The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-25

lull OF passengers and guarded by
two well-armed horsemen, and
then the firing and fighting was ter
rife, and some were wounded and
some were killed. | never saw
such riding as those cowboys did.
They can beat the Indians. Their
small, wiry and tireless mustangs
can run like the wind and seem to
ENJOY the performance. The cow
boys got after a horsethief and ran
hlm all around the race track and
across the middle, and fred al him
every jump, and he fired back, and
finally cowboy jerked lasso
from his saddle and senI ii flying
through the air and curled it over
the thiei'S neck while he was al
full speed, and he jerked him from
his horse to the ground. They
then jumped down and fastened a
rope around his wrists and re-
mounted and dragged that poor
fellow on his abdominal for a quar-
ter of mile at full speed, and then
put a rope around his neck and
hung hlm up to a crossbar on tel
egraph pole and shot him all to
pieces, while he was dangling ten
feet in the air, and we saw him
kick his last kick and after awhile
the sheriff and the coroner came
and cut him down and laid his
carcass on a horse and brought him
by the grand stand and he was the
worst looking spectacle ever saw.
He was torn all to doll rags. |
think his front clothes must have
been made OF leather or rawhide or
boards or sheet iron or something,
or his abdominal3 couldn't have
stood it. Then there was a pretty
IudiaD girl who had four cowboys
for lovers, and she promised to wed
the one who could catch her. She
was a good rider and had a fast
horse, and she had hundred yards
the start and away they went on
the wings of The wind. 1t was nip
and tuck for awhile, but they gain
ed on her, and the best looking
cowboy finally was side by side
with her and lifted her from her
horse as they ran and rode with
her III his arms and soon distanc9d
all his rivals. We all just shouted
and waved our hats and cried bully
for you, and we wanted to get the
pair marriage license and a
preacher and have them Joined OH
the spot. Those Govt boys are just
splendid. At full sperd they can
pick a silver dollar out of the dust
and they can lasSo a running horse
bv his head or heels and stop him
instantly. They would catch a wild
steer with a.lariat and throw him,
andslet him up and ride him as he
cavOrted and plunged away in his
fright. They had some wild, un-
broken mustangs that bucked fear
fully, and they blindlOlded him,
and Two men held one with rope
while another saddled him, and
lust as the blind was removed the
cowboy was on his back without
bride, and | never conceived that
it was possible for horse to bounce
so high and squat so low and cut
up such fantastic tricks and plunge
and run 50 iearfully, and all the
time The cowboy never held on to
anything but folded his arms and
lust let the mustang do his do un-
til he wore himself out and quit.
Surely there must have been some
cuckleburrs under that saddle.
Well, it was a good show, and
Pm going to take the children
down next Saturday and give them
one happy day. The managers
ought TO give the school children
one Saturday and the railroads
ought 10 carry them there for one
cent a mile and back home for
nothing. think we can get up
200 from our town on these terms.
We are all living for the children
anyhow, and it is right good living.
BILL ARP.
p. S.-We want two hundred
dollars more for the soldiers
graves. We want one good man
or woman in every town to 90
round and gel up five or ten dol
lars. Rev. Mr.. Reese die that in
Lumpkin, and it didn't take half an
hour. We are in for marble now
and every name 10 be cut IN the
stone. Our marble companies have
made us generous offers. A Kan
sas Yankee Democrat, who fought
on the other side, has sent me a
dollar. How's that B. A.