Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-08-28
BOWIE BULLETS.
Gossip froni the Fort-The Cowboys Customs What a Cowboy Is-The Dogs, Babies and Youths oi the Fort-An Accident
Fonr Rowrr. August 16.

NAA LOW AAf -ANa ta'N -"- EDITOR CITIZEN: Hellol how is il
 down there, somewhat wet? IL is rather
 damp up here, as it has rained for three
 or four days, and of course, then, 1 must
 conclude that you people away down
 there must be a little soaked since yOn
 receive all our trainings. Howevefi
 there is consolation in this: that in yonr
 adobe houses, when there is a superhuity
 of water, tathing becomes easy, or rather
 unavoidable, and--well, I don't know
 that it is injurious unless one abstains
 too much. Fortunately all about us
 for we have all sorts and varieties of
 men, but our most quiet, | eaceful, gen
 erous and benevolent neighbOrs are the
 cowboys who not unfrequently visit us,
 and we always receive and entertain
 them with that afTGbility which Is due
 from creature to creature. One quite
 promising, brazen-faced youth rode up
 into camp few days ago and proclaimed
 far and wide that he was q thoroughbred
 cowboy, raised on rum, alkali water and
 raw beef. A bystander casually Observ-
 ing the youth, ventured to ask him what a thOr0ughor cowboy was. The gallant lad, a most gracious boy, turned about, and with q stern and knowing look, strengthened by the deep-set wisdom within his sage-like brow, made the pre- cOcious reply that a cowboy was the son of a bully man, and therefore I am a bully-cow-hoy-man," and no sooner said than his spurs tickled the ribs and his whip the skin of his bronco plug and of he sped soon to disappear in the wind ings of the mountains.
 Usually the post is very quiet, there being but few children to disturb the calm. Our commanding officer has no children. He is a new Jersey man, strange to say; and that Is not all-he Is a bachelor, too, and fear confirmed be- yond redemption. He has three dogs old Jim, Major and the pup. Old Jim's greatest fancy Is to bounce upon a clean white counterpane, there coil himself up in a graceful curve and quietly dream of his canine innocence until long rest be- comes restless, when he slowly gets up, casts one gentle smile upon the beau- tiful impression he has made, and then stfOlls of to the butcher shop for refresh- ments. Ma ior spends all his time ram- bling about the room, growing and studying how he can act so as to make old Jim most miserable. The pup Is vain and proud, and her only pleasure in this life is to riddle the lace curtain, then coil herself up in the strips and take her afternoon nap. The Captain, driven to desperation, has bought a whip and declared war. Every day there are at least three battles fought, in each of which, 50 -ft1, the dogs have found it to their interests to beat q rapid retreat. As to which will be successful in the end We are uncertain. but I am betting the dogs will carry the day. The doctor has two children, but both are at school The Captain of the infantry company has some children, but they, with their mother, are spending the summer in the East. The Lieutenant of the in- fantry company has three boys, the name of the first being Logan, of the second Buzz, and the name of the third Is as yet a question. Logan and Buzz are very qulet, and not Ill the least inclined to mischief; however, they create a little excitement now and then by seizing on to burro's tail and sailing about the parade ground like the tail of a kite in d until finally they feel that something has dropped, and on extend ing their gaze in the distance they be- hold a burro quietly grazing and slash ing the flies with a tai without append ages.
 In a nearby tity, a few days ago, crowd of our bacchanalian neighbors thelr Olympian steeds to try their fieetness of foot, and at the same time show to an enthusiastic audience what skill and dexterity in the use of the pistol long experience had given them. | One young buck, manifesting herculean 1 efforts and striving to outstrip his long experience, accidentally let his pistol go off, and with it about half of one of his | legs, which virtually ended their festivi- -ieS for the time.
 The sudden enlargement of the CITI- ZEN was a great surprise, and sss-..'of itsel evidence of ;. fts success in tn, 'utlre csas vol as in the past May it ! future career be as progressive, its recorC
 as unstained, as the past has found i
 strong. newsy and pleasant. No new | mp here. That's all. EKALB