The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

Philadelphia, where Grant took hat ful of prizes on the first herd of boiled Angus cattle, imported into this country, he was the host of a pig party of celebrities at his ranch in Ellis County A number of these guests were from England. Some were the possessors of titles of nobil- ity. Accompanying them were three we'll known Americans from New York, Philadelphia and Boston. One of the speakers of the day was T. De Witt Talmage, the great pulpiteer. To meet them the leading local citi- zens of the region were Invited. For their entertainment two of the prize boiled Angus steers were baroecued' To house them a great circus tent was erected. To cheer them champagne was provided. And to amuse them and instruct them Grant assembled his many cowboys with some Of their | herds.
 At. the time Grant had foreman, l John Duncan by name. Duncan was six feet four inches in his stocking feet. a rawboned, loose jointed, round shouldered type of the Western Amer ican. Ordinarily he was of a rather gentle and retiring disposition. But when sufficiently filled with the great American beverage he became like un- to the roaring lion or the Western blizzard which bowls over those who In cautiously get within its way.
 Duncan had been invited, or. rather, ordered to appear on the scene. He slouched around, listening to the Britishers who had considerably to say about the "peasantry." Occasionally he would drift around to the tent pre- pared for the servants" and take on few drinks of Kentucky rye. With each drink the stirSngs of Democra- cy grew stronger within his bosom With each drink, too. he took greater offense at the rather supercilious Brit ishers. who looked upon the cowboys as humans of another kind.
 Finally the hour for dinner arrived, the great party seated itself within the big tent about the tables, the prize steers were freely partaken of, and washed down with plenty of wine. and the toast list was well under way. But Duncan was not there. He found that he had been assigned to place | in the tent of the understrappers. He did not eat anything, but he consumed more and more of the beverage which had been provided for his kind. Pres ently he arose and went quietly away.
 The next moment a formidable ap- partition appeared at the door of the great tent. It was in the form of big man in a red flannel shirt. Clutched in either hand was Colts A.
 "Want to see the peasantry. do yer" he shouted, as he stood with leg strad- dled out and the two guns wabbling around in the atmosphere in cratic curves Well, watch the peasantry perform. Whoo -ooo-pee" And bang! bang! bang! went those guns, while the British lords and the Eastern dudes began to dive for the tent flaps and stood not on the diginty of their diving. "Wah- h-hooh;' shouted the voice of the Western barbarity in high glee, as it observed the sensation it. was creating. Look at this poor. humble worm of the soil" he pleaded. Gaze on this den of wildcats and volcano all rolled into one! Whoo-oo- o-pee! Hear the ocyote howl! Do we eat with the aristocracy? Well, guess yes!"
 By this time the tent was as empty as the weapons with which Mir. Dun can had been bombarding the atmos- phere He took out knife and cut few of the guy ropes, and let one end of the pavilion fall Inruins upon the deserted tables. In the meantime the guests had taken the underbrush and here and there could be seen eau tious head lifted to look upon the per formance. At this point in the pro ceedings, however Duncan was sur rounded by his cowboy comtempora- ries and carried away. shouting his defiance to them dukelets,' as he called them. who had talked about the ''peasantry' of Western Kansas.
 It is needless to say that George Grant felt humilated by the outbreak of his foreman. However, it was a sensation for his guests which they remembered longer than anything else connected with the entertainment. Ten years later we'll known retired merchant of New York city, writing to friend in Hays City (near which town, by the way, he had made large investments as a result of his visit to the country). wrote as follows: Every time I think of thA AnAs-