The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-12-30
CURIOUS CHRONICLES.
COWBOYS.

Frequently of late We have heard
the COWBOYS complain that the work
on the range now is not what 1t used
to be; and this reminds US that down
in Texas, and out in New Mexico and
Arizona, the same complaint is made,
and the Sidney, Tex, independent,
speaking of this, says: Cowboys
don't have as soft time as they did
eight or ten years ago" remarked one
of the fraternity. 81 remember
when We sat around the fire the winter
through and didn't do lick of work
for FIVE or six months of the year, ex-
cept 10 chop a little wood to build.
fire to keep wasm by. Now We 60 on
the general roundup, then the calf
roundup. then comes haviug-some-
thing that the old-time cowboy never
dreamed of-then the beef roundup
and fall calf roundup, and gatherin:
bulls and weak cows, and after all this
winter of feeding hay. | tell you
times haze changed. You didn't hear
the sound of a moving machine in
this country ten years ago. We
didn't have any hay. and the man who
thinks he is going to strike soft job
now in cow camp is woefuliy let" "
A CLEVER SPY.
Early in January, 1862, a squad of
the Baltimore provost guard brought
to Washington Mrs. Baxley, who had
been indiscreet enough to boast on a
Chesapeake Bay steamer that she was
a secessionist. just from Richmond,
where she had kissed President
Davis hand. When the boat reached
Baltimore she was about to go on
shore. when detective requested her
to walk into the ladies cabin. On
arriving there, she took off her bonnet,
and, ripping open the lining pulled
out some fifty letters. saying; 81 sup
pose / may as we'll deliver up my
contrsbands, which is what you are
after" The detective was not salts
fed, and. sending for a female en-
pioyed for the purpose. had her
thoroughly searched. The result was
that in her shoes and every possible
place about her clothing letters were
found concealed, while in her corsets
was commission from President"
Davis to DIR. Brown, of Baltimore,
with passes for entering the confeder-
acy. She was brought TO Washington
and kept in custody at Mrs. Geen-
how's house, where several other
ladies were well guarded.
QUEER CURRENCY.
Buffalo Express In some portions
of Dakota where the county authorities
pay a premium of 5 cents apiece for
dead gophers the animals tails are
currency, and are received as such
everywhere, from the saloon bar to
the church contribution box. The
old bounty Of 80 cents each on weod-
chucks was until recently paid by the
selectmen of the adjoining towns of
Avon and Canton in the Litchfeld
mountains of Connecticut. In Avon
the tails were required as vouchers,
in Canton the ears. By accident it
was found that the woodchuck bills
of the two towls for a given period
were the same. Following up the
clew, the farmer boy-hun;ers were
discovered to be collecting two prices
for one animal. offering the ears to one
set of selectmen and the tails to those
of the next town. There is at present
no tariff on chucks in the Litchfield
mountains, and local crises are I'M
pending. These are stories that re-
call the days of Davy Crockett and
his ell. ctiOneerlng tours. Also one of
the three stock humorous efforts of a
certain noted temperance orator.
THE MoRMoNs IN ARIZONA
Col. III. A. Percy in New York
Tribune: During the past summer
1000 Mormons have crossed over in
to Arizona, so that now we have about
5000 of these outlaws in our terri
tory. They have all taken up govern.
ment land. They locate in COLONIES"
and IN many wards and precincts hold
the balance of power. and elect their
justices of the peace. These are bat
the hordes that are to follow. I'm
migration is coming in from Europe
to such an extent that Utah cannot
hold them all, and they must seek
other fields and more desirable gov
eminent lands. Their next step,
when their members have increased,
will be TO control some of the county
elections, and to have voice in the
selection of the territorial delegate,
as they now have in Idaho and Mon
tana. Next spring. when the usual
exodus from Utah to Arizona begins,
it would not surprise me If trouble
occurred. We can stand the Chinese.