The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-22
FIELDS FREAK.
County Clerk, Henry Fields.
as a Cowboy.
He Does Not Prove an Eminent
Success in the Role.

Everybody in Pettis county knows
Henry Fields, the grnisl. jIlly, whole
souled county clerk, and every body who
knows him respects him, bit Ike ali great
men, Captain Fields b. his peculisrities
and oddities among which is his love for
rural life and bis p ide in his beautiful
h,me and the fine nerds Of blooded stock,
which dot its hills and give lie and
vivacity tn Its picturesque beauty. OF late,
h.wevtr, the boys say Henry has been
stack on being u cowboy and they claim
The .ever dates back 10 the time of The
Brrnc.o .xh bitiJn at the park last sum-
mer, shortly aiier which Henry purch 4sed
Very haldsOm aad soda looking Bron-
cho, upon wnIcn lie has been pracucing in
quiet way during the intererns from
clerical duties. Wednesday last Mr.. Fi-lds
corclCdsd
HE HAD BECJME AN EXPERT
and decided to hav- a grand perform
ance on an extended scale. He accord
Ingiy proceeded to don a buck
skin suit, broad brim sombrero end
Winchester rifle, and saidling and equip
ping his broncho In true border style with
Tex IS saddle, la,so and other parspherna-
liza, he rode out 10 his herds, and selecting
handson e and swift y"ung heifer, he pro-
ceeded to p.lform the grand round up and
cut out act In genuine Texas style. IL Is
needles TO say he was ably seconded by the
faithful b:oncho, who was only too glad TO
find himself once more
N HIS NATIVE ELEMENT,
even though it was within the circum-I
scribed limits OF forty acre fell in popu-
lous Missouri. To the heller, however,
the business was new, but she did what she
could 10 make il interesting, and SHE'D and
lodged about in and out amongst the other
stock in a very leisurely manner until the
lasso came whizzing through the air and
struck her on the rump with the force OF
fourth hand whip. Then she became
frightened and worked up to a
genuine Texas pitch of velocity. By this
time the broncho too had got warmed up
to his work, and finding her kineship in
clined to doubt his ability to wear credita-
bly, the honors OF
TRUE BRoEcHo,
he pricked up his ears and got
down 10. solid business. At first Mr.. Fields |
enjoyed il, but about that time-be began 10 |
ind it difficult to preserve his equilibrium,
Is the fiery steeds rushed on, mixing quick |
urns in order to follow the excited heller. |
First he tried TO rein in his steed, but be |
night as wsll have tried to rein in the |
sinds. Then he tried TO hook his Texss
purs in the saddle girth, but he only
loaded the bronze 10 swifter exertions.
Then he threw away his gun and chung TO
he pommel of his saddle
YELLING WHOA AT EVERY limp.
mt this the pony mistook for the regular
owboy yell and rushed on. His lasso by
his time bee me detached and came /
railing behind Oh the g ound, and Just as
be thoroughly frightened Durham went
rashing through fence the treacherous
asso iripped the Broncho
HEADLoNG To THE GROUND
lille Henry sped on with the velocity of a
snnon ball over the wrecked fence and
D the ground at the beifer's heels. He
Tas'nt must hurt, and gathering d mself up
e cast one look at the sstonished ,
I'd melancholy broncho which g2zed at
ion in a mute and reproachfuI way.
ltnry struck bee line for home a very
edraggled and baily demoraIiz d looking
1wbOy. He was in town yesterday with a ,
over his head and his face ,
ltoued in the highest style of the art, but
IS not safe TO say anything to HIM about
lid lie in The west, cowboys or bronchos.