The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-02-04

for somebody to say something. The
ranchman, observing Col. Brown,
said in an off.handed, Informal way,
nnd distinctly enough to be heard all
over the rOom< "Tuke something.
Colonel ~
The seven started for the
Tar, each u accepting the invitation
for himself, and tossing the old So
jer~ hat they had been chewing,
into the nearest s]pitrooD-, remarked !;
" Don't care il | do" Sccin' its
you guess | will tukc s0mclhin'."
Take hot whisky in mine, har-kc"P."
"lII hnv" hot Scotch. and so on
they went through the ganlut. The
ruuchmun locked surprised, and think
ing there was a mistake, but deter
mined not to be imposed upon, he
slaughtered himself up, and directing
his vision atthe prompt squad, thought
Of the seven golden candlesticks,
the seven churches of Asia, the seven
days Of the week, the seven sIccpcrs,
and the seven hills Of Rome, but saw
no earthly resemblance to any Of
these things in the fellows before him.
Then he thought Of the seven plaques
Of Egypt, and detecting some similar
ity, lie looked sternly at the "bums"
and remarked, Il asked Col. Brown
to drink There was no installing
the purport OF this correction, and the
seven fellows who had wasted their
tobacco guilds excused themselves, and
each one said that he thought that the
speaker invited him; and then each
rctreated to the stove to await further
events, but eaeII wore n look Of disap-
pointment.
Strange that those fellows should
have thought that l invited them to
drink :"
Hes!" said Col. Brown, "but l
think [ can explain how it occurred.
You see we have an odd character
among US nov, n harmless sort of a
lunatic, who scribbles like blazes and
who has travelled a good deal. He has
travelled 0Wdy from more places than
any II you know. Mc-c employed
him ms an aid " to his beer ierkcrs
end to puff the can can, and he got to
calling all the boys "CuluneI's." This
little titulnr attention tickled the IAN
ity OF some of them, and they would
often ask him to drink. He rarely de-
clincs an invitation Of this kind. He
has made lots of "ColoDcls " since he
has been here, and these fellows about
the stove there have been "commis-
stoned" by him. Colonies are as
plenty now in Cheyenne as hair OH a
dog. Thes fellows are all made
Colonies" by this character l speak
of, and like to be addressed in style"
| understand That Me has an
empty barrel with one head knocked
out, in Il back room, where this beer
~jerkers' laid invites the fellows in
singly, when lie catches them n little
mellow, and practices on the name of
his victim Ivy sticking his head in the
barrel and singing out: "IIow dye do,
Col. SChmidt!n or How dye do,
Col. Brown !" or How dye do, Col.
JOnCs!' as the case may warrant. The
empty sound from the barrel p~leases
them hugely, and they breast" the
first bar they meet. In this way he
manages, with the allowance he gets
from Me-, to keep his spirits up,
rs well rs draw custom TO the can-can,
But when the boys money is
all gone they are obliged to go
elsewhere to warm themselves. Poor
fellows! they are quick to respond to
Take "A drink, ColoneIu" Itsounds
as agreeable as the voice of the beer
jerkers' aid ~hallooing the title in an
empty barrel-when they have money
to pay for the drinks.
The explanation was satisfactory,
but the ranchman said he thought
they were getting "Colonels" badly
mixed, and that he would notice who
was standing around, the next time he
invited any one to drink by military
title