Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-13
.HUMILIATED COWBOYS.


The Lesson That Was Taught Them by an
U""b'rn.lve Tend"rfo"t'
There have been a great many sto-
ries told Of the reckless daring and
abandon of the cowboy. Ho is an
American production, and at the sound
of the word cowboy the mind reverts
to some western locality where law
and order are unknown, and are sup
piled by rude set of conventionalities,
the non-observance of which means
violence without process of trial. The
typical cowboy must be fearless, ready
to shoot ut "a moments warning, wild
in his makeup and language, and
ready to pcrpctrate joke ON a "ten-
derfoot' at any time.
But there is often considerable bragg
gadocia in the cowboy, and good illus
tration of this fact was told a Sentinel
reporter by a station agent, who had
lived in the west for many years and
had been in the employ of various rail-
roads in localities where cowboys were
numerous.
IL have seen a good many daring
deeds performed and coarse Jokes per-
pctrated by cowboys said the agent,
but ! will tell you of a little incident
where the wind was taken out of three
cowboys by a determined, fearless
'tenderfoot. 1t happened only last
spring. l was then station agent and
telegraph operator for the Northern
Pacific Railroad company at place
near tho Montana line. 1t was not
much of Il place, as it consisted only
of depot, u house or two, and sa.
lone morning travelling man ar
rived at the, depot by stage from up
north somewhere. He had small
sample-case and sachel. He was be-
low medium height and rather slight,
but was very neatly dressed and wore
n silk hat. lie was travelling for a
New York jewclry house. He was
about an hour early for the train east,
and he opened his grip on the plat
form. took out brush, and busted his
clothing and shoes. He then drew out
an old newspaper. leaned up against
the side Of the depot with one foot pro-
Jected in front of the other, and began
reading.
"Meanwlile, however, three cow
boys had sauntercd up TO the depot.
They all eyed him closely and watched
his operations. When he began read
ing they huddled together and talked
awhile IN an undertone. Presently one
OF them-a big siX-footcr-left the
group and began TO saunter carelessly
about the platform with his head in
the air inspecting the posters on the
building aud the cornice. When he
got around where the travelling man
stood, he lifted his big brogan and
planted 1t firmly al the Jewelry mans
foot. No apology was made. The
travelling man merely looked up. drew
his foot back Il moment, then placed it
back where 1t was The cowboy pass
ell Dack to the other two. They all
chuckIed and joined IN the low-tOned
conversation.
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