The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-11-06
JAISE'S BET.

fact Of his being the possessor Of such
an animal, but there was something
peculiar about the mule. lie (thc
mule) could kick harder, hit harder on
the slightest ~provocation, and nc! uglier
thai any other mule Oh record.
One morning riding his mule to
market, Jake met Jim Boggs against
whom he had IN old concealed grudge.
lie knew Boggs' weakness lay in brag-
ginS Il betting; therefore he salutGd
him accordingly.
"iiow arc you, jim? Fine MORN
ing"
Hearty, squire" replied jim. "Eine
weather. Nice mule that you nre riding
on. Will he do to bet on?"
Bet our guess lie will do that, 1 tell
the country"
ted jim.
Solid truth, every word of il. Tell
you, contidentially jim, 1 am taking
INN down for betting urpoges l bet
Ie can kick n fly Off from my man
without it's hurting him."
NOW look here, SQUIRE" said Jim,
~ nm not n betting character, but I'll
Oct you something on that myself"
jim, there's no nse-don't bet. l
don't want to win your money"
Don't be alarmed, squire. I'll take
such bets rs them every time"
"Sell, II you arc determined to bet, /
Ill risk small stake-say five dollars"
All right, s~quire-you're my man.
But who'll he kick the fly off? There
il no one here but you and /. You try
it,"
"No," says johnson. al have 10 DO
by the mules head to order him."
"Oh yes" says Jim. ''Thcu prob.
ably I'm the man. Waal, III do it;
but you ARE TO bet ten against my FIVE if
1 risk it,"
"All right" qnoth tho squire. "Now
there's q fly on you shoulder. Stand
still" And johnson adjusted the
mule.
whist, Jarvcy," said he.
The mule raised his heels with such
velocity md force that Boggs rose in
The air like Il bird and alightcd OH all
fours i'll n maddy ditch, bang up aguinst
n rail fence.
Rising in a towering passion, he ex-
claimed; "Yes, that il smart! | knew
your dnrned mule couldn't do il. You
had all that put up, l wouldn't be
kicked like that for fifty dollars. You
can Just fork Ove them stakes for il,
anyway"
moi so fast, Jim. Jaryey did lust
what | said he would-that is. kick a
fly III Il man without it's hurting him.
You see the mule is not hurt by the OBJ
Grafton. However, If you IRE not satis-
fled, we will try it ngain ma often MS you
wish"
"Thc deuce take you," growled Jim,
I'D rather havo n barn full OIL HE at
once than have the %critter kick mo
again. Keep the stakes but don't say
anything about it,"
IL the course Of n long article on
Spanish proverbs the London Globe
gives, among others, the following as
indicatory of the national character
istics of the S~pnninrds:
Here is a thorough piece of national
pride: "a true hidalgo would ruthcr
have his clothes torn than mendcd;"
and here a rap at hypocrisy: "You
steal the pig, and then give away the
petltocs for Gods sake" '~'Iiorsc pIny.
clowns play, and pigs tuil will newer
nuke Il good arrow" is quaint as auv
of oir own; and Under Il bad cloak
there Is often Il good tipplcr' reminds
US Of the dayH of Ccrvantes, when
G~asconading old scnpcgraccs hung about
every wine shop. Tho following are
also very full of dry hunlor: ''JInve n
bill to pny ut Faster, and you'll find
Lent very short" Gas useless as II
monkeys fat" is mn old saying OF the
times OF Indian discovery. "Tlie tired
OK treads hard" is of Roman origin
The following is especially Spanish:
''Ills smiths dog sleeps at the noise of
the hammer, and wakes ut the grinding
OF teeth" "ln thinking Of love, YOU
begin when you like and leave of when
you cal" is IN old truth hnppily nut,
"PrOspcrity fOrBets even !nthcr md
mother, III II fact stcrnly put. Good
hoIncly Spanish scliishness can often
find u refuge in II provcrb such az "AIy
life and soul are Mt your service, but
not my pack saddle" and "Pound the
garlic, Pedro, while | grnte the cheese;
'Better bc the head Of n rat thnn tho
tail OF Il liOn;'' al don't want Il, | don't
want it, but put it i'll my hood" Horc
Is II hard provcrb, stepped in tho mo-
roscness Of experience, against borrow
ing: "lle who lends rccoYcry moi. or IL
RECEIVERS, receivers not all, or il nil, not
the same, and IL the same, u mortal en-
envy in addition" Some Of these pro-
verbs are very pictorial, us one against
rccklessncss, which runs thus: "Thc
glass dealers horses fell out, md
he looked OH to sco which kicked hard
est" Many turn OH the savings Of
ccrtnin prOycrbinl types, like 'iThIo I'M
fortunate tailor Of Campillo, who
worked for nothing and found thread"
a Canadian named Allen, while dri-
wing horses for the mounted police, had
II difficulty OH Tobacco plain with n hnlf.
breed named Finlay, during which ho
cut Finlay with u knife. The following
morning Allen WINS ninbushcd by n
chief md two Indians Of the Ilatlicnd
tribe and shot dead. The horses aud
Two other men were not rn9lcstcd.
a riors New Jersey dame has stopped
Prnying for lcr husband, because, IA
she says, 81 have prayed so long with
ont effect TINT think tho Lord has
just ~ poor an opinion Of that mnn as
| have"
GuInonD's coffin will weigh nearly
eighteen thousand pounds. Gabricl
will hnycto give II loud blast nj tho last
day II no expects Guibord to answer
ut the great rOll-cnll.-Ex.
MIR. Wylic, the noted checker player,
has just finished n trial Of llia powers ut
Rutland, W.. whore lie won 157 parncs