New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-02
life IN KINGFIsHER.
.oarrHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HOW THE
~ COLONEL CAME TO OKLAHOMA
xouNe WOMAN FROM TILE wEsT-EATINs
asoUARdE" MEAL - THE "MAN WHO
FIGHTS "IIH M" fhoh'

rS0x sTAPF coRREsPoSpENr OF THE fKiSO"hl
vmrosher, Oklahoma Territory, May oa.-The COLO
$, - bean punching cows for the last TWO years
: - Texas Panhandle; but somehow, while frienos
- peighbors have been growing stesdly ncner ~
ss,s same business no has as steadily grown pooros
:, soss seem as II some people we're born unnchSanu
~, colonel certainly Is. He has had sneep r@ien IA
fo.orado; he has mined in California ana CUT uuioe
4 Michigan he has successfully tried ruitrSis"s
skeeping store' and running hotel In none y,
these ventures did he succeed. believe no e'o" 80
re in one of his bursts of confidence that no nau 30
- a na,ert opoe and was about TO begin manu-
featuring flying machines when some uhieenpe
,etssd at the last moment 70 furnish the Prin,soa
capital necessary to launch the great en'erpneI
does the Colonel feel discouraged or iS no ,a -,
because OF MS ill-iuck3 Not much. ioo u"" -
the Colonel He isn't built that way nOpo epi"s'
eternal-in his breast at least; ana nc 70 Hei -
tho real estate business, confident - W. =. 80,
ins somewhere else. ..U,,c h.r
o,,.a nv - sab on the neetest horse, san,
In seven States sahI- He rode rs he "iis me- "Ao
~ sab. but would you believe ", san, "heh i goF
hero sab the ladies were hanging Out .ne cioeneS III
the hack sah and the onions ssh' IN tne saruen
n.tcbe. sab. were a foot high. by -, sab The
49,, 80 ~. heeo q Left altogether, however He
$3.50 TIA, fastest horse in seven States, by ---,
..h for a corner lot and upon 1t the Colonel has
s,oc,cd his tent the sides Of which display In rich
rcd letters the legend:
REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
o. ]. q. GAMBLE CO., PRoPRlEIoRS.
MONEY! LOANED TITLES EXAMINED - IN.
s,RAscE FDCTED-AUcToNEERINa
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
Ths aco, was certainly the ugiest aud most for
adding .cos had II never said anything,
hut ossd volumes instead. 1t rarely left the tent
and wa always ready TO receive visitors In the Cole
p,ys sbsesiee While you were talking TO the head
n tsc Arm the Co.. apt TO keep his eye on you.
And sach an eyei II ever there was such thing a.
he evn eye the Colonel's partner certainly pos.
ssesed H. Well do l remember one night when en-
e.sed with the Colonel In little gentlemanly game OF
adrsvs how close that Coz insisted always upon
sitting beside me and scrutinixiDg the hands held.
don't say that the CO. gave the wink TO the senior
partner at the critical momont--t was above sus-
picion you SEQ being fourlegeed-out somehow IL
slvays happened that when had a fun house, the
ColoneI showed down "four Of knd.1 Az the end Of
Al, hour I concluded that had had quite enough of
sexper,enccs ana the Colonel had enough OF my
uonsv. probably, to run the Real Estate Exchange
sor ut least another month.
The Colonel Southern gentlemanf You are rght
he Is. He was born in Louisiana, but he considers
himself too much Of citizen of the world TO insist
very strongly on that point, or make 1t unduly
,romtnent m his conversation. II is only when he
touches upon the subject OF the treatment OF ladies'
hat he becomes aroused and the spirit OF ehivalry-
exclusively Southern, Of ooure-within him grows
sotIgercDt. Tken he wakes eloquent and denounces
IN vigorous language those - --- Yanks, those
- Hoosicrs, those - Kansas JayhavBers
who, by -, cursc in the presence OF ladies'. by -,
and spit all over the floor, ptst - pfst - by -,
sahr
The other night We were gathered In the Coloners
49, HanF in0 vain n
bad put out tho campfire in front. The CoQn'i. with
that reckless prodigality Of his had lighted ths last
candle In his chest and stuck 1t into the empty bottle,
tho contents Of which had but that moment been
TO where they would do the most good,
when some one mentioned geese.'
aGeesefs said tho Colonel; did you say geesei'
sYes, geese" 49,
Ana then he changed his Quid TO the other side Of his
law. q Geesoi Well, wells
whist about them, Colonies"
yes, what do you RnoY about geessT .
.Gwhy,p calculated the Colonel suddenly aroused
from his Dream why, know all about them-was
going to raise them By the thousands once-would
have made big thing Of its
Honly youJ'
@Nover mind, sab There's fortune. sab, for tho
nsn who VIII set himself to raising geese n. this
country. Why, do you know. sab, that the goose
tho common North American goose, the
Berntcia Canadenss-you don't understand that
Fs Latin, tsh but It's the scientific name for the
bird, and you see have investigated the whole blamed
business--is the most profitable animal goingf Did
sou know that, sab Not Well, then don't you
laugh sab, before you know what's what. There
isn't single thing about them thst YOU can't use,
sab. The meat Is simply delicious-it is better.
almost, than bacon and hoe-cske, sab The eggs,
ffied 10 lard. are ft Tor hngs table. There's oil
enough IN goose to supply ten families for i've years
With medicine. The quilts are used 10 write with
Have you ever eaten what the French call pate
dc foss grss7 That's made Of the liver The feathers,
sah make the best kind Of pillows. You can pluck
q goose five times yesr and each tine It VIII
yfeid pound of feathers, sab. It lives. by -.
hundred years, sometimes. Five pounds year-thatS
Eve hundred pounds Of feathers for every goose At
n 20 pound that's"
And then the Colonel lost himself in o maze Of
figures, where no one able 10 follow him; but
ell tended 10 prove tia, inside Of few years the
man Who wo'ad set himself TO raising geese would
rcfire with fortune OF $4,000 00o-or thsreaboB,s
But Colonel. why didn't you start raising geese.
instead Of coming to Oklahoma 10 swap iots7'
PHI tel you, sab Ever been In Texas II you
have, you know The Brazos River. US beautiful
stream, sab Along its banks are Stusfed numberiess
farms where they raise geese; lis Just the country for
fhoso biris-rch food, fsb ana Juicy grasses and all
that sort Of thing-and they grow 10 an enormous
size. Near the mouth Of tia. river is lake large
enough. sab. 10 float millions Of geese. Now INV
lfss 10 build boats very the head waters
Of the Braxos, float down on H. ana on the WAY bus
up all the geese from the farmers I could Then I
sesh drive them down before me, as It were and
ansrly corral them on The lake. On Its banhs would
seon have risen manufactures Of pate de fos grss
ssh: depots for collecting the feathers establishments
~ wepsring the quilts sheds fOr storing the guanO
fcii6sDgs to contain"
Colonel. why didn't you do # ="
svrl. sab, Just before starting took a friend
Nsoe &c take last look al that lake. II was
hestahd summer evening. Tho sun was Just setting
ksf6 elump Of trees that lined the prairie the
ssesya horizon. gentle breeze stirred the waters
no Thousand rippes, reflectfng the glory Of the
~ shove. The tall grass bordering the lake bent
q broad sws,hs % the OF the wind The song
e ssiaisd meadow lark would and then intensity
es pssnsfu quiet OF the hour 1t was fhe dashedest
ieselex spot earth and how much more beautiful
teoasat would II look with millions Of my geese