Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-01-05

A Los Angeles (Texas) correapon-
dent Of the Philadelphia Bulletin
writes: The cowboy is 3 peculiar
product Of the frontier; as . rule, it 10
base Aattery to suppose that he ever
drives cows, lsnleas h steals them.--
He Is generally clad III wide-rimmed,
soft hat. pair Of spurs. 3 belt full Of
cartridges and revolver. He pro-
baby wears other articles Of comfort
and adornment, but those I have men
toned have D faculty ofmonopOlizing
the attention Of the observer. With
him the revolver 10 . substitute for
ali things; he argues with it most log
ically, he buys with il at his own
price, and he amzses himself with It
habiEually. Two Of them went into q
church down ut Charleston, Arizona,
q few weeks ago. Services wearied
them. They covered the minister
with their favorite weapon and made
him come down from the pulpit and
dance q jig in the corner. They are
getting scarce about Deming: the
place IS not lively enough for them
now. A merchant from Los Angeles
came down here about the time the
connection was made between the two
roads. The cowboys" were numerous,
The merchant incautiously sported q
high hat. He had scarcely alighted
from the train when whiz went bull
let through the CROWN On the 9TH
er side Of the track stood a grinning
cowboy" with the smoking pistol in
his hand. It was not a hospitable re-
ception, and the merchantwasso near
" scared TO death that he failed TO
get any enjoyment out Of his visit 10
the "front." Wonderful stories are
told Of their skill in handling the pis-
tol; to put bullet through the hat as
above and scare the bowl from the
stem Of the pipe that he holds in his
teeth, are two feats which they de-
light in performing. They take de-
light in compelling tender foot" Ia
stranger to the frontier) to drink with
them against his will, and occasional
" cap the climax by making him pay
for the drinks. The cowboy" may
have his good traits, however. They
tell pretty good story Of how one Of
them made himself useful here in
.Deming. A fastidious drummer" had
come down from @above" frisco
upon business, At restaurant kept
by "lone widder,7 he expressed dis
satisfaction with the bill Of fare. "The
meat was too rare and the potatoes
too soggy, while the beans weren't fit
for hog to eat" stranger" re-
marks smiling cowboy over in the
corner, while he raised his revolver
and drew q fine sight upon the drum
mer, f'them beans is good enough for
you, and the sooner you get outside
Of EN- the healthier you'll find your
self Do it pretty quick now, while
this lady's looking, or I'll bore a
hole in you and put EN- in" The
beans were eaten without further crit
icism. The cowboys frequently come
to grief, and get their Just deserts,
without the law being brought to bear
upon them. Two or three days after
we left Deming one of them, in a half
inebriated condition that Is chronic
with his class, attempted to run
that town. He rode through the de-
pot on horseback, brandishing his pis-
tol and scattering the byssanders pro-
miscuonsly; one Of them. not getting
out of his way promptly, was knocked
down by a blow from the outlaw q
pistol. A deputy sheriff, armed with
. shotgun, appeared on the scene and
ordered the cowboy to- surrender
He failed to comply, when the depu-
ty shot him dead. Three were killed
at Tombstone the other day in con-
fict with q deputy marshal and his
aids, who had arrested one of their
number a short time previously. A
frontier jury doesn't hesitate very long
over a verdict Of "justi6able homi-
eide" when cowboy is killed.