The Republican journal., 1877-07-05


one of his first observations to find good healthy
mule standing on the top of an adjoining noun
tain The same tradition informs us that the mule
Is the only animal that lived through the food
outside of the ark
The mule can be considered in a good many
WAYS though the worse place from which to con
slider HIM Is directly from behind. anywhere within
d radius of ten feet | never consider a mule from
lAat point, unless | am looking ont through the
tue Of boiler.
SEA captains and people who have to do with
mules always pay an extra rate to life insurance
companies. mule and a belt OF country where
yellow fever is indigenous generally stand the
-lulr As regards the death rate.
The word mule comes from the Greek and sig
lI:es 10 stop. and the mule himself comes to a
~r"p also. Like multiplied by like produces like
'rr,t~,huppcrS multiplied by grasShoppers produce
famine. and potato bugs multiplied by potato bugs
produce Il rise in the price OF Yeast But when
yuu try Ia multiply mules by mules they don't
IAulIply and hence the word mule You MAY
study your arithmetic. and read through all Of
Trans Lectures, but you cannot discover why this
i SO. any more than YOU can why "a woman cannot
pun ol 4 rubber without leaning up against some
tlGl@.
TAc mule has more leg than milking stool,
lud he can stand on one and wave the other three
u,nId m as many different directions. He has
,ult Three senses. hearing, seeing and smelling.
Ht has Uo more SENSE ot taste than stone jug,
.ul VIII cat anything that contains nutriment,
4ul hc don care two cents whether it be one per
cent or ninety nine. All he asks is to pass him
,,,, ms tl.tt. with ,vhatavar humans fl, h han
sr round the pantry. and he won't 90 away and
1i,,, hnv moor thn soak is He inSt cats what
..,..r i sci hef,rr him and asks no Questions
Mules are naturally deaf but that supreme wis
dom that teaches the little boy to wipe his nose
ms sleeve, has fitted the mule out with d pain
.- ear, that connteracts its deafness 50 he can
h..r as readily As n ,erson when you don't want
1n.ttn These ears answer double purpose. az
tunnels ia pour snlnd INTO his head and also As
lam, ,u brush away the flies with and keen his
h,..d rnui They ar,. hunr hv hinoes ia tba saps
# i,> head and tlnn backward and forward Ike ,
t.ir a., wei trov-sers round a bov's legs I'm cold
arl1lld.. guit,. Il tasty business is done in mnle.
rs 1'h,. aarS ara CONT of ard ,lr;ad md sold "a,
.,..,,, sinns and then tha Sfnbs ara tr;mmnJ NJ
and thu. mules ara. sent south and sold far horses
In tins WAY u great many fine horses were pur
chased for the army by the United States.
II were Ia have a large picture OF innocence
J." AaAs mp III my Pari"f' ana ana not wish 10 81
i"l ~ my Scl Si"uiu get Il correct likeness OF
muie. mere Is innocence enough depicted III
NUT : H"nhicNalce /" Ill out sunday Seho"
1liss- u l'"As 1N SuileleSS Ms an angie worth
\ mule never grows Old or dies. once brough
iAl" 'N'Slenc'' lie cohtlhues on forever. I'M
"IIElhal niuIe Is now alVe somewhere III w
sum, "lu ~ H"ino" hopelt l"oiiipS' because 1T
j. ~ 5tuup'ih. d.. ...,: .,....,.
MuIes are cheilE l"ulid III the SCUM ana " est
ln''l nave beeh more abused IMAM Judas lscarlotl
4 ""t WI" NooIu Hot tnfo" STONE at Ii mule
hr E"i chdIec would be considered by ms parent
~ 10" mean L" RAISE
me mule Is a good worker but he cannot be de
lynueH on ne ', ~ llaoIe 10 slflke! ana when
AIuie Sifikrs human ejaculation iallS 10 ma on
aA! rUle D! %hien TO reckon When lie VIII 60 t.
N"IA "-'n' u y useless 70 potna hll' lof ne VII
stand more beating than sitting room carpet
lie mas heeh known 10 stand eleven days IN on
Nl"l. "pPaItH'! InihhllS OF something ana thel
N''[l on a1all 'S ihoush hothlng mad happened
DOWN south "llell Ihey nave surplus OF SINAI
uuhty' on lle PLANTATION they send them on