The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-08-27
Short Grass Man in New York.

Short Grass Man in New York.
NJ. W. Sutton has Just returned from a
trip to New York, his first visit there
since 1856, when he received his dis
charge from the army service, On leav'
ing the train at Hoboken, just before
day break, Mr.. Sutton asked no questions
but followed the crowd until 1t scattered
In SO many different directions that he
found himself alone. Then he made a
stab at guiding himself through the
great city, Meeting with Indifferent sue
cess, he approached cab which WAS
standing before saloon. Upon peerlng
into the cab be sighted 4 tall silk hat nnd
a long tailed coat and naturally supposed
that their owner bad the cab hired and
bad stepped into the saloon for a bracer'
| Never the-ess lie had arrived at the
point when bis mind was fully made up
to save time by asking questions. The
lrishman, who lounged near,told him uNt
the cab was al his service, then donned
the silk hat and long tailed coat. Mr..
Sutton told the Irishman TO drive him to
the vicinity of the Central depot If he
could find 1t. "Bedad man, and lis good
four miles, and it'll cost ye a dollar"
warned the cabby. Mr.. Sutton made it
plain, finally, that even four miles was
too far to walk before breakfast, and that
he had not come to New York for the
purpose Of regulating the price of cab
fares Thesame driye would cost five times
as much in Topeka or Kansas City,,
After completing his business, Mr..
Sutton was shown about the city by a
friend. He went through streets that
looked like narrow canyons between
towering mountains of brick walls. lie
was taken TO The Waldorf Astoria hotel
where lie saw i'll the basement an electric
light plantlarge enough to llghtthe whole
seventh district and an ice plant that
would supply I4eavenwortl, Wichita aud
Ellinwood during the beer season..
They looked down into the dining room
where Mike saw more nakednesS and
diamonds than be had seen IN his whole
life before, at least more diamonds. 1t
was sight which was naturally daz.
zling for the moment to short grass
man. The tables were scattered about
among the greatpalmsand the fountains.
The women, all with busts barely not en-.
tirely bare, and the men in costly dress
suits, wearing in their shirt fronts hugh
diamonds in which sparkled the wealth
OF several of the wheat crops that we
have been digging up Out here in the
land Of toll. Mr.. Sutton was shown the
historic apartments wherein Henry
and the celebrated Ii Iung Chang had
done their stunts at snoring while in
New York. The place would not be suit
able sleeping apartments for short grass
man, because 1t would take three weeks
to look at all the pretty furnishings before
be could sleep at all, Mr.. Sutton decld-
ed to stay at The Waldorf a few days but
in hasty calculation he found that IL
would necessitate blowing about $225 for
the regulation dress suit, $1,000 for dia-
moDds, and with the other items, includ-
ing hotel rates, it would just about clean
up a 1000 acre patch of land be owns in
Ford county, The records here show no
change in ownership of the land.
One of the -Scrapers that Mr.. Sut-
ton noticed particularly was tue famous
Flat Iron building, twenty-six stories
high with 456 offices above the fourth
floor. In the building as employees, clerks,'
and members Of firms having offices
there, there are as many people as In all
Of Ford county. Ii makes short glass
man ticklsh about the ribs to make tile
ascent to the Offices even half way to The
top Of the Flat Iron building. After he
gets about eleven stories up he begins to
hold Oh 10 chairs, the walls, or anything
within reach. From the eleventh story
for tile next quarter Of a mile upward, he
can hardly resist the inclination to crouch
on all-fours. While away Mr.. Sutton
visited at bis boyhood home near ltnica,
N. Y. The old home and Its surround
lngs, Mr.. Sutton says, to Ills eyes, Is one
Of the most beautiful spots in the whole
world.
Frank Hobble who has been Foreman