The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25
The Mule.

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billed for any place. So clear. headed a
man as Noah did not care to take one on
board, as he knew he would kick a hole
in her in less than a week ! don't
Know man on whose head you could
pour quicksilver and run less risk of its
spilling off than on Noah's. He was a
dreadful levelheaded man, and before
the freshet was over everybody on
earth realized the fact.
The origin of the mule is enveloped in
a good deal of mystery. Tradition in
forms us that when the flood had sub
sided, and the ark had landed on 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 same
tradition informs us that the mule is the
only animal that lived through the flood
outside the 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 radius of ten
feet. l never consider 4 mule from that
point, unless l am looking out through
the due of boiler.
Sea captains and people who have to
90 with mules always pay an extra
rate to life insurance companies A
mule and belt of country where yellow
lever is Indigenous generally stand the
same I1' as regards the death rate.
Inc "ord mule comes from the Greek,
ana slgnihes to stop" aud the mule
nlmsei1 comes to stop also. Like null
.lpheo by Ike produces like. Grass
noPPers multiplied by grasshoppers pro-
Huce famine, ana potato bugs multiplied
~ Polato ougs produce rise IN the
price Oh yeast. But when you try tC
inulCipiy mules by mules they don't null
Iiply' ana hence the word mule. You
may stuuy your arithmetic, and read
through all OF Trains lectures, but you
cannot discover why this is SO, any more
mat you can why women cannot put on
a ruooer without leaning up against
something.
The mule has one more leg than
milking-stool, and he can stand on one
and wave the other three round in as
many different directions. He has only
three senses; hearing, seeing and smell
ing. He 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
nlnety-nine. All he asks is to pass him
along his plate, with whatever happens
TO be handy round the pantry, and he
won't go away and blow how poor the
steak is. He just eats whatever is set
before MN, and ne asks no questions.
Muies are naturally deal, but he is
htteo out WIN pair OF ears that
counteracts his deafness, so he can hear
as readily as any person when you don't
want MIN 10. These ears answer a
uouoie purpose as tunnels to poor sound
lhIo MS head, and also fans to brush
away the flies with and keep his head
cool' iney are hung by hinges to the
sues Vi ms head ana hap backward and
forward ike apalr OF wet trousers round
boy legs IN colo latltudes quite
tasty business Is oohe IN mule ears. Inc
ears are cut Oh ana area ana sold Tor
sno"-snoes, ana lhen the stubs are
Unnamed up ana the mules are sent
south anu sold for horses. In this way
a great many flne horses were purchased
Tor the army by the United States.
II were to have large picture of
TO hang up IN my parlor, and
l. u.E NoV "lsh ~ 81: LOT it mysell,
S 9uoui0 Wv coriect llheheSs Oh a mule
~ - enou5u innocence uepicSeu IN a
lille Ioun'e4ance 10 III OUT sunday
scnooi olass' IL loohs as 9ulIeless as an
angie worm
~ mule never grows old or dies. once
Drought into existence, he continues on
forever Inc original mule Is now alive
somewhere IN the South.
Mules are chiefly found IN the South
ana west lhey nave been more
aouseo IMAM Judas lscarlot. A boy who
would not throw stone at mule II he
got chance would be considered by his
parents as too mean to raise.
The mule is agood worker, but he can
not be depended on. He is liable to
strike, and when mule strikes human
calculation fails to md out any rule by
which to reckon when he will go to
work again. 1t is useless to pound him,
for he will stand more beating than
sittlng-room carpet. lie has been
known to stand eleven days in one spot,
apparently thinking of something, and
then start Oft again as though nothing
had happened.