Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-08-10
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THE MULE.

The mule is the only animal that Noah
didn't take into the ark with him. |
have looked over the freight list care
fully, and could not see mule way
billed for any place So clear-headed a
man as Noah did not dare to take one
on board, as he knew he would kick a
hole through her in less than week.
/ don't know man on whose head you
could pour quicksilver and run less risk
Of its spilling off than on Noab's He
was dreadful lcvel-headed man, and
before the freshet was over everybody on
earth realized tho fact
The origin of the mule is onveloped
in good deal Of mystery. Tradition
informs us that when the food had sub
sided, and the ark had landed on Mount
Ararat, Noah was very much surprised
in one of his first observations to find ;
good healthy mule standing on the top o
an adjoining mountain The same ira
dition informs us that the mule is tho
only animal that lived through the food
outside Of the ark
The mule can be considered in gooC
many ways, through the worst place
from which to consider him is directly
from behind anywhere within radius
Of ten feet. never consider mule
from that point, unless am looking ou
through The Hue Of boiler.
Sea captains ard people who have t.
do With mules always pay an extra rat
TO life insurance companies A mul,
and a belt Of country where yellew fever
is indigenous gen rally stand the SAINT
as regards the death rate
The word mule comes from the Greek
and signifies ito stop" and the null
himself comes to stop also.
Like multiplied by like produces like
Grasshoppers multiplied by grasshopperi
produce famine. and potato bugs multi
piled by potato bugs produce rise ii
the price of yeast But when you try t.
multiply mules by mules they don
multiply, and hence tie word mule
You may study your arithmetic, ant
read through all of Trains lectures, bu
you can't discover why this is so. an,
more than you can why n woman canno
put on rubber without leaning "
against something.
The mule has one more leg than
milking stool and he can stand on one ant
ware the other three round in as man,
different directions He has only three
senses, hearing, seeing and smelling. H
has no more sense Of smell than stont
jug, and will cat anything that contains
nutriment, and he don't care two cent
whether it be one per cent. or ninety-ninc
All he asks is to pass him along his plate
with whatever happens to be handy roun(
the pantry, and he won't 20 a way and
blow how poor the steak is He JUS
eats Whatever is set before him, and asks
no questions.
Mules are naturally deaf, but thai
supreme wisdom that teaches the little
boy to wipe his nose on his sleeve, has
fitted the mule out with pair of cars
that counteracts its deafness, so he can
hear as readily as person when you
don't want him to. These cars answer
n double purpose, as tunnels to pour
sound into his head, and also as fans to
brush away the flies with and keep his
head cool. They arc hung by hinges to
the sides Of bis head, and flap backward
ard forward like pair of of wet trowers
round boys legs In cold latitudes
quite tasty business is done in mules
ears. The cars arc cut off and dried,
and sold for snow shoes, and then the
stubs are trimmed up and the mules are
sent South and sold for horses. In this
way great many fine horses were pur-
chased for the army by the United States.
If | were to have a large picture Of
innocence, to hang up in my parlor, and
] did not wish to sit for it myself, /
should get correct likeness Of a mule.
There is innocence enough depicted in a
mules countenace TO fit out a Sunday
school class. 1t looks az an angle worm.
A mule never grows cid or dies. Once
brought into existerco, he continues on
forever. The original mule is now alive
somewhere in the South, and is named
Robert Toombs, because he is 80 stubborn.
Mules are chiefly found in the South
and West. They have been more abus-
ed than Judas Iscariot A boy who
would not throw stone at a mule if he