Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06

put OH his hat in one motion, and the
rubber string will be in its place. A [
tenderfoot would take at least half a
minute to arrange the string. When
we got fresh team, that required no
"Keno" occupied his time
in telling stories and in singing. His
songs were so totally different from the
high.toned music to which we had
been accustomed, that we jotted down
a verse or two for the edificatlon of our
readers. The following needs no in
We crack our whips and roll away
With our load Of human freight,
And e we have no bad luck to-day
Wen never roll in late.
For silk is plenty, and mules are cheap
And the company is rich,
And if don't skin them mules this week
You may cali me a son of a-gun.
Chorus:-
We will pray to the powers above
And We'll all keep the golden rule, Il
But wed rather be ut home with the girl
we love
Than monkeying with the -- mule.
When morning dawns we mount our box
And gather our whip and reins,
And dash them throughwithoutc changing trot,
Ger tbs bleak and stormy plains.
The COWBOY loves the whiz OF his rope
When he's branding cattle on the plains,
And the driver loves the crack of his whip
And the Jingle Of the Concord chains, etc,
Chorus.
He sang the song with relish, and
gave special emphasis to the blankety
blank parts. The song contained
about ten verses, each one worse than
the ones preceding. Another song was
given to the tune of "The Old Oaken
Bucket" 1t runs after the following
style:
How dear to my heart are the days of-my
| staging
Where incidents happened I'll never forget.
Some horses were limping while others were
And every id one of them lsthered
| with sweat,
NV back almost broken with riding on Con-
| cords,
Over bitches and stones that were worn
with old age,
But the worst Of all torments had with the
And broken. down horses 1 drove on the
The wind broken horses, the iron-shod
| horses,
The broken down horses I drove on the
stage.
At hill or mud-hole the horses were
balky,
The drivers were swearing and cracking
| their whips;
Some passengers restless, while others were
walking.
round trips,
Twas amusing to look on their different
faces,
Some smiling, while others were frownins
with rage,
As theytossed to and fro onthose old thorough
| braces
Drawn by the four horses we drove on the
| stage.
The wind d-broken horses. the bone spawned
| horses,
The d-d balky horses we drove on th'
stage.
"Keno" had a disagreeable passen.
ger once, who was tall, ugly, ant
wore plug hat He was in hurry
to get to his destination. and fused a
everything. The conveyance was 1
covered spring wagon, and the team
young mule and an old mare. Afte
the passenger had found fault will
everything else, he began on the driver
told him how to care for his team, ant
how to drive, and many other usefu
, things. "Keno" resolved on revenge
He knew there was ledge of rocl
half mile ahead, where it require'
careful driving to avoid breaking
U spring. He turned to the passenge
and said:
"Mister, don't know how to ge
} along with that old mare. She won
keep up. What would you do?"
s "What the devil is the matter wit
e your whip? Why don't you give he
: the whip?" replied the passenger.
!, I'll try it awhile" replied Keno.
l. He did try it. He laid whip to til
q team, and went sailing over the smoot
II road, and as he reached the ledge h
: gave them an extra lash and brace
e himself. The passenger knew nothin
IS of the ledge, and when the WACO
Is struck it, he went up to the roof, the
l. down to the floor, then up and dow
U till the ledge was passed. "Keno
'e looked back and saw the passenger
a hat resting on his shoulders, his hea
l. being totally obscured. Finally til
L. passenger pushed the hat up, caugt
g his breath, and yelled:
y "What the devil do You mean b
is running over such place as that3"
N "Well, Mister" said "Keno," "yo
are hard to please. You told me t
IL whip the old mare, and l did so. Yo
:. can't expect me to whip her and hol
IS her both at the same time.''
e He had his revenge. The So silk hs
, was total wreck, and the passenge
: had no other, and could not get on
81 within two hundred miles.
j. The railroad has been finished t
u Medicine Lodge for nearly two month
n 1t is projected northwest to Sun Cit,
y % miles. Railroads are built easil
q and quickly, and wherever they g
D. they create boom. The only troub
'e in striking a vein of prosperity is !
o guessing correctly where and when tn
road will be built. There is compars
g, lively little government land in south
E. west Kansas, and that little is bein
: taken up rapidly. Perhaps 1t will a
h be taken before fall There is bi
s. now before congress to hold all gov
st ernment land in Kansas for homestead
d and it is thought the bill will become
is law.
At To.sum up: We found vast tracts G
ID land as good as any in Missouri. w
n, saw other vast tracts that appeare
d worthless. We found more push an
II seeming prosperity than we ever sa'
;. In the same amount of territory. Tt
= winds were very unpleasant to US, bl
k were scarcely noticed by the resident.
m We heard OF alkali water everywher
re but we did not taste any, though "
n drank water often when we did II,
Is want 1t, expressly to judge of it. The
IN is plenty of bad water, but what W
a drank was in the towns and on IL
and of hn hno 10