Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-24
THE COWBOYS OUTFIT.


:niscences Of cowboy life. In fact
plenty of the citizens of these Wrs,er,
villages served rs COWBOYS at one tim,
and another before they became mcr.
chants, professional men, etc, in some
.avoritc location for Il town site. On,
hears on every hand expressions tina,
we're technical IN the COWBOYS camp.
Landlord Osgood calls his guests 10
breakfast III the morning with the sonn
that the cowboy sings while riding
around his cattle ut night to keen them
from getting frightened and STAMPED
ing, thus; ~
Hay-a-a-a-a-Yo-ooo- Hay.n.n.n-yo.o.
o-o-Breakfast. 90
When anything is tied up it is said to
DC rored, from the term which the COW.
BOY applied to the use of the lasso. A
mans household goods are termed an
outht SO is his kit of tools. il n mo.
shanic; his library and appliances, if a
surgeon or lawyer; his safe, desks. etc.
u banker. so, too, is the clioue he
associates with socially. lie belonus IN
POKER outfit if he plays cards with
regularity, or to pious outfit if he nocs
10 church s'0'
People in the East have often read of
The cowboy when on spree SHOOTING
lp IN the town" or lynching n horse.
'niei, put nor very many know anythinu
about the real life of the COWBOY. and
81 what his outfit is composed or what
it costs. "'"'
Inc most important article in the COW
| ooys Quilt is the chuck wagon. or tho
wagon over which the cook presides If
IS common prairie schooner, with hoons
over IL to stretch canvas roof on so
mat such perishablc goods rs salt. smear
ind Hour can be protected from the
weather. At the back is Il cupboord
where such thing as baking pawtler
pepper, coiee, dishes, etc, are kent
rhert are pots and frying pans plenty.
and the larder is always well suppl;ed
oacon is generally preferred to salt pork
ana fresh reef is kept constantly on hand
oy killing a steer from the herd ms oc.
:asion requires. The owners of the herd
supply the food, and such tools as
shovels, axes, etc.
lie shovel, it is interesting to know,
Is generally of much more use than the
axe. When taking Il wagon across thc
streams 1t is very often necessary to cut
uown the banks on either side to form
IN inclined plane, for perpendicular
oauks three and four feet high are com
mon. Then. too, the streams very often
run under ground. The bed oil n creek
may be covered with sand and gravel
burning hot but by digging two or
tnrce icet-somctimes rs much rs six ar
eiSht-purc, sweet water may he had in
abundance
Timber for fuel may be had in some
parts oil range and not in Others. but
when 1t is abundant the COWBOYS cook
generally prefers lhc ancient buffalo
ehips, which he calls Kansas or prairie
COAL i-''''
Next to the chuck wagon among the
qeeds OF the cowboy is his pony. The
ieSas pony is marvel to an Eastern
man. 1t weighs from 500 to GOO pounds
oniy, but 1t canters away for forty or
aity miles with wcll-grown mon, say
from 100 to 40 pounds weight, ON its
Dack' ana then rustles for ITS feed and
comes up fresh for another cantor of the
same length next day. The COWBOYS
tell oil much greater feats of strength
ana endurance than this, but the SIN
reporter saw this much done.
Each cowboy, however is supplied
with six ponies by the owner. because
"hlle pony can stand several days of
1ard riding in succession il is more
| 80 ~ iiNNS oCNCTil OH nlHu and
give each y chance to rest between rides
The ponies are worth only from goa In
$50 eSch They are a vicious lot onI
buck ecsiatically every time they are
mounted.
The cowman supplies the cowb,v
With four blankets, saddle. bride and
asso. as we'll as ponies, but the cowbov
VINO has any style about him scorns both
:he Saddle and the lasso furnished bv
inc company. The company's saddle
S simply substantial skeleton COSTING
aot more than $40 The cowboy buys
his own, and it costs $50 at least II ia
made Of stamped and embroidered
Gather, and everything about it is of
;he very best quality. One firm in
Wichita, Kansas, has made n great
fortune by first making the very best
saddle that can be made by human
skill, and then Charging these prices for
it. The cowboy pays the price because
ne is sure OF getting the best saddle
made
The company lasso is made OF raw.
nide. 1t cost $40. 1t does very well in
ahe weather; IN rainstorm it IS stiff
ana awkward to handle. The cowboy
'e"Ves u with the outfit. and takes his
| iiiS 10 hi1uc OI nOfSelllr, ana Is
always ms flexible as Il bit of cotton
Irvine and strong enough to hold an
elephant. 1t has a range in the hard
oil man of skill of sixty feet--thc
moose can be dropped over steers horns
at that distance lis costs the cowboy
from $50 to $ IS. To learn to use The
llasso requires constant practice Tor from
four weeks to six months, accordin. to
The individual. OF course, some men
never become experts, while others seem
10 be "born with ropes in their hands. ,
Other essentials Of the cowboy outfit
are the repeating rifle and the SIX shooter
good rte costs $25 and n good 81,
lhooter but little less. The cowboy mus
nave ivory or other fancy handles. an,
the mountings must be of gold ant
silver. Bat this weapon, although fancy
deadly in the right hands. The Fast
frn man comes here expecting to fine
very cowboy an expert with the re
yoiver, and is somewhat astonished t,
ind that not one in ten can be so clas;ed
The reputation Of the few clings to tn
mole. One of the best revolver shot
N tho Indian Torr;to,v g