The sun., 1897-12-05
LONG WALK WITH A STEER.
CATTLE DRITLwa TO NEW FORK IN
TIE OLD DAYS.

tie Rusineps Half = Century hRo-DroVea -
HoEsand R1uies on HsonE JourneSsto 20 Market.
WINCHESTER, Ky, Dec. 81 led steer
from hero TO New York city in 1s46." That
vas what the portly old fellow with wealth OF
oray vhiskors and comfortable convexity OF
stomach said.
"You mean that you rode in front Of drove
Of cattle that far r. another man asked.
"No, don't either" he protested. 81 mean
iuet what say. led that steer from Clark
county KY. to New York city with rope
around his horns, and walked along in front
Of him."
Tho speaker was Henry F. Judy of this town,
AN old.tine drover, now retired and taking 10
oasy on tho emolumonts OF well.spent life
And not an old man. either, rs age goes In this
quiet and pleasant Bluo Grass town, whore the
combined ages of ten well-known citizens to bs
found prancinE around tho streets almost any
day will exceed 500 years.
"That was the first trip ever madc to New
York" continued Mr.. Judy. "and was younger
by ffty.one years than am to-day. We lefs
here In the spring with 125 head (about the size
Of the usual drovc). going first to Maysvllle ana
crossing tho Ohio River six miles above thae
point Thence we went through West Union,
Chillicothe, GAINESVILLE and on to the Ohio
River at Wheeling, where we crossed to the
south again, going through corner OF Vir'
gnia as 1t was then. and into Pennsylvania.
waynesburg Connellsville, Bedford, Stroudn-
| burg, Shippensburg, Carlisle. and Harris.
| burg came next; then on up to tho left OF
| Philadelphia, passing through settlements
| called Germantown, and from there to Now
| ark. N j., where we waited till night, and went
! the nine miles to Jersey City under cover OF
| darkness because 1t was easy to drive at night.
| At Jersey City we crossed the North River and
| drove several miles up to Tooth street, to whae
was known then as Bull Is Head, which had been
gradually moved up that far as the city grew.
| At the time my Of first appearance there IL was
sales took place, one man being able to sell two
hnarSa Ur esaS s
After 81, ny ny first trip became boss %sr and hsa S
ginner doing the leading on foot. 1t was nice
Job. though and help was was easy to get tat at $l5 81 "a
New York, seven on horseback and the drst ON
days. II usually took us from ten to fourteen
days to get home again, our route being by rail
where we took steamboat on the Ohio for Mays.
cattle in a drove and send boss and two hands
York was called a thousand miles; but We drove
II in seyenty.fve days. and ordinarily drove
o'clock lp the morning; and by . had reached a
stand where " we & would stop for the night the
ing cards. or flirting with the girls at the
5n stS1 Sa1e MAS Ess os sasy o or and n man
New York than that.
seg was Kim 1r the m
with rope around his horns. and he had great
of the tho waS o o a
open place by the road and every steer laid it.
among % them %es @ and md It ta did make
any difference how dark the night might be or
bic to get that leader away without the entire
drove following him; They treated him pretty
the sharpcst thief couitn't have s,olen him md
got him away unless he stole the whole frovei
whip over iot that lost money on. We sold
dred It cost $io for feed 3 head 10 on the trip
start was about May when the cattle lived
the green stuff, but | have started as early as
route, and oftentimes many droycs, would stop
strung, with cattle from Indiana, Iowa. Ohio,
and other States and there was never any need
drove With dogs. but have ] seen one man with with
sgs dTye ead nr on snsfP ~ enough %
change. for which a premium mo. Of 81 a thousand
pS1 when got back said
We only drove big steers weighing from 300 10
2Snhas "a hg sSt S9
home on drove of ] 25 head. Then always sold
the trip or about What the tSey so DO now in in
TIP poi of three h OF four M days by rail Sometimes
10 eses
City by night. and that country was SO swampy
Of sight in the mre il we didn't hustle him back
to bard ground in hurry
mules 70 New Orleans another long trip; we
yellow fever was playing hob with things, and
we stopped at. We went on down m the &C coast ua to
New New Orleans. where sold out. averaging 1908
bring home " with tn US. whch E we S' did. eo9nS @
6ni6 6aG6 on % steamboat team ,H. up the Mississippi and
another TRIP down " there, f Before 'a That, "
tor sqld would dc but might last nd day SUS or
two II Il ! did not drink any water But water
T@nld kili nc in no time. drank Ira a Whois VIII is
back na in9 Rs Sad Sna When bS 1 he
me to make my will and say my last words. I
ay my ,pd P@rn1r h, 9 syS Sd more aer which
Hn Of Hna he oSGE all
bns etEna o TO PSaxGhnm%h TnS TO South Carolina and
We, followed the cattle route to point near
Wheeling, gin, when wo went North by, way OF
lost ar snrs fssdSTSs druv:
while crossing the OHIO River on the ice Tho
stead of stringng out. they nuddied ail up to-
awhile il looked gone Il faEn Sits skim But tSs tSs
oe b iaf sbr the ThPs on on and got them started
roar. but Al there. The mules we took to Pitts-
were little ones to 20 into the mines or TO WORK
on the canals, and their average price was 800.
From Piitsburg we used to go out North ard
East. selling along, wherever wo could cienr
over into Jersey; and to tho South away down
in Maryland. We often traded our young muina
at Pittsbnrg for, old ones and sold the old ones
81 shipped tho first drove of hogs that evcr
went from Kentucky 10 New YORK. There wera
400 in the lot and we drove them TO Cincinnati
where We put them on the ca rs and sent ihnn,
TO Cleveland, then by lakc boat 10 Duntirh
thence TO Newburg where they were butchercd'
bought that lot at 81 gross in Kentucky Ind
sold them in No burg at W. net my nroiit on
the entire deal being exactly S2.5O. Ii was n
bad year for hogs, and besides shinnin,, Taa,,t.