, 1884-08-24
WESTERN CHARACTERS.
A Pair Of Odd and Opposite Characters
n Their Escapades.

and Their Escapades.
Fantastic characters daily float to the
surface in this Western country, and often,
from the countless types of humanity that
form the cosmopolitan population, the
extremes will meet in a blending that
aptly illustrates the intimate relations of
the sublime and ridiculous. Two cases
in point.
A good specimen of ye native cowboy,
with hat of far reaching brim, hair of
growth a year, and handkerchief of vivid
red around his throat entered a restaurant
yesterday morning. Seating himself at a
table he exhausted a cigarette in two puffs
of marvellous suction and then, tossing
away the smoke factory, with reckless
grace and somewhat u%nclean hand he
hung his hat upon his organ of frmness
and exclaimed;
Say, stranger, yer got anything ter
chew
An attending waiter suggested that the
place was VIGOROUSLY given to the practice
Of feeding the hunger.
IT'S, hey? Wall, l want some break
fast, principally aiggs-Au' l want her
quick"
The waiter nairely inquired if the
gentleman wished anything else with his
eggs.
WAL, | don't mind if | do. Just
gimme a lot of fish, an some meat
plenty of it, too-an' some '~taters, an
a little coffee, an some aiggs. Say bout
eight aiggs."
Waiter says yes, sur and steps
away.
Hey, therel Don't get ampeded.
Now, be sure to brung the aiggs, eight Of
'em, fried.
The fish, and Il monster steak, and
potatoes, AMI coffee, and eggs were soon
set before the cowboy. He devoured
everything in sight, drank something like
half a dozen cups of coffee, aud then, just
to hold the meal steady, finished with six
plates of hot cakes. After concluding the
meal he asked, what's Their damage .
cheerfully paid s3.G5, and swaggard away
enveloped in the smoke of a cigarette.
Here is a different variety of eccen-
tricity.
Last week q party Of Cheyenne gentle
men went to Nebraska on prairie chicken
hunt. Among the members of the party
was a young gentleman, of the pilgrim
variety. While the young man may be
able to gracefully enter a drawing room
in some grand old mansion OF his native
England, and while all of the intricacies
of a higher civilization are rs an open
book to him, he cannot commune with
nature in her wilder moods. In fact he
can't commune with one side of u mood
with one hand tied behind its back.
While beating the fields for chickens
the party separated and our man entered
the geometrical mazes of a Nebraska corn
field, with the understanding that he
would emerge at the opposite side. Time
passed, but he failed to emerge. He
might be able to eloquently and pro
foundly define an emerge, but he couldn't
give a practical illustration of one.
After waiting some time for the young
man the other members of the party con
Guided that he had returned to camp, aud
50 retnced their steps. But tn,
camp was deserted and after max
ing a short hunt over the adjacent
fields the party returned to camp for the
night. Around the fire many conjectures
were made in explanation Of the remarka-
bic disappearance of the pilgrim, but as
the night was warm and as farm houses
dotted every meadow and valley, no un-
e~asiness was felt for the safety ofthe miss
ing one. All of the next day was spent
in beating the fields and stubble for feath.
cred game and night again approached.
After the evening meal, and other eat
ables, had been discussed to the satisfac-
ton of all, the men sat around the camp
fire telling able bodied yarns until nearly
10 o'clock. Finally a sharp-eyed man
noticed flashes of light some distance
away and called attention TO them. 1t did
not take long to discover that the flashes
were caused by the discharging of a gun
but the distance was so great
that the report of the piece
could not be heard. All at once it stimuli
taneously occurred to the men that the
pilgrim was undoubtedly shooting to at
tract the attention of his companions,
Volley after rolley was fired in response,
but they apparently failed to attract the
pilgrim lattention. So, guided by tn,
discharges of his gun, the men trayersed
until they could plainly hear the reports
They then fred their guns in unison, anc
at last were heard by the pilgrim. Soor
he staggered to the group and was, ere
long, safe in camp.
That pilgrim had passed part of a day,
all of one night and all of the next day il
that same cornield, hopelessly lost in
field not three miles widel