The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-08-10

| ending with a full chorus by $50 mules
L didn't hear the whole thing, for when
came too, the regimental surgeon was stand
ing over me, giving me powerful restora.
tives, and heard him say that might pos
slbly get out again, though l would never
be a well man again. have been through
the New York Stock Exchange, and spent
part Of the day in boiler factory, and have
been on one or two Sunday school excur-
sions for children, but never knew what
noise was till [ heard lot of army mules
bray.
One Of the dead certaintics about mule
is that he is sure footed, especially with his
hind feet.i .Hc nevers rsnisplucos !them. ,-tIf
he advcrtises that his feet will be at a ccr--
tain time, with sample of mule shoes, to
which he would call your attention, you will
always find them there at the appointed
time. lie is as reliable as the day of judg-
ment, and he never cancels an engagement.
Every man now living who drove mule
team during the war now draws pension.
never owned a mule. came near buy
ing one once. He was fine. looking animal:
his ears stood up like the side spires on an
Episcopal church. His tail was trimmed
down so that it looked like tar brush lean
ing against him. He was stripped off like
the American flag, and Raphael's cherubs
never looked more angelic than did that
mule. He looked all innocence, though he
was, in no sense
TRYING TO TRADE.
The owner sat in the wagon, with is chin
resting on his hand and his elbow on his
knee. In the other hand he held stick
with 4 brad in the end of it, | examined
the mule and asked the man few questions,
and out of mere form inquired if the mule
was kind, or if he kicked? "Kind? Kind?"
said the man, and those were the last words
he ever uttered. He reached his stick over
the front of the wagon, and struck the brad
into that mule. 1t was awful to sec man
snutted out as quickly as he was. 1t almost
took away my breath he went so suddenly
l never saw the thread of life snap so abb
ruptly as it did on that occasion. He didn't
have time to leave message for his family.
That mule simply ducked his head, and then
a pair Of heels flew out behind; there was
crash, flying Of splinters, and that was
all, and the next moment that mule aud |
stool alone, my face covered with astonish-
ment two feet deep, and his covered with
| part of an old bride. The next day read
AN account in the tel,graphic news of Il
shower Of flesh in Kentucky. 1 was the
only man that could explain that phenom-
enon, aud | did not dare to, lest should be
implicated in the affair with the other mule.
have seen death in many forms but
don't recolect Of ever seeing funeral got
ten up with less pomp and display than on
that occasion. If had my choice, to either
work in nitroglycernc factory, or take
care Of mule, should go for the factory,
as in case of an explosion, there would be
more possibility Of my friends finding some
little mcmentoes of me, with which to
assuage their grief. A very small piece Of me
would tighten very big sorrow.
will hunt around, and if find any
other facts that belong to the mule, will
write them down, and send them to you by
express, G. 0. d.