Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-30
FwarER SETTINGS.
|, ,be Festive Cowboy Some
4. habits and Peculiar
wars Of Life.

,c Of the Gazette, 49,,
a :, November 2s.-The sad
le,,ihoy,s residence, his corn
sS wgpi, Joys, and hence II
e@s ,san affair. He would
Z. ancestry for several gen
7 Int what he would have
fer securing his county
Co. his inventive genius
4, attaching sundry orna-
y. will be in keeping with
A little piece of Ango-
~ colored black passes
si[sternity as bears hide.
nme of these saddles are an
luxury, they are rarely
n, IRE droped unceremoni-
I.neyer camping ground is
nj + i a universal custom, the
10 ornament our homes,
=, or other, and as the sad
,1uorboy's home, decorations
.sclsable, besides the laws
,,rssrsrnment give to him this
X 6eautifying his castle ac-
n, y his individual taste. No
\ good aud regular standing
[s,r dream of wearing any
1 so.tly than sold silver spurs,
/, L obliged to forego the lux
,ao,h. brush to enable him TO
|. ;myestment. The other cow
| | ~ smuse themselves by ex-
's,lv trappings like these, and
, 's,isO and notoriety is quite
,D' md never uncomfortable, be-
!. ante an innocent and mex
: ,,N,l.ement. These spurs must
the size of an ordi-
, So watch to jingle well
10 advise people of
,uinr several blocks in adj
The COW pony is largely in
Inv these weapons, which are
NJ seitating and energizing
~ a',slI' liver, and all internal
,mppls at one and the same
Ihe boot usually worn by these
.sn Of the plains is of the finest
4 An ordinary sized heel where
ssncps, but wherei it ends, near
J and one-half inches away,
Incredibly towards the toe, it
1 lbe siza of a quarter of q sill,
n. 4 sort of a "Grecian Bend"
Tbtse are considered "stylen
Ov.path, and no way up
ssaN5rd to be without them.
l,n sat for hours around the
frspd listened to the general
ruyenation, which was gen
wuined to one octave, in fact
limited 10 the peculiarities and
fleritis Of the horses in their
klye uCunh Each cowboy has
Ipnes to the number of about
set sah for his exclusive use
sn. He sascts historic names
kaSh suinlal, such rs Happy
\ 'Puddtpp Chalk" bug
aCalgsN "Old Paint" etc,
|ambEtdno small dimensions
)dkMaed to register them in.
hg AZ very particular about
&atdr horses, and the uni
rsH& is in favor of what is
'sthe "foX trot. PAGERS
sagle-fnotersn are ruled out
10y the COW business.
au in the profession consists
flrst-class roper. He that
he rope and take a steer by
cry time, is considered by
judges to have arrived at
e of earthly grandeur. HIS
lead must also contain all
Il brands from the Indian
o tbs Gulf coast, and his !
be "roundups" is TO cut out |
, and head them towards |
ranches, whenever practi-
Sc boys rarely save any |
lr generosity perhaps saves
accumulated wealth, which
We, you know, in its effects.
$ il impracticable to geC
eye of a needle, at the last
iup. OF course these boys
lplary in their habits. are
hanging about saloons or
lies, and tradition has it
e nverse 10 all Kinds of in
Sometimes when they
i town or depart from it at
hey indulge in Il little in
'ement firing OF their re-
I you know this does no
y always shoot in places
They like IT, starile the
zen by indulging in these
shines. These boys are
ious, always found At their
y, and are never scarce at
nth digestive organs unim-
'4lly studying the interest
,loyers, and by no means
leir own.