Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-05-30

tsrnOoA Of The Goth inst. | arrived here a..
ter = hard bat sucesssful trip, my train ,of
cattle having come through in better
shape than any shipped to this point from
Grant cOunty this sSa.on. Ths secret Of
this is load light" To oyer lead weak
cattle means sure loss.
This portion Of KanlaB Al present. Looks
sPlsndidly And makes . very pleasant
view. There are Thousands Of acres Of
green RrGis snd II was told ne BY re-
sPeu'ibls parties that there has net bees
= failure In efSps here fer The last tWsnty
years. The prospect this year bslaE -
good II hot better thAa asual.
hsSsrS. Hart, Nickel and mysslf have,
Ia III" last few days, driven ever a
good many EilSs Of ELK esunty and all
are we'll pleased With the general appear
anes Of farm and pasture lands a. we'll ~
the stock grazing thereon. Altogether
Howard Aad vicinity presents . very mark
ed but pleasant contrast 10 The terrific
laad storms Of Lordsburg a few weeks
since.
Socially We are thriving. Last niEht
Rish Aad | stayed At Xix Falls = tsWn
abOut tea ailsi frOl here and during the
evening We attended = strawberry fssti-
val. Az The weather locked threatening
there were oct auAy present but berries.
crsaA SRd lsnoaAds without = stick
we're sxeslllsht. Some peoples ideas
about dancing ara queer | was converting
With . young nan On THAT subject aud ask
I'D hin II they had many rOuHd dances At
there parties. He answered "eh, no, We
%oAL hAVS tough daacs, here. The preach
er Says that when = eoupls waltz they
strike an immoral attitude" A small
hey Afterwards told ne | had bssh talk
cog with 3 ehurch member.
don't believe KAnSaS people have a
very high opinion Of aAy one coming from
New Mckee especially the fair sex. To
illustrate. The other morning I, with two
others, ordered breakfast at Nickerson. A
young woman took the order aAd after We
had eaton | gave her 4 Eve dollar gold
piece (ths last one had she reached for
an apparently empty cigar box and went
into = back room to count out my change
when The returned | found | was one dol.
lar short and called her back to count it
over again. She Grs. said it was right and
then that she behsved | bad taken the
dollar | showed her my purse but she said
"lst me lock IN your hands" | offered her
my body for ihSpsction to prove | had nei-
Their the dollar, nor rsxaa fever for that
matter, but she was not convinced of the
former and probably never wOuld have if
the conductor who was to take my train
eat had not been there and insisted on ANY
innocence. got my dollar but a woman
convinced against her wIll-yeu knew
the rest.
Ne little brown Jug has made its ap-
pcarRnee since my arrival. Rich says he
brought ons with him and no douGt hs did
It's beihg empty does not surprise me but
what does seem arrange Rich says Arthur
refuses to ''irrigAte." 1t is possible be
has reformed or what is more probable he
is saving hisnsslf, training as it we're. l
cannot say, but the LIBERAL, having a
wise head, can draw Its swn coaclusionS.
Richard quetly chueklsa to himself to
think how COCO be is has grown to be.
Tomorrow they go to Kansas City and /.
oenten plating another trip eastward, sc-
company them.
On the evening Of the day Jack Caster
arrived be attended a dance. Since then be
has been out buggy riding quite frequently
with a young lady and the lRndlady told me
that Jack and bis girl drove up the street
the other evening apd that the girl wore a
grin that reached from ear to var. No flies
Oh Jack. He remains here all sumnsr
T. A. ".