Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-30
Palace czttla Cars.

The papers are publishing accounts Of
the arrival east of train of palace c,ttlc
Cars, and illustrating how much better tho
cattle feel after trip III One Of these cars;
than cattle lid when theS ikide tifc jour
ncy in the ordinary cattle cars.
As we understand it the ears arc fittedup
in the most gorgeous manner, in Mahog-
any, and rosewood, and the upholstcring is
something perfectly grand, and never be-
fore undertaken except i'll the palaces OF
the old world. ,,........, ..o..
As,yOu enter the Car there IS reception
room, with few chairs. a lounge and an
ottoman, and Texas steer gently waves
you to a. seat with his horns, while. be
switches off your Int with his tail. Ifther,
Is any particular COW, or steer, or OK, that
you wish to see, yon give your card to the
attendant steer, and he excuses himself and
trots of to find the one You desire to see.
You do not have long to wait, for the anil
mai courteously rises, humps up his Or her
back, stretches, yawns; and, with the re-
mark, "the giloot wants TO interview lne
probably, and wish he would keep away
the particular one sought for comes to the
reception room and puts out its front foot
for shake, smiles, and says, !.'Ghd you
came. Was afraid you would let us, 20
away, and not call"
Then the cow or steer sits down on its
Launches and the conversation flows i'm
easy channcls. You ask how they like the
country, and if they have good times, and
II they are not hard worked, and all that
and they yawn and say the country is splen-
did atthis season OF the year. and that
when passing along the road they feel As
though they would like to get out in some
meadow, nId eat gras and switch flies.
The steer asks the visitor If he does not
want to look through the car, when lso
says he would like to il it is not too much
trouble. The steer says it is no trouble at
all, at the same time shaking his horns as
though Inc was mad, and kicking some Of
the gliding of of a st.Iteroom.-
"This," says the steer who Is doing the
honors, lis the stlteroom occupied by old
Brindle. who is Being shipped from St. Jo-
seph. Mo. Brindie weighs 1,6OO on foot
Brindle, get Up and show yourself to the
gentleman"
Brindle kicks off the red blanket, rolls
her eyes In lazy sort of way, bellows, and
stands up in the berth, humps up her back
so it raises the upper berth and causes q
heifer that is trying to sleep offa debauci,
of bran mashs to kick like steer, and then
looks atthe interviewer as much us TO say;
20, go on now and give us q rest" BTindla
turns her head 10 a fountain that Is near,
in which Apollinaris water is flowing, por-
fumed with new mown hay, drinks, turns
her head, and licks her back, and stops and
thinks, and then looking around as much
as to say, "Sentlemen, J OH Will have to ex-
crse me-" lays down with her head on u
pillow, pillsthe coverlid over her and be-
gins to snore." t.2l "a o
The attendant steer steers the ylsittr
along the next department, which is large
one, filled with cattle in all positions. One
is lying in hammock, with her feet on the
window, reading the Chicago Times article
on ''Oleomargerine, or Bull Butter" at in
tervals stopping the reading to curse the
writer, who claims that oleomargarine ia
an unlawful preparation, containing dele-.
terions substances,
| A party of four oxen are seated around a
table playing seven up for the drinks, and
as the attendant steer passes along, spcck.
led OK with one horn broken, orders four
lpails of Naukesha water with a dash OF
oatmeal IN It, "and make it hot" says the
OK, as he counts mp high. low, jack and the
ganic. ''' '.''4 - ' -.
i Passing the card players the visitor no
tices an upright piano, and asks what tllat
Is for, and the attendent steer says they arc
all fond Of music, and asks II he would not
like, to hear some OF the cattle play. He
says he would, and the steer calls out q
4 white COW who is sketcliing, and asks lier
to MARBLE few notes. The COW seats her.
self on her launches ON the piano stool, af.
ter saying she lnts cold she can't sing,
and, besides, has left her notes at htfrc in
| the pasture Turning over a few icase.
| with her forward, hoof, she finds something
familiar, and proceeds to walk on the pi-
ano keys with her forward feet and bel
low, Meat me in the slaughter house whcr
the dne bill falls" or something of that ma
turc, when the visitor says he has got to &c
up to the stock yards and attend a reception
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OF Colorado cattle, and he lights out.
| We should think, these parlor cattle cars
would be a success, and that cattle would
enjoy them very much. 1t is said that par
tics desiring to charter these ears for ex
cursions for human beings, can be accom-
motated at any time when they are moi
needed to transport cattle, If they will give
bonds to return them IN as good order a.
they find them.