminiscences.
From a Special Correspondenll

From Special Correspondent
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, November II
In the courtroom to-day tall, commanding
norid-cOmplected man came In M the CAL Of
the case OF John Hitson against somebody.
10 was a large cattle Suit, and John Hit-Ou,
the plaintiff IL a Texan ~ long standing, but
iAtteriy OF Denver, Colorado. He is Known as
the cattle king Of The western border, and
brs yearly about six thcusaud yeariings.
His personal history Is fuil OF adventure and
the widest romance. he Is 2 cousin 70 Cen
ersl Bedford Forrest, OF your city, and in
carriage and bearing very much resembles
the old tycoon OF cavalry fame. \ gray beard
Ell brother OF the bar told me to-day OF sin,
gle incident In the Wild western lie Of John
Hitson that stamps hiTa and his progeny as
OF the true Forrest grit. HitsOn and his son
nine years OF age were on. on the cattle Trail,
trying to "round up a herd that had SHAY ed
far away from The rancho, when they ran
upon the COmRnches IN heavy force. They
pretty soon killed the horse o. the boy with
their shower OF arrows, when Hitson reached
doSn and pulled him up behind him by
raiders let drive auo her shower
which sprinkled his horse AL over. and an ar
row dashed through his high and pinned him
10 the saddle. The two held the saNages at
bay with their deadly rifles I'LL they could get
under cover OF q creek bank, when night
came on. Hitson from loss OF blood was about
TO faint, when the little hero crept down TO
the waters edge and scOOped his nat fuI OF
water, and 50 relieved hts suffering father that
they could cut away the arrow, mount and
disappear ia the DARKNESS from their Teent-
less Zoe The little hero, a pattern for the
coming b9Ider boys, never fiincbed or faltered
until they were away out OF danger on the
prairie, where hts father asked him why he
wept at this late time. He answered, az am
afraid they have gone 10 the house while we
were away and killed mother He never
thought Of himself bat his mother IN this
danger. Now he Is grown man and comes
down from Denver occasionally, where he
and his father have stored tie mother away
from the trials Of the frontier 70 enjoy IN the
evening Of life some OF the had
earned sffiutnce of cattle-raisng on
the Texas border. HitsOn says that cattle
now are worth more than they have ever
been before and there is more money in
them than al any time in his existence. The
cattle trail for entire southwestern
Texas passes THIS point aud would not at
tempt 70 say how many pass during tie Crlv-
ing season, but from the first OF May TIL late
in August the town is seldom ever out OF sight
OF a herd OF moving beef cattle going up into
the NAV OF the great north. 1t sounds well
and looks well on paper this big cattle dr. v
ing, but the life Of 'cow boz" is the hardest
and widest In the west, and the most demon
aliZing. our penitentiary is supplied t. the
extent of two-thirds in number by this class.
than most any other ofieuse. The cattle in
terest is guarded by the most stringent laws.
Like soldiers An camp or sailors at sea, these
boys ara gone days, months and sometimes
} ears from civilized society on the plains,
watching, working branding and driving
cattle, and when they get In they squander
their hard earnings ike sailors and soldiers
in day and are OF gain en- the border: