The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-08-23
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fenAeu ever the if0iRtt iiet cAfetutifs SUI
could not see male way-billea for any
place. So elear-headed man a. Noah
did not care 10 take one on board, - be
knew be would kick hole through her
10 less Than week. dent know man
90 whose head you could pour quick.
silver aud run less rick Of It's spilling OF
ltan 90 Noah's. lie was dreadful
levttheAded man, aud before the freshct
was over every body on earth realized the
fact,
The origin Of lha inaic is enyeloped In
a good deal Of mystery, Tradition 10.
forms US Iha, when the food had sub.
sided aud The ark had landed at Mount
Ararat, Noah was very much surprised
In one OF his first observations TO find a
good healthy mule standing on the top
OF an adjoining mountain. The sstne
tradition fnforms as that the snule IL The
only animal that lived through the aDod
ontside Of tho ark.
The mule can be considered in a. good
many ways, though the worst place from
which to consider him Is directly from
behind, anywhere within a radias Of ten
feet, never consider 8 mule from that
point, unless ! am looking through the
flue of boiler.
Sea captains and people who have 10
do with mules always pay an extra rate
to life insurance companies. A mule
and belt of country in which yellow
fever is indigenous generally stand the
same us regards the death rate.
The word mule comes from the Greek /,
aud signifies "to stop" aud the mule
himself comes to stop also. Like multi
piled by like produces like. Grasshop-
pers multiplied by grasshoppers produce
famine, and potato bugs multiplied by
potato bugs produce rise in the price
of yeast. But when you tsy TO multiply
mules by mules they don't multiply, and
hence the word mule. You may study
your arithmetic and read through all OF
Trains lectures, but you cannot discover
why this is so, any more than You can
why woman cannot put on a rubber
without leaning up against something.
The mule has one more leg than a
milking stool, and he can stand on one
and wave the other three round In as
many different directions. lie has only
three senses, hearing, seeing and SMELL
ing. lie has no more sense of taste than
a stone jug, and will eat anything that
contains nutriment, and he don't care
two cents whether it be one per cent. or
ninety-nne. All he asks is to pass him
aloug his plate, with whatever happens
to be handy around the pantry, and he
won't go away and blow how poor the
steak is. He just eats whatever is set be-
fore him. and asks no questions.
Mules are naturally deaf, bnt that su-
preme wisdom that teaches the little boy
TO wipe bis nose on his sleeve has fitted
the mule out with pair of ears that
counteracts its deafness, SO he can hear
as readily as person when you don'I
want him to. These ears answer q
double purpose-as tunnels to pour sound
into his ears and also as fans to brush
away the flies with and keep his head
cool. They are hung by hinges TO the
sides of his head, and flap backward and
forward like pair of wet trousers
round boys legs. lin cold latitude'
quite tasty business Is done in mules
ears. The ars are cut off and dried, and
sold for show-shoes, and then stubs arc
trimmed up and the mules are sent soutf
aud sold for horses. In this way grea
many fine horses were purchased for tht
army of the United States.
II were to have large picture of In
nocence TO hang up in my parlol, and
did not wish to sit for II myself, ] shoult
get correct likeness of mule. There
Is innocence enough depicted 10 mule'
counteuance to fit out Snndsy.schoo
class. II looks as guileless as an angl'
worm.
A mule never grows old or dies. Onc'
brought into existence, he continues OF
forever. Tie original mule is now alivt
somewhere in The south.
Mules are chiefly found in the soutl
aud west. They have been more abused
than Judas lseariot. A boy who wOal'
not throw stone at mule IL he got
chance would be considered by his parent
as too mean to raise.
The mule is good worker, but be can
not be depended on. lie is liable TO strike
aud when mule strikes human caicula
tion fails TO find out any rule by which 4
reckon when be will go to work again
II is useless TO pound him, for be vii
stand more beating than silting-roon
carpet. lie has been known TO stand l
days In one spot, apparently thinking 0
something, and then start off again q
though nothing had happened.
Down south when they have surplu
Of small darkeys on the plantation, the
send them out into the barn.yard 10 play
where there Is loose mule. They Away
bid them goodbye when they start ouI
for they are sure the parting win be fna
This Is the most economical style G
funeral now In the market.
= To fully appreciate the mule, one shoul
listen to bis voice. You never can reall
know whether you ike mule or not ii
you have heard him sing. attended
mule concert at Fort Smelling The pro
4 gramme opened with soprano solo, an
D then swung into q duet, and then prapee
4 of into a trio, followed up by qnartett'
and ending with fall chorus by 10
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