The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-08-07
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FROM THE WEST.
Wyomins-The Cattle Trade, WOmen's Rights
Agriculture in COlordO, &c.


tiferous galena, zinc blend, wire silver,
tullurium, gold bearing quartz, grey cop
per and other terms of similar import
common to a mining camp, concluded,
for change, to take run into Wyom-
ing, where they accumulate greenbaCks
by raising live stock, and where women
vote and hold Office.
The territory of Wyoming is essen
TALLY cattle country nothing else is
raised from which any revenue is deriv-
'Pd. Cheyenne, the capital, located upon
the Union Pacific Railroad, is town of
four or five thousand inhabit.
ants, has many fine private residences,
indicating wealth and comfort. Fort
Russell, a government post, is located
near the town. Several cavalry and in.
antry regiments are at present stationed
here, ready for any emergency that may
require their services.
You will find here, at the hotels, in
the stores and groceries, and on the
street, but one subject talked about, and
that is cattle. Changes are rung on bulls,
COWS, calves, maveric beef cattle, stock
ers, the success of round up" and
"what are you offered P' This year grass
is short, and cattle men are anxious to
lessen the size of their herds. Dealers
from Iowa, Missouri and Illinois are
coming and going daily, Most of the
sales made are of "stockers" two and
three years old, shipped by cars to the
States, to be fattened during the coming
winter, ready for market early in the
spring. They bring from $12 to SIG. You
would scarcely credit the enormous size
of some herds.
The great king of cattle men in this
region, Tip, lately deceased, is said to
have owned 10000 head. Herds usually
run from 1000 up. A decided improve
ment has Of late years been made in the
breed of cattle, cross of the Texas
stock with the Durham. Distinctive cat
tie men have regular organized associ-
alton. They are governed in their inter-
course and dealings by rules and regula-
tions as strictly as any other stock board
of a large city. A violation of an impor.
tant rule is visited with an ostracism
that works serious peCuniary loss. Each
member has defined range and brand
for his stock which is we'll known; and
though cattle frequently stray off great
distance, they are recognized by the
brand, and in the general round up taken
by the owner. Calves belong to the
COW and maverics; such as haYe no
brand are treated as common property,
and taken to supply the immediate wants
ofthe herdsmen.
The "cow boy" or "cow puncher" as
he is frequently called, is a character
sut generis. He wears broad. .brlm,
slouched hat, turned up in front, devil.
me.care look in his countenance; a fan
mel shirt; no coat or vest; pants without
suspenders, and the legs stuck in his
boot legs; spurs with rowels two inches
long and six shooter in his hip pocket.
He can whoop her up equal to Canaan.
che Indian, and outswear the "Army in
Flanders" The horses they ride would
with us be considered under size, poor
in flesh, but they are strong in bone and
stout in sinew. and are generally rode in
gallop, being capable of great endur-
ance, The bit used is the heavy Mexi-
can; the saddle the same style with
Chinch girth. A lariat is an essential
part of the outfit. l was told at Chey-
enne that of late better class Of young
men were engaging in the business; col
lege graduates and the sons of wealthy
men, educated with double motive, i'm
provement of the health and desire to
make money. In order to understand
the business properly they want to learn
it from the ground up. There is no rea-
SON why the cattle business should not
be as reputable as that of law, physic or
divinity. The man makes the business,
and not business the man. There was a
time when cattle was the only product
out of which the farmers of Stark could
realize money, to pay taxes or purchase
few Injuries of foreign growth or man.
ufacture, l we'll remember seeing our
Public Square full Of cattle, and General
Stidger standing before his house bar
gaining for the lot to fill up drove he
was sending east, and the impression l
then formed was, that he was a "bigger
man" than any other in Canton.
must not forget to make note of
what I learned in Wyoming touching
the working Of woman suffrage. From
opinions expressed to me by male citi-
zens, formed by personal observation,
should say this new dispensatiOn has
wrought an improvement in every phase
in which you may look at it. While it
has tended to elevate and improve Wom-
ar, at the same time it has had the effect
to assuage the rougher traits of men
30 prone to exhibit in themselves on
election day. The woman, instead of
spending her leisure time gadding about,
gossiping and exercising her mind
about the latest style Of dress, reads the
papers, and tries to inform herself upon
the most important political questions Of
thesday, and those matters which 30
nearly concern her temporal interest.
There never has been any trouble or con-
flict at the polls, though husband ard
wife often differ on men and measures,
and vote a different ticket, / see no rea-
son why they should not 60 to the polls
together, with as much order and deco.
rum as they 60 to church or a concert,
The best county school superintendent
they have yet had in Wyoming, so &C.
knowledged by all parties, was a female;
and the only man yet hung in the terri
tory, who had legal trial, was convicted
by jury of which the foreman was a fe.
male. te. ,......... t.,..
Returning from Cheyenne I stopped
off at Fort Collins, located in what is un-
derstood here to be the best farming por.
ton of the State; at least where the great
est progress has been made in the way
of land cultivation. A State Agricultu-
raj College, established near this place