Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-07-22
cArrlG RAISING IN rru NORTH
WESy

I 49, 49, FNNARNF*a NFFt NONNN-
WEST.
Goa boy. have Zoe years excited sdml.
ration in the heart. ~ the snail boy. IL
the coaniry An'l, Il is icarrl, In the
heafts II many romantic blg boy. also.
What suh his piciurc.gue costume
/ chiefly h'athsr aud buckskin, cut inio
strip, big hoots, spur, bowie knife. ~
Vol,vrs, belt full ~ foty-h,c OF ffty
calihef cartridges about hls waist, and
napping somhrvro on MI. head. all of
which feature. NAV h. found In ANY plc-
turc of the 'typlcal~ coN hoy, he seems
to D. quite romaniic ani desperate
booking character. Hut OLD coNtoys
nov sdsys usually leave mc.i II the.e
Toe ths uo,iCc o. trick himself In. AMI
ccutsnt thsm selye. With t-oots, o,eralls,
fannsl .hlrt, .ilk hanikerchlcf kno,ici
atscut the ue,k, snd q brosd-bTimms,l
ivlt hat Toe the head. The coshoy has
t.cn - down a. a rowing, rc'kle.. fcl-
ios, up o. al Kind. II mischief hen of'
duty sni likslS to shoot q mtn any day
fur breakfast. Hut ~ oar Montana cos-
hoys h has hccn truly siii they own all
the Nsy frum cue huudrvi to i've thou
and bad 20 cattle each. snl look we'll
afier their hank sccounts
u northsru Mouttns there arr ouly a
fvs of the heavy "cattle companies" ["
inost a the stock lclng o~n n.i by private
iGllSi iuals Ia hunchcs 20 frun hity up
to ssNeral thogsind bead. The cattle
ruam oN,r The ranges az sill eNccpiiug
dufing the roundup sstsons-ln the
.priug sui fsli. IN an unusa,ll, gsol
sstsou. shcn fr,sl l. plcntiinl anil the
sircrs tsiien early. thsry \. sumctime. a
summer round-up for the parposs of col !
l.tiug The fatte-t strsrs Zoe shipment. |
u rsIulr's systsmitic and ,urvful work |
o. bring togrthsr al the sto,k la a scy-
tinn "a vuuntrN probably srNenty-nNe |
miles hong hN thirty miles wiis. Ia or- /
Ice o. du thl. easily ani yhcally the /
uN usrs hand themselves iuto "assoCl- |
atiuus, ani M ths prup-r season m"r, |
tug,ther o. plan Zoe the rwunl-up. bach !
90 urr L. assessed = Ccrtain sum alesVs |
iu proportion tn th- numl-T of cattle h. /
a.. on The rtugv. This monry g,s-. |
tuUa apl defrlNlug th. Sarinas cNIsnsrs |
"a ihe ruunsi-up, such az th" iurnishing /
"a tlis uislss-s guu. sagvs ~ the Cetsl /
aud rNtUi men, the huiiding and rvpair- /
ing a raagr, currtis, stc. ~ this M 'ci- 1
iug alsn a uirmlsr II ths association l. /
20, tel captain ani ibr ether. pledge |
themselves o. obey hi. orirT. 80 hong a.
thr Nutk LISTS. II .. hls dui, O. -. thtt /
y,,rNthiug 1. done properly AMI fairly /
susl o. make ~ ue,vsssTy arrangements /
fsr The seasons work. lr.qurntly q /
se,fttar, l. chosgu, Wlloss duty II l. to /
rv,upl the saiu total - each brand ot /
.tock drisru iuto The surrals snd brand /
~. anl o. kssp ac,uunt 10 all cXtgu.s..
At Thu stuir mesting the mavericks af-
.old to tlie hlsh~si hi,iii~r. bat M mtu l.
allaNs, o. bid Nho does not belong to
the association. Thl. highc-t bi,iisr /
arrcr. a. take sll the mavericks founi /
duriur tli- ruuni-up. ~ they ate found /
~. private hranl l. placvi upon thsm /
ani thsy arr turnr,l looss again "a - /
t-.ilosing after thr hranissi herd. \
maNsrick u au unhrsni~i anlmal, pre-
sumthly without an osnrr, aui u mosi /
commonly a yesrling which Ia. hs-n 49,
cii.niall, overlooked si a prrN iou.
r,uni-up.
Ti,~ as.oriaiinn meeting l. over; the
captain hts perfected hi plans. The
tpser,si m,..s-ssguu l. ou The trail, max
iug Tor the fr.i camping place NJ gooi
ritr. tlir herl of "Ntrt hors~. With /
th.lr hrr,lef arr hrtlri fur the same 1
pIarr. whiie the stnlNau ctttle-mrn,
,,ss i-,s. N Nou Sili. sutn- grsSe sni -
lent. utisrs noisy sud hiisfiuus, bat al |
I'm gu.si humur. seated un their ctNusrs,
80 along 40 an Indian irut several miles
ahead. The ,rr-k 90 river on Whose YER
daut hanks thsy arr o. camp that night
sni probably the nsNt l. reached; the
" s .nn rnutaiulng the prcyi"us grab
,,ltnss o. y siAndstill. the herd ~ hurses
,pms. galiapiug dusn the hlll to drink
lan. ani dep ~ ths hurrNing water. \
fir, 4. ss-,n blazing tni presently "a" old
black cuiiss-p1t eNhtle. fragrant o'ior'
AMI The smell uf irving meat pfoclaims
that supier l. not Car 90. SEATED "u
their saddle. or r~rliniug on thc gruuni,
.thr t,1Ns~ eat a hsauN supper. The
nlghi-her,i-r relieve. the day-heri"r,
uhn. weary hui hungry, siis Cro.s-lrggei
eating and drinking till De- hur.ts a but
ton. rh-n gruut--i ab'ut the hful
hlsgr nf ths flrr. stories are tull, tarls
plav,,l. ani the solitary hanin, az u NAV
~ guitar. 4. strummcl, While soin~ 81
the Younger mru Sing 20 love ani Nat'
of II the EASTERN homr. AMI the girls
they left i-.hini then. u"t VI forgotten.
IN. firr hurus loN tir~l mrn roll up ln
their blankets. pillow their drussN h~'ds
ou .ad,lle. aud presently .llcnc" rrtsus
supreme. broken ouly by the occaslonal
snarv ~ a heavy .lcepcr. The silNcrN 4
mo.,n ri.ing above the hills looks down
on the peaceful camp and the ripping
stream. inisn.ifying the silencc and
d..f-nlug the shadows. The sudden
.ni hli-ous hoNi of distant coyoi"
s..m. % make the evening air NOR"
chilly. and While the nighi-h.rier takesa
frr.h rhsW ~ tohaccO aud buttons hls
coat tighter. ~ curse. the whole race 81
coyote. until he !. literally 'hot ln the
collar"
m. e,.ok rolls oat tcforr daylight,
AMI by .unri-s All have had their break
fat. mount their hor.e. rcady io bcgin
th. roaul-up Ia dead earnest. licins
,a,np.-l n~aT the lower end II their range
th@v start oat singly or la pslr.. Draw
Ing an imaginary line through the cen
ter 81 the mss.-Nagon straight acro..
The range. they travel In radius un'u
they have formed q line avro.. the lower
rni of tle range from corner to corner
Tllen each mtn starts back, Hllhg
sruuad aud gathering up every hnneh 9t