Smyrna times., 1875-06-02

driving one of Tia" cavalry company teams
on tie Black lIills expedition. Frequently
relieved the monotony of the nlar,.h hy
mdin. alongside of hiu taking I,...,n. in
til" "rt OF mule driving, ami listening 10 h;,
curious monu!".tic>. What .lu,, .u.. NOT
know about mu!v driving i no; worth
knowing. Ills bits of In.,oiiql cvpcrirI,ra.
hI~ observations on passing events such as
III" sudden appearance OF q iacl, rabbit or
an antelope. and his ,a@,. remarks u,. mules
and their character torm,u u .trangr
. "'|'".n. ilr never became 80 ah.o,.l.nd il,
conversation th;,t he forgot to speak word
IN sea'"m To hi- muic~. Boxer. Boxer.
he would suddenly mtrrpolatc. and The
wheel muI" rejoicing in that name would
swing to the right Just in time for the
wher~ to clear dangerous holr.
That's the advantage. h, would CON.
tmu" ""t h'ym Il good pair of wllrclcrS.
and 1t Il good thing To- git your mules 50
they Il know jest What yer mean when
yer speak /" 'rn. can allrl~ calculate ol,
oId Boxer. and thi, one too" pointing to
Maggie. his saddle mulcr callers swinc~ lest
when ! speak to her. Both Of en- alters
know when to let up and wl.u To- pull.
y"u bet they do. and half Of the time
needn't tell 'cin. Fhe~,. are. two ni1}t,
good mules. The hull teams a GOOD one.
There" q lot of now drivers her. tina, md
lN" t" >''' mo @it stuck: but aiuI stuck
yet. Many Of tl.,m f.!lt.l~ have ij.llton.d
W too: lat ln dr0vm' Jest It, lul.L i,
Wh'n ! ~tmtcd. t'j,trr'~ awtjrl hard On i
march. though \ u;.n can't keep n-~
mui" I""km' i.t if il" don't h,l nalhin'
to eat. Yesterday ti.,?n u,tl,.> VA, hI.
Messed from four O'clock III the nlolnin' till
nm" ~ night; didn't h,.v no chance to
graz" Al all. Yet thyr cHI"t q man 10
keep his mules loohm jest -. few
NOR" marches like that would h.lI The inlll
lot Of 'r.n. tiwah. gwah.
"Yc>. Babe is 4 pretty fine line mule.
but not like some yc-,cn. I'y, -,a, limo
mules ycr could drive jest ~ well with
a twinr string ym woul,lu', have Ia l,ulI /
hardly an "rnc" tnlnahr ,,n hiw. There's /
heap Of diti,ryrrc ia line lnllr-. Yrr
cam make som" "t 'cn, zee. by jest ..nelin
tn" chain. 1t makes liz difference. Lo,,
Yordhiv" ',in. too was iry.n' in ,llif.r,y
~ >iNty five. mld th,.tr was /; n.ll.. then.
who was tryin' 20 drivva lnr lnuic ana /
couldn't make her go u,how. H.. a., / /
bi. heavy bit for her, like th.lu rhr, use /
for the calvary; but he cou,jl,t MAXI, h.r
20. She would KICK and rear autulIy. I
Well. took her, and threw away th@t Iii
am Put IN one Of these little uulr lit, ru,,
tine ~a'nr a. this toam hcv. and ,ny I,r
without amy trouble at al.
"N".. live mad" I.tll" uonr, J., team.
m, hut w., don't 2it }iid uuw i, uou,,d I
To. Last Year was th,. Grst tiln,. ever ,i.i,
for thirt} d"llar, month. The mos, |
ever got wa~ hut,hcd and TWENTY-FIVE !.
month, in MoNiro: ! didn't keep much Of
il, though. IN C.Iiulny then they wrr.
P"ym 4 hundred and fifty month for
t".nn>trr~. Wen, got enough to buy a
lot in N.ou> ':tv. and ! rut . littr house ON
1t. We'll. ! wanted T., make it all right. So
made il over t" the "!l woman. ad had
tine papers and everything fixed ir-t So.
never had amy children. bui 'dupt,.d
lIttl" @;,l and brought her up anI ,Lc got
married. Well. the old woman .sot ailuI
bout two years ago. and ,he died. and She
mad" all tn" property over to my ,lortcd
daughter, and made her husband bo-s Of
all the paper. Min,~trator think they
call il. Tn" hoJl.c and land was worth
three thousand dollars. bat the icIlor went
and sold it for thirteen hundred. Incycr
got a cent on it. And Joo laughed -, hc
thought Of his LadIucll. Many men wonId
have sworn.
"Unc" hrforc,' he went ON. IL got
together bout nineteen hundred dollar,
lent it to a icllcr to start ranch with.
but ! never seen amy Of it ag in. I've made
up my mind that t',no tic'Iarusc tosayc
money and think now that I'll i,l keep
enough t" bury me, and u~c mp the rest a,
| 60 long.
Like my mule-? Yes. | do: and
think my mules like me. There's = hrap
o tccti"n in Il mule. Maggie. here. will
stop "atim her com any time if yer list rub
her ears and if yer keep ON rubin She'll
lie right down lll" q kitten: She likes
prttln. allcI- take good care of nv team
think how it i, with myself Sometime,
I've been mighty hungry and mighty
thirsty and Id hrv been mighty clad if
som" one had been roun' to give me q feed.
An ! know that mules hey E.clius inst
like man. But some of those new driver.
don't care dunn whether their mules oit
watcred or not. Maggie "a GURUS cal 'bout
that. She mighty pcrtclar. Irvoudrivc
her inter water and it gets rilcd at all. sIc
won't drink bit. TIP there in the Black
Hills we mad splendid water, but She
wouldn't drink any for two DAYS Sbn
WASH sick neither Tain't sowith Roxcr.
he'll drink whenever he gifts chance.
Nice mule, amt he? He's alters lest as
yer see him now. Alters keeps along lost
so. Yer always know how to drpcnd ON