Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-09-01
SKETCHES BY VIAJANTE.
"reminiscences of Dodge.

Ii will be remem berel BY those who
read the TINES. that Mr.. Frank Barnard,
one of the proprietors of the Corpus
Christi Gazette, came NJ this season
from Texas with herd OF cattle. Upon
his return he has this TO say of Us: =
By virtue of TIE falling oil In the cattle
drive to Kansas for this year, and the
large mum Der of cattle driven under con-
tract, Dodge City became the principal
depot for the sale OF surplus stock: buyers
met droVerS IT this point, purchased and
received purchases without unnecessary
delay, thereby greatly facilitating busi-
ness and enlOIns quick returns of both
owners and LanGs. In the future, situa-
ted Is 1t Is upon oue Of the best railroads
trayersing the country from east to west :.
the Atclison, Topeka and Santa Fe, II
will proabiy Occupy IN envIable position
AS q cattle maraet.
Dodge has many characteristics which
prevent its being eiassed Is a town of
strictly moral ideas aud principles. not
wlthstanding Ii is supplied with "a church.
a courthouse. aud jail. Other iustitu-
tions counterbalance the good works sup
posed to emanate II ON the Lrst mentioned.
Like all frontier towns of this modern
day. fast men and fast women ara around
by tine seors., seeking whom they NAV de-
your, hunting foo SOFT snap. taking HIM
IN for cash, and many Is the Texas cow
boy who eau testify rs TO their ability
10 follow up successfully the ciilings they
have embraced in quest of money.
Gambling ranges from game of five
cent chuek-a-luck 10 thousand dollar
pOker-p0l. Nothing Is secret. but with
open doors upon the InaiE street the ball
rolls on uninterruptedly. More than &C.
casi0naily some dark-ey ed yirago or some
brazen-faced blonde, with q modern sun
do yn, will saunter III among the rOughs
OF the gamDsin houses and saloons, en-
tering with IneXplIcable zest into tle DIS
gushing sport, breathing the immoral at
mOsphere with gust0 which l defy mod
ern writer's TO explain. Dance houses are
ranged along at convenient distances and
supplied abundantly with all the trappings
and paJapbe-nalsa when 20 TO complete
institutions Of that character. Here you
see the greatest abandon. Men OF every
grade assemble TO JON in the dance. Nice
men with white neek-ties. the cattle
dealer with bls good clothes, the sport
with his well-turned fingers, smooth
tongue aud artlstica!ly twisted moustache.
and last but not least the cowboy. booted
and spurred as lie comes from the trail.
his hard earnings in his pocket. all join III
the wild revel; and yet with all tins mix
tnre OF strange human nature j reInarkaS
BILE degree OF order is preserved. Arms
are not allowed 10 be worn, and any
noisy whisky demonstrations are promptly
checked by inauguration in the lock up.
Even tine Mayor OF the CITY INDUCES in
the giddy dance With tue girls and with
his cigar III one corner of his mouth and
his hat tiItea 10 one side, he makes
charming looking officer
Some Things oeeur in Dodge that the
world never knows OF Probably 1t Is
best So. Other things occnr which leak
ont by degrees. notwithstanding tine use
of hush-inoney. That TOO is perhaps the
hest. Men learn by ssch means.
Most places are satisfied With Que abode
for the dead. In the grave there - no
distinction. The rich are known from
the Door only by their tOm5-stones. so The
sOds upon the grave fail 10 renect the
characters buried beneath them: and yet
Dodge boasts two burying spots. oae for