Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-17

| In politics, but they found that an oecA-
sional bottle Of brandy or 81 Nihe W
a box Of Imported cigars given 10 TINS ~,
and that official prevented any greedy
neighhor's filing a claim On the Wen
fenced Pastures of the foreigner'
The ordinary pastures AZ l saw theni'
were from 100 10 40 acres IN EXTENT
but some Of the Weather men own y
dozen such pastures IN dozen paris OF
the range. To every pasture " one
matched hut at least, and on some a
dozen. These huts are the homes 81 me
COW boys. 10 compare these COW boys
with the lads Of the Western plans IN
the states is like comparing COWBOY
Of lerkimcr dairy with the western
product. They do not wear guns some
Of them have rarely seen a good slA-sn9Ol-
or. A mnchete--a cheese knife Two ieet
long-serYes every purpose Of q weapon.
They do not carry lassos. lhey Iiue
more mules than ponies, ana neither
mule nor pony bucks or pitches. hcir
saddles have no horns. and dozen
strings an eighth OF an inch thick ana
Of home twist serve as a cinrh. ! dla
not SEQ a saddle on mule Or pony that
cnu.d not turn with one hand. lusleal
Of a wide-brimmed Stetson. they wear
narrow-brimmed straw hat; instead OF
wearing French-hecled boots strapped
with jingling spurs, they tie spurs That
don't jingle 10 their nHked heels. In
place Of qulrt they carry suck about
as long as a policeman's night STICK
and hnlf as thick. To this piece OF raw
hide two and half feet. long is tied
TO make a sort Of double lash.
snw n good many Of these COW boys
and had them for guides every day oil
my Journey TO the lsthmus, but / never
saw one Of them gullop u horse or act
IN rOwdy fashion save on one OCCASION
a score Of them came % Remedies one
Sunday and got pretty drunk on native
rum, which there retails at 10 cents q
hat pint One Of them, To show his
skill gnlopcd his pony up and down the
plaza, yelling the while in very goou
c0yb0y fashion. Another determined TO
thrash q retailer Of spirits for giving
short measure, but got thumped on me
head with his own heavy whip aud ms
scalp laid open TO tho skull. Thereafter
with blood running IN a dozen streams
over bis fucs and neck, he pr1uced up
mud down tho plaza throwing kisses az
the liquor mpn's place and Yelling cara
jo' with every jump.
Tho work OF these cowboys consists IN
what might be called riding tue range.
The cattle owner employs one for every
800 head OF cattle on the range, and II
fenced pasture OF 100 acres IS more than
ample Tor that number of cattle. The cow
boy * supposed TO ride over the range IRE.
quenuy and take look at every heii
thnt bpl0lE- go IFS employee lie must
know them all 10y sight, regardless OF yhr
marks OF brands. As steer sullnuie lof
market are developer they must be taken
to thr paaure in tho valley, where inc
nrnes M rich and plentiful. Because tl'
cowboy Is go frequently with MS anlihAl7
There Us no need to chase or rgp' tne"l;
irhsy know him us hc knows them. ana
drive To the pasture as cows I" q n.A9 ,i'
The cowboy, ip short LOOKS utttl wv
cnttle uf the isthmus much az O altAi'uu
shepherd looks after MS sheep ihe' o'l
simply Cowhcrders.
Ia The pnsture the steers become literal
ly rolling fnt | have never seen h'teT
range cattle anywhere than those OF lhe
I4thmus Eventually, IN buu'hrs oil say
from thirty TO sixty these cattle are sent
10 market The little schooner Mary
Hnu had % capacity of slNW htdlt Dul
She rarely got all she could carry i.or q
load The cattle were driven over ms
troils 10 the hout, M they would be in
me states. Tho cost Of driving from tha
state OF ChIriaui say 10 TO 100 miles
10 Aguadulce was estimated at ~
head Now and then a schooner load was
sent from David by the sea 10 Panama
hut the freight charge Of - head wac
counted too great Then, too, many cat
tic were lost during the long passage
,"unu U.s. PaVt ,,',at sil, v nf py5"a'
.,,' t,'g I'M. f'5.,h, nv, r,pi. gr,H
' R'..,ni.'!t- p,tor,, ,c,s 20 b,oJ
.l-''!'l Nv, w. "'''' .,. .or"i,, H.,
At Panama tie cattle were turned into
lrh,, ,.-, i,,,.r 5.,t tha,n tn tbS sirughtG,
bgnsa ,'I noII no 81 n bcnd ahar,'
,,ijci, Xxx n'n,,ni, evortoJ 'rhcn Il,
XXI n,c drnsie5 c3rcaeS fnr r"nts u
Mound an mo average and tho nvcror,
sf,ar dressed l5D poHnds. Tina tbn r.s,
NJ d,Iiy.ripg tbn rnttlr 10 tbn pnnnu,o
mo9t dralrrs amounted 10 S8 AZ tr1ns
nnrfafiou St car nnsture Mt pnnaYna and
n fnr fbr 4iai,rbfrr hon.e H., Eijs la,
fbr pr5Inrar from 500 to soIn bceI
l,t INV tppn tyith lin coip cakN,,t ,,t
do In Chiriuui for nnch lM irbcss
prirss ana ID, silv,r I'nr X, nr - n
gold coin ono rnn ant g,I f,t st,,. "
In nh. dnys al A. conI Ii.s,,iny ~,
au,.,,i,,s b,,,1 10 o,ti - I'nN'YH N'vl5
vyeit ns Nicar,,.,,, u,,,s s'.,', r., II ~, ~
It.rls tt,t i,, ,,,,r,.t ~. "D"' W 'haubi
ii,a,n ~. VIZ 'N ',lll,i,y's utmost gppro9GNhl
nr.. H. VS., iv'ln Y"u,hs hed sl@Iy
go, ~ 'i n ltau lhat skirts Tho
,,,, -" Iiil'nu pnN 10 Cnrlnto. But
o"t" a., NY tu'u,n hre sulppeu from Chiu
Nt,t us.N hlpn lhah 10 Panama. A
" .i.i s'fU'nvr WIN u llne old Nnnko,
n,li'1i IN '9sulntly IN tue trade betweor
i i'',, ulu luee,,adrenas' and although tn,
.,ral"Vr EnN Nlo head, the trade i.
giulu p3ulnhle than TINT to pnnnlnn
| Ssso' Seli M sun lose, Costa Rica, fol
~ 'Ivh ~ costa Blca silver
w lhe Whole there IL much less rru,5t .
| T." lhe animals IN the lsthmian rottt,
tt,