Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-11-03
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ltwo-minute gait, increasing the distance
and cutting down his time evsrv jump,
while his bowling was heard for miles,
The last seen of the dog he was crossing
the Canadian river near the Panhandle
line.
Our Deacon" has to . certain extent
fell from grace" and now Indulges in q
nightly visitation to o dsrk-eyed brunette,
but the other evening she was heard sing.
ing:
| THE Deacon loves me dearly.
| love the Deacon too;
| Bat love fair Billy Dusky,S
| That's Of course 'twiIt me and you.
| Lots of ''beauses' Fate ha. sent me
And IN really no. complain,
But the soldiers VIII torment me
IN never speak 80 ian again.
Medium stature IS "a neac5n.
Five feti eight OF III gsabonIs;
But l tell you he IS $ ''t~isier, -
fUil Of noise sad Meth dist shouts,
oGen when Brunette wishes
Billy Dusky's KISS TO gz.n,
In pops that intrading Deacon
Expressive Of most dire pain
When she nex1 beheld his figure
At him she did make spring.
AID she ssii ssWhg thus you pest me.
You wouldn't like this sort Of thing
Curing las brief existeuee,
Doa's interrupt cause ye1 eau,
Henceforih you jast Keen your distance.
Billy Dusky is my nan
There is little pleasant animal whose
nativity seems to DO in this vicinity,
called the skunk. Is rather prepossessing
in its appearance. and whose intimate &C.
quaintance and intense friendship stick
9th to man with the greatest tenacity.
A certain gentleman Of this post is an ex-
perimental philosopher, aud is in the hab-
it of making subseryient to tho cause Of
science everything upon which he expert |
ments philosophIcally. and tries to deduct |
it 70 some importance. His last attempt |
was to domestlcste and render inoderous
one of these little but mighty skunks. He |
caught fine specimen. gave it chloroform |
and removed the glands which secrete the |
musk" In several days tine little gen.
tleman resented the indignity offered TO |
his person, in plain violation of the per- |
sonal rights law. that he refused to eat.
but after fasting five days he dined on
rotten eggs, and afterward ate with avid |
ity. A house was built for hin and he !
appeared TO consider il . very pleasant
garrison life. But in an early |
hour he took unto himself wife that
possessed the squirting requisites. and
the little gentleman was dishonorably dis |
charged from the service, after making
the neighborhood oder0us.
Moral-Never get married while You are |
in the service.
Major Hambright arrived at this post |
On the 18th inst and assumed command |
Of the post on the 9th inst. Captain |
W. J. Lyster and Lieut.. ii. Leeper. Jr.
of tho eth Cavalry. still holds the position \
Of the Adjutant's Office.
The soldiers ut this post have Creed
moor mania just now. and are doing some |
Emo shooting ct their respective targets. |
We have soldiers here that can make % |
out Of possible Is. snd even some can
mako the 25. II you have any good shots |
in your city just got mp small team and
call down this wsy-soldiers or civilians
the boys will give you pop.
Tho party that went out last week under |
command of Lieut.. Leeper. Jr.. of the |
9Th Cavalry. after horse thieves, returned
in the early part Of the week. When they
arrived at the designated camp Of the
thieves. they had gone. It is presumed
that they had scouts out to give them the
alarm, and made . hssty retreat in time
to ssve their bacon. Between Captain
Davis and Lieut.. Leeper's enterprise in
tho country, the horse thieves
have generally left this part OF the coun-
trv. and we arc Glad of it,