Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-16

too, which made it an undesirable
place for any but gOod-sized, we'll
picked outfit TO go into. These floating
outfits, especially when they went far
from headquarters, seldom returned
| through the winter; at some point
which was more readily accessible they
had supply OF grub Cached and
grain stored; there, In tent or dugout
man was left In charge OF the grub,
grain and some horses; and this was
the supply camp for the floating outfit.
A LONESOME TINE.
or course the winter was lonesome
time. The folks at headquarters-
sometimes with their nearest neigh
bors fifteen To twenty-five miles away
were lonesome, and the boys at horse
camp were lonesome, and the floating
outfits were as lonesome as wolves; SO
that, according as they had been deadly
lonesome for long weary mouths, there
was very big and hilarious time,
when, toward spring they commenced
coming in at headquarters. There
we're always more or less sweaters
about all winter, and as spring APP
preached they gathered in in numbers.
looking for job when the season
opened. One OF the first things to do
when some of the outfits get In was to
formulate great string OF rules, OK
trayagantly precise and arbitrary en-
actments, against which sweater
would, in the very nature of his being,
offend a dozen times day: and the
penalty OF any infringement was al.
ways to put the legglngs to him"
THE SPRING HAIR CUTTING.
The boys that camo in late from a
live or six months floating trip or So
lourn In some isolated camp would
have hair grown away down on their
shoulders and q staple entertainment
was roping them to cut their hair in
all sorts of shapes with sheep or roach
ing shears. Some OF them would fight
IKE tigers and have 10 DO roped
thrown and hogtied before the deed
could be done, One fellow that had
handsome hair, | remember, beefed
around fearful, o, he was rabiosal Ne
SAID he wasn't going to hove no darned
blacksmith OF cowpuuohers cut his
hair he was going TO have barbor ont
IL right, And when We got IL saved
on to suit us, In scollops, and gave tbc
word to turn him loose he Went ana
got his gun and paved around consider.
able, We had to all get out our INNS
and IL took a lot OF REASONING Ia III
him around. But when the newt ontgt
came In he was roping and cutting hair
with the best OF us. "'''
:, we generally lived pretty we'll bo5
the best that could be boiight-1,bi,S
wasu saying much in those DAYS INT
az ieast there was plenty of IL. ana n
was lvely sight, the great table sir.
teen or eighteen feet long, with bencbes
ulUhg the sides and with thirty or iorty
wllu looking cowboys eating and cbaG.
Inc cook was, as in more civjIiyoa
households, tho despotic arbiter of ~,
present happiness or misery. n W.
hau one who was both a GOOD rool, ~
loly entertaining fellow. wa felt o,,r
selves blessed indeed. Among roNnh
cooks remember 'Old pn6 > % ae,ios
from his habit of saving Scb" 1870
boys! come on; old pud iordinDa,. y Az
Sour Dough Sam and Ola fNlu
, ntSss - = siu.nhy little dumpy coekney
, M ussu " sing and dance for us when
LA ,Sugn nis professional labors. He
-, H. - 'Nahcly Nhlcn he must have
won IN some variety theater. and "~ ~
regarded as an artist in the SON, MA "ai
dance dance line lie was a curious ere ,g H"u
WIN strange accomplishments 6n.j
idhioia,s,lons, and unaccountsbie likes S s,
u,sllkes' lie got wrathy at someb osS
S oVGs s,ie ranch and loft suddeniy
having deposited about pint Of nonnS
ca glass in the sour dough can wSint
was by, Py some miracle, discovered I a0d
"'i IN, tne ives otthe whole outfit sav -
THE COOK THAT GOT MAD
az me boys because they didn't como
strapped six.shooters and , Iyn, ana ~,
s tI,ob stood guns il The corners ss t Tn
n S.l. mem When the boss and h y w W.
got home from Fort Worth i"u w his wi no
was w,gikipg around on its toes loo olsnt
CUT OF the corners Of liz ev 49, , o,.,
on nnd regularly walkiSS, NO np spurs
coon irying steak, bristling N w Sss sI4
, sae nrst man that came in,e tSa, arop
~ '3's' NOBODY came late. They |