The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-10-14
STRAY DAY.

tsii7 H'l A'i'At'' i''fN'N ttttr- ~ y tiiF
this. ;heyc i- nothing left to mar his
happin-s.
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STRAY DAY.
Stray sale day Is notable day in
these parts The first Monday in each
month is she time aud the Courthouse
tho rlgce Plastered thick oyer the
courthouse door and ON the trees at
cross roads At aay time may he seen
notices Of tho equine and bovines waits
who without master or home have
been taken up in every direction
oyer the county. These notices arr IS
various in style and get up as the style
and got up OF the nose, of their au-
thols For genuine s,iblimity ia bad
spelling and heroic daring in false syn
tax commend US 10 the average Trxa,
es;ray notices and IN these features
rest the grand secret which makes the
aStray business successful and remaner-
alive as a popular industry. For in
stance, YOU lose horse--a biooded
gray steel sixteen hands high, branded
Is on his right shoulder aged eight
years, and worth S250-and should, in
your search, ran on 10 such descrip-
ton n- this, stuck on the courthouse
door or some wayside tree:
"s;m ne tick--tpk ing M at nay hou~
ia tins comfy siytean mil from hcer
dark sra horse o hats hi bean n ON
rit solder bputy ate yer ole an wal be
strair IL amt cal Tor bi ouer in ~ en-
dae- as law Directs COLIN Jokul ..is
sep 1876
Would you ever dream that yo1;r gal
lsHt charger sat t4r such photograph
Add it prrehance. you should
by some unaocouptable intuition or in
-pir.tion RECOGNIZES his picture in it,
would you dare claim him from tl-
bloody earpcCter Of that piece og me
chauissnt Well let Us trace the lis
tory Of your brave Buchcphains . iiJile
farther When ia dis trusncy he wan
dtred OF from YOU hc was a niod,i 81
iatnoss ana sieekuess Ia the hands Of
li!s present occupant he .ares passab.y
we'll FOX eleven months, save that he
loses tis towing mane and royal tail.
which SO changes his Appearance that
rs don kaow himself. which one OF
the !sanits be Is among perhaps q dozen
others that have been tikcn up by
the same artist. But one month before
stray day llc genuine tribulation OF
Gray begins. lie is put on liais ~
tons cuii;sd around, skinned in divers
places, Is made to 20 10 mill with three
bushels of corn. aud the regular stray
saddle pat or ms back without pad
or blanket. Tais stray saddle Is kept
for tle purpose of preparing lorsea ior
sale day and Is SO shaped that it can
gaaN an ANIMALS back equal 10 a coti-
gar ope trip fixes him BY strsy day
his back IS running sore from shoul-
der 70 ramp---litcraIly blazed all the
way. He is 80 poor that tlse walk 10
town la,igues him neatly to death. His
hip-bones stick up like cypress knees
every rib is countsbie. He is full OF
ticks and sesshs and purifying sores.
and be presents the general appear.
snce Of disease. misior;un. and disaster.
He is the 2ibe Of the small boys and The
victim Of coltsnon ridicGge. Ifsou
were there yourself you would be
a.haned TO recognize him, even if you
knew him The salesman leads him
arouHd-calIs for bids. The tskes-ulf
starts him at i've dollars No cue els,
bids Of course, and he Lead. hira oil
with a mental WINK, and then tro!4 out
the rest os his cacL,yefoas cayy-yard Of
waiE one by one. hays them all in for
nothing and gets twenty-five per cent
Of that The remainder, the county's
part, won; pay the costs of estraying-
and You lose Your gray and the county
don't get a cent Mr. Stray Artist
wags oil with thousand dollars worth
Of horse flesh, and is happy
As said above. the estrly business
has become m important industry in
these parts On stray-day all Of tue
iorlorn old mares. pensige oxen. lrunili.
ated aud bFoken-hearted horses. saddle
and ponderons-headcd iackasses. shave
tailed iiilies. glasscyed ponies, sore
backed geldings ycw-neoked coils and
stoye~up plugs that eser >weiled the
Imagination OF professional horse
hunter or sweetcned the dreams OF an
accomplished aud successful "takef-up3
they are to be found in fableaux there.
Aud what is also Interesting is that in
less than two months they are -
metauiosphosed into gay, sleek. fat aud
prsnoing animals tIlas a najosify oil
hem would make joei,ey, mouth
water just to look al them.
These professionals ia the estray bus
incsi are rare set Of boys. They could
pea The racers oFthe Derby. and change
them in three days 80 that their nearegt
aequaintapccs and Inost ardent ad.
mixers world swear against them. They
could advertise them as the law directs.
and ifyou Glanced 10 be able to recos
ns1e the picture you would repa,iiate
DE original sishoas eSssIination. Tie
fact e the as.ray trade i. better bn-
siness than sewing machines or lie in
sasance, and pays Tar better than peii-
ties, besides being more genteel aud
independent employment 1t Is more
certain than cotton, more remuneratire
than wlieat. aud is recommended as the
best field now open to unsatistied farm /,
ers and piayeaout politicians 4
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