Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-18
1nnocents Abroad.

Wednesday of the past week will be q me.
morable day in the annals of Buttermilk
Rancho history. About noon any one in the
vicinity Of the Saratoga saloon could have pre-
dicted something unusual was to happen, to see
the way certain individuals connected with the
above place were arranging themselves. The
Ole Bull of the West stocked himself to new
soInbrero q Ia bull-whacker, that could not have
cost q cent less than sl.50, and clean shirt,
while Marshall he put on q clean pair of striped
Stockings, q Ia barber pole, with nice low cut
pair Of slippers to show stockings to advantage.
And now comes the dashing dispenser of liquid
refreshments and champion milk punch mixer
of the west. He is last but not least. He ad-
justs new paper collar and arrays himself in
his Sunday attire and he appears ready flor
whatD We don't know. We will watch
them. We can report to better advantage. So
We take our position on top of the signal
Station, like Micawber, to wait for something
to turn up. We had not long to wait. Present.
ly We observe three carriages coming up the
street. Carriage first contains Ole Bull, with
the two fair Josies. Carriage No. 2 contains the
ladies fayorite-Thomas, accompanied by the
bewitching Maggie, Of old-time fame. Now
comes Whitman; he escorts Miss Mollie c., all
bound for Dubb's Rancho; select party. That
Is, they selected themselves out of big crowd
to have nice picnic araongs; themselves with
ont intruders. Everything goes merry as
marriage bell. Plenty OF eating and drinking
at the rancho. The party then drive to the two
mile rock The gents, Marshall and Ole Bull,
leave the carriage to view the beauties Of
nature and SIGH, while their fair companions
remained in the carriages. The ladies, evil
IDENTIFY with the intention of having little fun,
drove of and lett the two gents a-foot, but
the fair Maggie, thinking that discretion was
the better part Of valor. brought her carriage
back and took the two gents aboard, and they
aii drove back 10 the rancho, where they found
the two Joses with the other carriage, ready to
return TO the city. By this time Ole BULBS
passion was thoroughly aroused, and be began
TO drop on their work. They intended TO leave
him a-foOt, so he thought he would turn the
tables on them. He commences thusly: ''Besser
you gifts dat Vaughn out. IoH vimmins dinks
dat Il Dutch man is tam pig fooi-ain't it.
DE next time beseer you look leedle out. :"
The ladies still occupy his carnage. He finds it
difficult to GUST them without forcibly throwing
them out, SO he resorts 10 strategy. ''Gsls,
Won gifts ost, ind fix dot feller." So out the
J ladies jump, and he jumps in and drives OF for
4 the city, leaving two weak, defenseless females
TO the tender mercies of Dubbs. six miles from
town, with good chance TO foot it in, and per-
haps be devoured by wolves on the road, as
there are plenty of them. But luckily Tor them.
the ladies, hay wagon coming into town
brought the precious cargo home, safe and
sound Josie, of dance-house fame. complained
Of some one striking her that night-she thought
| it was q billiard table
The next morning one Of the fair dxm-sels
was accused of being no; duly sober. and an
other of rioting. palling hair and raising .
general racket. But as all great occasions have
a final ending. so did this one. and his Honor
at the Police Court put n stop TO further pro.
ceedings by assessing small fine and telling
the sinners 10 depart in peace.
SPECIAL REPORTER.