The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-28
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

An Enid man makes ii a business to XIII
hogs for people
The Hutchinson Southern is graded with
IN four miles of Medford.
Woodward county can accommodate so,
COO more cattle than it has at present.
There is still wild desire in Oklahoma to
make Dennis Flynn governor. But that VIII
quietly subside.
The Guthrie Leader got cut cotton edi-
ton for Guthrie and advertising purposes
Thursday morning.
Medford will soon have two railroads, but
up to date there hasn't been a whimper
about daily paper there.
An FL Reno man made his girl mad by
sending her some flowers. They were elder
Blossoms, and she was an old maid
The Kingisher Free Press calls on the
people of Oklahoma regardless of politics
to stand by Callahan now and give him a
fair show.
A Hennessey man wagered on the election
with his wife. and now he has to cut the
kindIing and bring in al the wood and coal
for year.
There Is now a great racket over the
promise of the Fusion candidates to cut
their salaries in half This promise was
made all over the territory. and the people
are now demanding that it be carried out.
Lots of people in Oklahoma viii never
vote again unless the nation VIII tell them
beforehand which side is going to win ma
tionally 1t isn't fair to vote for a repre-
sentative and then find that the whole ma
ton is against him.
The Woodward Bulletin published the fol-
lowing romance: Far in the interior of the
c. and A. country, where the gentle zephyrs
set the long prairie grass to rolling like the
billowy deep. the Italian skies. the blue
mountains N the distance and the dreamy
languor which prevails, makes that an ideal
hunting ground for the little god, Cupid,
and many handsome swain and winsome
lass falls victim to his unerring aim. and
the writer remembers in particular a
bronzed youth who had become enmeshed
in the golden chain of love. He was of
medium height, well proportional, and
prfded himself on his ability to ride the
widest of steeds The course of true love
that on Sabbath afternoon when the hero
of this story called on his fair Dulcinea she
was at the COW lot extracting the foamy
milk from a slab-sided bovine known as
. "Brin" The knight of the spurs dismount-
ed and engaged the maid in conversation,
which finally resulted n a bet that he could
ride that air little red steer and not half
try" The creature referred to was a .
year-old calf of old ''Brin's'' that was stand
ing demurely in a corner of the lot masti-
eating the food it had gathered during the
day. A rope was procured and the steer
caught. Then the young man with much
boasting seated himself astride the beast,
drew it's tail up over his shoulder, stuck
his spurs in the wild-eyed animals flank
and told the maid to "1et i'm 60" The
Inundated calf emitted Mortified ba-a-a.
and bounded in all directions of the COM
pass with short, quick jumps, until Sir
Knight, to his great astonishment. parted
company with the calf, turned innumerable
revolutions in the air, and finally the lower
part of his anatomy collded with the sad
earth IN such manner that will cause him
pain to recall the event at any time during
HIS dttet MT SPoA iee""e
ness sufficiently to be vaguely aware of the
fact that some one had nit him jolt with
the COW lot, he picked himself up and with
an air of dogged determination felt for his
pistol, and glanced around the enclosure for
that ar kussed kafe." He saw the KATE
bucking wildly across the lot and the cause
of all his troubles riding 1t as gracefully as
a shin on a peaceful sea. This was more
than our hero could stand. so with low
hiss he made dash for his horse ana rode
madly away into the cleaning. F1nis.