Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-20

the boys regale and gall them with thu
many adventures and blood curdling re
citals of their lives on the prairies. They
were dressed in wide brimmed hats, leather
| leggins, check shirts, spurs, and carried
the necessary Colts navy. I thought the
boys were being talked to death, 80 invited
the leader, an intelligent and fine looking
specimen, bronzed and hardy, to smoke
on the platform, to which he readily as
scented. Out we went, and occupying one
seat together we braced ourselves against
the gale blowing at the time, and this il
what gathered, exclusive of the Beadle
dime novel adventures:
My name is VIM. Colt (the boys call him
Dick for shor); was born near Ft. Scott
Kansas; have been cowboy for eighteen
years; ranged all the way from Texas to
Kansas and through Colorado, Nebraska,
Wyoming and Montana. Wouldn't see the
inside of house for elk months at a clat-
ter. Know no other life and wish none.
Yes, at times it is fres and easy, but again
tarnation rough, that is, when some old
COW gets skeery; she'll break on a run =
H-ades is to pay. Then look out or
the whole herd scampers. That is
the hardest work we have to do. How do
we stop it? We just take after her,
lariat her, bring her down on her knees,
then she knows whose boss, and if our
Piute that we ride behaves we'll, all ls
right, but he sometimes acts worse than
the COW, particular if he is new to the
business, when he will try his tarnationest
to throw us. Yes; he does that often, for
some are fearful things to stick to; they
rear, plunge, stand upright and if that
don't down us, just 'skewer" around two
or three times and of all on their sides and
unless we're quicker than he will break leg
quick as that, Cracking his fingers
Sometimes the cattle 60 without water
two days, if cool and cloudy. No. Alkali
water don't hurt 'em, they get used to it,
and we !, ever carry more than pint to
man. Whiskey? No, sir; when ranging, we
don't touch it, for we know what that
means, and our contractors forbid 1t;
but we do hurt it some, when we
get to town, for we must have our fun like
you town feIlers too. We generally follow
streams when we can, but these tarnation,
hills of Montana beat all for driving; al
though think it the best country for cat
tie I've seen yet. Some days we'd travel
all day, from in the morning,our starting
time, until evening, and looking back at
the range of hills, could almost throw a
stone across. anyone having seen these
hills, could readily understand the difficult
ty. Corr We shelter ourselves at night,
with tarpanlin, and rolled in our blank
cts, sleep sweetiy, as you would say
We change Pulses twice day. Our party
on this trip numbered twenty-three.
IN WnSfn NY,
Montana for the winter. Five
ranch. We left Kansas with this herd of
1890 cattle and 100 brood mares on the LIST
of May and just delivered them to Gross &
Fletcher's ranch the other day. Their
ranch is on Emery creek, south of Forsyth.
We're engaged by the year at salaries
ranging from $35 to $40 per month and
everything found. It was now late and we
retired, that is ''Dick" occupied one seat
and your correspondent the other, facing
each other. There We slept, he dreaming
of rangers life and I of sweet home,
until We were aroused by the cry of I. wing
stone, at this morning-seven hours late,
owing to break in engine near Billings,
and sundry other causes. Had an excel
lent breakfast here, at Brunswick house
kept by former st. Paul man, Mr.. A. M,
Guild, former proprietor of International
there. This is without exception the
liveliest town I've seen west of st. Paul.
None too much has been said of it, and I'll
not describe it, as my letter has now ex-
tended too long, although it far exceeds
my expectations, in the vitality exhibited
and the structure of its buildings. Here
we met all of Wizards excursion trains,
and passed greetings With your
and others before their departure
for the golden spike festivities, and the
wonders of the setting sun. The decora
tions here surpassed any on the way from
St. Paul and were evidences of the push
of its people. This town lies beautifully,
on high level skirted on the north by a
long range of high hills and on the south
by immense mountains, towering 5000
to 10000 feet above sea level, and so dis
tinctly visible as to deceive myself and a
group of excursionists, who were discuss
ing their probable distance-none exceed
ing five miles, until an old settler dis
abused our minds by stating that the tall
est, Bald Peak. was eighteen miles from
here to its base and over thirty to its peak,
while Henry Lamartha Peak is twenty
six miles distant to that snow crest, the
nearest something over fifteen miles. After
convincing myself of the facts as he mar
rated, 1 concluded to defer my after dinner
promenade to scale them. Tomorrow
morning leave for the geysers, canons,
beauties and solitudes of the Yellowstone
park, and hope to let you see some of
these beauties of Wonderland, as I see
them, and as recited to me 80 often to-day
in seeking information, if pen does not
fail description. ARNDT.
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