The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14

jim WOLF, the real estate man OF this
city. HIS fund OF good stories. some
strange and creepy. others full Of fun
and daredevil adventures. one which
shows the sort OF youngster ne was is
! related by him about as follows.
Let me tell you. that the young fellow
starting out in lie on farm these days
las no such times as We Old fellows had
when be began eiviIizing western Illinois
Il have driven OK teams and broke sod
and chased wild fowls 10 beat sin. and al
together had good time. although We
Lad hard work.
Il remember a little incident which
vas very amusing after it was ali over.
but which might have resulted ia the
death u me.
Il was working for a man BY The name
Of Jackson w.4o had a boy about ms own
age whose name was Fred The old gem
tleman was very popular and fairy well
to dc. He always had from three u I'VE
yoke OF cattle about the place and every
spring Re broke" a new yoke OF steers
This business 81 "breakingn was always
entrusted 10 Fred and T. The time ~
which ] speak. Mr.. Jackson had a couple
Of the largest two-year-old steers Z ever
saw. that he wanted trained for wagon
use he told Us boys at breakfast one
morning about the middle Of The week
that the following sunday We might take
the calves ont for a BIT o. string All
the rest ~ the week we were planning
for the trip.
SUNDAY came ard bright and early the
calves WIRE yoksd To an old Democrat
wagon and We started CUT We were 60
ing 10 drive 10 several ~ the neivhborlar
farms % show the other boys how veu
We could see steers
The rosds in that part r. Illinois a.
that tine. and for a Ions tire after were
lad. Mud, mud mud Everywhere r.ud
We made our calls al rieht and started
Ter home. The caves b. this tire were
tired and bad bur very Htsie usinc Tor
travel ard much less Tor that which con-
PEELED them to drag an ola Democrat
through The md az their heels
By hard work and constant swearing
We has made the cattle familiar with
gee sre haW and were ahis 20 keep
Pretty close 70 the road most ~ the tiHe.
we sot along fairly vel until withln q
E-le or ths Jackson homestead when
both TIE steers suiked ard lad down b.
The road we beat and poked and prod
ded AL 70 10 purpose The Steers would
not move Fred wanted % build ere
near them but / was afraid Ne might set
cut . prairie FIRE that would b. beyond
control and the plan was abandoned.
Then an idea struck me. Cove znl have
a AZ T cats are put uron them. I th0sEht
Of an Old tom cat owned by a neighbor a
half niis vest 4 where the steers acre
and asked Fred to 80 and get the cat
No steer could fool ne. I Eouia teach
Asssrs Steers that they must b. Up and
doing Z they wanted any peace.
Pred sent ever - the ne.rnhors
house and borrowed Old Tom Wben r.
came baek We tied the csr r. the end =
the goad 81 putting q String s-oand fhs
cats BODY 1gs- back ~ hls shoulders and
another inst BE- froat 90 h-s had lers.
the pole en- his back TINS tosk ihr
role vlfh Old Ton screaming ard kicksaE
and ciaEias and aPpTozshed me sfeers.
I stepped up q Ehers I ccl-I reach the
ucss q each steer vish Tie pls. 7 bed
Old Tom first - ore and tnen 30 ths
ether = the s.eers nrses Thea so-e-
thizg haprened Events were slightly
mixed for TIE uent fsw ua1tes-
Old Tom dld hls sart EsL Ee 6He
al fo1T paws into tie noses - tsars
Steers aaa ssreal=d IKE a. "a ssEtis~
TIE steers hesieEsd zerznlh1ss 81 fAes-
feet zaacxef Fred a-a Z 5oth irs0 ~
cltrh s.s gal1ped - fsr home ths masI
scsreI par - calves ln Il'iress
= Vas fas frss g. ser ~ ard zfter go