The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-05-29

inu6tache was waved to the ends. He
had long chin whiskers. He pro-
ceeded to get drunk and put on q
first class show. He finally went to
sleep and the boys cut one aide Of his
hair OFF short. shaved off half of
his whiskers and mustache, traded
horses and buggy with him and turned
him loose. He started to Meade.
Kansas, saying Boys. I never will
forget Beaver City, II was about
40 miles to Meade, that being the first
place that he could have the balance
of his hair cut and to get 3 shave. We
never heard from him, whether he
could make good as q Medicine
Man.. As he had lost his stock in
trade--his long hair.
Another time We had a painter by
the name of Jackson. He was q
quiet harmless sort of q fellow, who
was the Gbutt OF a great many Jokes.
He wss drunk nearly every day that
he could get the liquor. One time
when he was drunk the boys dropped
him up in a hide and buried him.
He work up and hollered to let him
out. They told him to lay still, he
was dead, had been dead about two
weeks. Rube Chllcott hearing him
breathe loud. went over and dug him
out tearing the sAnd might crush ih
his chest. NA@ AZ ~ vs. ~
Joe Thompson. an old frontiersman
and buffalo hunter. came In for some
Of the jokes. He wore his hair long
and had red beard that nearly
reached his waist. He would get
drank every time he came to Beaver.
Thfb time they braided q scalp lock
on the top of his head, tied feather
TO It. cot all Of the hair short. braided
his whiskers. tied them up with q
blue ribbon, cut the beard off and
hung It up over Billy Olives saloon
door like a scalp lock. Placed Joe
on q hide, tied rope to the hide the
other end to the horn Of q saddle,
when the procession marched up
Douglas Ave. They called this the
Beaver Street Railway Isaw them
pour whiskey down him. placing a
funnel In mis- mouth. They put him
ON an old cfow-bait Of ahorse. whose
back bones were almost as sharp as
a barbed wire fence. They tied his
legs under the horse. and turned It
loose. Two COW boys rode one on
each side. with long rope dragging
behind the horse. They would draw
the rope under the old horses tail
when 1t would pitch and jump like
bronc., Joe would ,holier, "Whoa,
you can throw old J6e'' This was
fun for the boys but hard on Joe.
Finally some one ran the horse and
old Joe out in the country. and let
him off. He has told me, that. he laid
down by the well and drank tho we'll
dry before morning that he Vas aw-
full sick. but 1t was nearly three years
before he took smother drink. : :.
The firpt printer that came to
man, that was fond Of booze. He was
thinking Of starting newspaper.
There were sone girls at the place
where he boarded. and he tried to
get . stand In, or make a good inn
pression on one Of them. He told
them what bad men the Cow Punch
ers we're. They would all drink and
were no good any way, 80 one or the
girls told the fellow that was keeping
company with her. and they proceeded
to get him drunk. Il was like pour
Ing water IN rat hole but by putting
Bome cigar ashes In his Whiskey, they
got him down. He had bald head.
They painted his head q. bright green |
put him on a hide and rode him
around finally leaving him lying In
he street. When the stage" left
text morning he was q passenger. He
sever wrote to tell why he never came
back. la
Another one Jim Wolf Hunter for
he c. Ranch III Texas Came to Bea-
,er, on a periodical spree. Irish Me-
39v.rn lty tnow dsseasedl threw Me
yet the hat Irish agreed to let him
lown on the wen bucket. He let .him1
l0~n gradually. fuutii he could almost
each the hat, when he let go of the
hain and dropped Jim in the water.
rhe water was cold hut not deep. SO
hey Kept pulling him up and drop
ling him until they were tired. They
in6lly drew him up when he mounted
lisi 1orss. saying. "0ood bye .Belvsr
II never see you again. believe
le kept his word as he has never
ome back. Sometimes they would
tut thigh life" or Hockey pokey'' on
horse to see him pitch. n the rider
Tas, q tender foot he generally walked
.fterward.. One day'a young man
anne in claiming that he was q Meth
dist mfnister. I believe that II was
ONE other noise that he heard when
le thought the Lord called him to
'reach. The boys gave him $500 to
'reach on top of billiard table. In
saloon. After the sermon ne
his horse. II was an old
,entie mare. that was classed as
plum" gentle Two men started an
rgnment as to its age. While they
vere examining her teeth some un-
egenerate cuss poured, hokey pokey
n her back. About the first jump
he preacher lit in the road. The old
mare came alive and continued her
urious performance until the effect
Il the high life" wore off. I sug-
'ested to him that there might have
'een q sand burr under the saddle.
Ie looked but did not find any. He
vould not get ON again. The last ]