The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-04

tbs enrolling officer be was 'going on"
is and a friend helped him to lie himself
into the service. He never had chance
to get even an ordinary education and
does not know toe multiplication table.
He never studied grammar. yet he speaks
dramatically and writes fauItless verse.
He attributes his knowledge TO an in.
nate desire to cultivate his mind and to
Thee Is ma boy be said. who wills
to make himself a good man, but oppor-
tn ity for III education fail him and pov-
erty thwarts his endeavors. No helping
hand Is reached to him and he sinks.
There is not enough of charity in the
wnrld, he said, AMI too much lear of con-
tamination in helping the fallen to rise
man would be saved from a drunkard s
tate If men were not too proud to take
his hand lie said tuat these wild.
wuolly men OF the west, apparently as
wild and wooily as the buffalo OF the
plains. have after all human heart un.
of his friendship for wild Bill" and IF
his goodness of heart notwithstandinr
his record that would fulfill Bob Acre s
widest boasts. He described bow Bill
dealt with drunken fellow who insisted
that Captain Jack, should drink red
trat.d, tIo, how Bill killed two desper-
ADDS in second. He preached the SER
mon of Pony Bill. the cowboy preach or,
who DIDN'T wear billed shirt" like the
tenderfoo: ''sky pilots. but was much
more successful in lassoing more souls
for the great corral"
Captain Jacks use OF The forceful and
indigenous LANGUAGE OF the plains was
picturesque. He told amusing stories
a. Illustrations of the subject at band.
he illustrated how some people cannot
appreciate a blessing OF heaven, which
they often turn to their own injury. He
initiated the New Mexico hooking
Bird shat was used for an arm clock
and an express train. by neighihg like a
horse. He toln now he charmed dudess
and her dog once upon Il" when he
repeated tho performance be ore large
audience.
do it again, Mr.. Crawford" said she.
Your efforts please Fido SO muon."
While he had written rhyme for years, that
was the first time be actually knew of the
pr n unced success Of his doeg
g .ptain Jack is q great entertainer and
bis means of holding an audience are not
dee. as he limited. to his six-shootcr, but
to his wonderfully brilliant mind, S
rare power of picturesque illust ration, his
conn and of clear, :orosiui and vigorous
English. his reudy wit and his rapidity
Of thought. Illustrating the poe.ic apprc.
citation OF even these rough men in the
great plains OF the west he told OF the
thought suggested to him oy cowboy
observing the sun bursting thruush black
clouds. that 'the Lord is SCATTERING sun
shine aloD the bl ick Ulnu $ trail"
From this Oaptail Jack wrote poem in
sentiment worthy OF g second Barns.
1t was To-: p. m. when CApta,n Jack
finished his discourse. and all who heard
him regretted the tieetnoss of time aud
the all too sudden ending of such an en-.
tertalning lecture. Itlwas one Of the most
convincing AMI persuasive temperance
lectures ever given in Pasad ma.
CAPTAIN Crawford, the soldier poet, the
Bobby Burns IL the west, is not the scout
Of the dime novel or the dime museum.
He lie q cultured. symnathetic soldier
poet. He was with General Crook tnrourn
the s ting Blu campaign cf '76. and he
earned tue New York Herald's dispatch
from Slim Buttes to Fort Laramie, q dis.
atnce Of $50 miles, making the ride in
lass than three days and a half, through q
country neopleu with nostil Indians.
h. will lecturs 10 Lo. An eles at the
Simpson tabernacle. SATURDAY. evening,
l,ecemb Der 18th, and is now guest ut the
West nj N ator