Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-13
leaning with Oxen,

This primitive mode of
IS more in use here than perhaps i'm
any other locality i'm the State. They
are engaged mainly in hauling char
coal, mining timbers and general
freight, imported and exported. No
branch of industry in the vicinity
yields so largelyto the employed and
his capital as does this. Any one
habituated to the proper use of the
goad stick and the general
ment of bovines cannot do better, if he
have a few hundred dollars, than en-
bark in this lucrative business. II
requires very little general knowl-
edge or acquaintance with abstract
science to make the undertaking a
success. Perhaps it would be no dis
advantage to first become familiar
with the proper use of forcible epi-
thets; they accomplish a good deal in
the way of assisting out of tight
places, and in melting the individual
animals of the team to united action,
This is absolutely necessary in order
to realize the full power OF the mus
cular force of the horned outfit. An
other qualification which may be
considered indispensable to a really
successful persuader of dilatory oxen
Is, that he should be to all appear
ances insensible to the often demon
strated fact that brutes have neryou
systems and are susceptible to pain.
Ii he be cognizant of the circum-
stance that i'll some parts of the cOun-
try societies are in vogue for the pre-
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up OF Su~perannuated old maids and
nervous old gentleman, he should in
no wise take heed OF their precepts or
be influenced by their teachings. In
short, 1t is quite Incompatible with a
pure Christian spirit to drive bulls
unless through Il lane. Enterprising
young men afflicted with that senti-
ment Ill an irrotrievable measure
should not engage in such worldly
a~vocations; they should Join the
Young Mems Christian Association,
and then die: it is the only sure means
of avoiding sinful pollution.
The most successful class of men
occupied in managing these teams
would seem from their lingual ac-
cent to have come from Missouri, al
though persons from more inferior
parts of the earth are frequently
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are rewarded with enviable results.
Some mel arrive to such a degree of
perfection in the art as to be able to
direct the course of as many as forty
of the useful ruminantia. But this
stage cannot be hoped to be reached
without first enduring much erpieX-
lty, disappointment, and many re-
verses. Perseverance n intrepid
ty, however, will overcome these as
they will everything else in the world
that is not beyond human power
and the aspirant for high standing in
his calling will soon be enabled to
look down upon his less energetic
fellows with a conscious feeling of
his Importance. No one but
those who have experienced this self
satisfaction a begin to realize how
intensely delightful is the internal
sensation proceeding from the emo
ton. Some folks labor all their lives
to enjoy the same thing, and finally
come to their deccase respondent, be-
cause the dedication did not follow
from contact with every one. 1t is a
good thing that this sentiment is inn
planted in the breast Of man by his
Maker; it gives impetus to COMPETE
ton and rivalry, and thus elevates
the standard of perfection III all occu-
pations. 1t is not entirely wanting,
either, in the breast of woman, like
many other things that the Maker
had nothing to do with-else there
would be dearth of the spirit to excel
in dress, and to please the other and
less significant sex.
The reader who has perused the
above item down to this paragraph
has no need to incline his prObosis
upward and insinuate about its being
trash, because he will not have en-
ligh ened the aUtilOT Or anybody else
bv doing so. No permanent place in
the literature Of the world IS claimed
for it. Yesterday was not q coed day
to look for items, on account OF the
storm; and III the absence of any
thing founded on fact, we are obliged
to indite from Il sort of psychologists
standpoint.