New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-09
THEY SAW THE PEASANTRY.
How Kansas Cowboy Astonished British
Visitors to the Grant Colony.
From The Kansas City Journal.

From The Kansas City journal.
The report from a Hays City paper of the neg
lected condition of George Grants grave will re-
things about the colony of Britishers established
by Grant in Ellis County. Kan; One is still spoken
Not long after the Centennial fair at Philadelphia,
where Grant took hatfgl of prizes on the f a,s
country, he the host of big party of celebri.
these guests F were from England some We're the
possessors Of titles of nobility Accq9 Tn
York. Philadelphia and Boston one of the speak
% he re0 meet the Ie ar e P'ai
barbecued. To house them great circus tent was
And to amuse them and instruct them Grant as
sembled his many cowboys with some of their
At the time Grant had a foreman John Duncan u, AN
stocking feet, a rawboned. loose jointed. round
shouldered type of the Western American. Ordi-
sito8S; But when sufficiently ed with the great
ing Ion or the western Billiard which towis over
those who incautiously get within its way;
appear on the scene He sIouched around listening
to the who had s e to say
a o to S t m F E9e ry @ eo
drink the STRINGS of democracy grew stronger
within his bosom With each drink too he took
who looked upon the cowboys rs humans Of another
Finally the how fer dinner arrived the great eat
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
a place in the tent OF the understrappers He did
not anything, but he consumed more and more
Of the beverage which had been provided for his
The next moment formidable apparltion ap-
peared the door of the great tent It was in the
in either hand ans was was " Colts a 'e' m
Want to the peasantry. do ye?' he shouted,
he stood with legs straddled out and the two
guns wabbling around in the atmosphere in erratic
Bene
guns, while the British lords and the Eastern dudes
hega dive for ha font
the dignity of their diving. "Wah-hooh" shouted
the voice of Western barbarity in high glee as 1t
observed the sensation it was creating; Look at
this poor, humble worm of the soil!" he pleaded:
Gaze this den of wildcats and volcano all
rolled into one! Microscopes! Hear the coyote
howl! Do we eat with the aristocracy? Well,
guess yesi"
nv this time the tent empty the
weapons with which Mr.. Duncan had beer bonn
harding the atmosphere. He took out knife and
cut few Of the guy ropes, ana let one enc OF tqe
pavilion fall in ruins upon the deserted tables. In
the time the guests had taken TO the under
brush and here and there could be seen a cautious
point in the proceedings. however, Duncan was
surrounded by his cowboy contemporaries and car
ried away shouting his defiance to them duke
| let's" he called them, who had talked about
| the 'peasantry" of Western Kansas
II is needless to say that George Grant felt
Inundated by the outbreak OF his foreman How
remembered longer than anything else connected
| with the entertainment. Ten years later we'll
to friend in Hays City near which town, by the
way, he had made large investments as result or
his visit to the country. wrote as follows:
Every tins I think Of the spectacular ARRIVAL
Of that tipsy cowboy II makes me laugh 1t was
the one touch of Western humor which illuminated
the whole affair don't suppose Il had a humorous
over even some of the Englishmen could begin to
the point.