Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
COWBOYS IN THE EAsr
6iushed at Inaugural Ball and -.
Modern knickerboeke,

stray members of the bunch Of oo
boys which cut into the ino,, Wv
parade in Washington are riding hs u'af
ward, stopping at way stations o n'' !.
road to Gods country" and .,,.' ne
their impressions to Western rene Mins
on the look out for good stuff" en- .ers
ner Humphrey of Broken ri.. nm
Mont, Long Thompson of Garry.,'
Fred Avery Of Crow Hills and SLID
Avery OF White Creek stopped to grss a
in Chicago and talked about the ina
gural ball. ''au'
Talk about dressing, We do s
dog in clothes in Broken Timber h''
we were laid out cold at the hall ;, ".
Humphrey. SAD
we gets into the ball and thu a..
thing we see was a stunning woro'
caVOrtlng across the floor with o.,
low in swell uniform. But the ~,
didn't appear to have any clotbev o s''
she looked cold and lost Long Tbor.-
son turned his head away and blushas
something he hasn't done since he Wa,
a calf on the range of life H.
whispers to US, especially to Slid.
Avery. who was staring Until his evs.
begun to bulge:
For Gods sake, fcIlers. don't ,oot,
That poor heifcr's broke loose Witbor.
knowing how she looks. Give her
chance to duck
SO we all shuts our eyes but Ave,r
he never was respectable. anyw,r
After time, when it got tiresome va
opens our eyes. and there's a hundred
or more women skating around. dressed
Liz. the iirst-nothing on but a lariat
and a saddle blanket.
I'm going to bed says Maxey for
if l ever talk in my sleep after I 20.
home, and my old woman gets on n
what sinful things I've seen here It's
all day
so we backed out. rejoicing that va
don't have to live where clothes are 50
scarce. Otherwise We had a bully
time"
Seth Bullock. leader Of the bunch. lot
go his feelings in an interview In the
New York Sun, saying:
You want to know what think OF
this town. he asked in his quiet,
chiiled-stecl way. Now. mind. know
rs well as you that there are good PEG.
rle in New York City. But, taken al.
together. you are the nest provincial
outfit that there is in the whole coun-
try You've got so much you think
you've got it all. You think that God
stopped work when ne filled the Hud-
son river with water and that all the
rest of the country out beyond just
happened so. Nothing counts unless it
is done in New York. by New York
man, except to laugh at.
Now, out in our country we know
that New York is a good town. We
know that the East IS all right. We
know that we're all tight too. We
think that the coast is pretty good
grazing. We're proud Of the whole
country. But New York is proud OF
itself and thinks that the rest of the
Country is in luck to BE- on the same
continent I'm not speaking in any
way in harshness Or bitterness. But
/ think you miss lot of the
joy Of being Americans.
And another thing. a man from
out our way can't help seeing certain
things. He can't help seeing the way
a lot of sheepfaces along in these sub
ways and street cars Of yours crowd
women and stamp on their feet to get
ahead Of them. Great God Almighty!
I came over from Washington yester-
day on the Congressional limited ana
things they called men pushed their
way by women. who were there peiore
EN-. into the dining car. and when they
were through and done with their din
ners these same critters sat there ana
smoked cigars and let the women wait
Now. YOU don't see ioings like that out
In our country. If that's the typ'ca,
eastern gentleman. then the reai
American gentlemen is to be fouhu III
the West"