Ballad of Josie1967

Jason Meredith:
If I had thought about it, we would have stopped to eat north of the deadline.

Josie Minick:
The what?

Jason Meredith:
The deadline. We passed it about ten minutes back. Sheep to the south, cattle to the north.

Josie Minick:
I don't know anything about a deadline.

Jason Meredith:
Well, there's nothing complicated about it. You see, the cowmen opened up this territory and then the sheepmen tried to move in. Well, we had quite a debate. We burned a lot of powder and a lot of lead and we buried a few. And then finally we drew a line across the southeast section of the state. And the sheep stay on one side and the cattle on the other.