The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-20
Vcry Pronounced Mule
Jerry made his appearance in wanna

jerry made his appearance in Ivanpaugh
dlstrlct, III Arizona, early in its history.
| lie was mule. Very pronounced mule.
Joe Singleton brought HIM into the district.
ue said hc gave 800 for him in California.
He expected to get some work out of Jerry
In the mines. He didn't.
jerry was the color of a sunbeam buffalo
robe, large and angular, and knock -kneed
before and behind. Very, behind. He
had only one ear, tho other had probably
been cut OIL by some one In a tit of anger.
| 1t was, no doubt, the last mules ear that
man ever cut OIL. Jerry was mule that
would resent anything Of that kind. When
ho was going to sleep his surviving ear
would nod, aud sink lower and lower until
1t hung down over his eyes, Jerry was
dreaming then of his childhood days He
| was al old mule in meanness
Joe tried Jerry at various kinds Of work.
Tried him ut whlm for raising ore. jerry
| didn't work long until he had a misunder.
standing with Ills driver. He kicked the
| driver, and drove him Off the hill. Jerry
was 40 certain that no miner would work
IN the shaft when he was at the whim. TO
| DO 80 would he taking chances With the ore
| bucket Ele was harncsscd to water cart,
but kicked the head out of the water barrel.
ANSNl AAC WOO luuCCNl Ill u lCuul. Ills habits
were dcmoralizing to the other mules in
| the team, and he was removed from their
| society. o: Q evening he and another mulc
were tied together to keep them from wan
| dcring too far, and turned out to browse for
the night. The next morning ono Of them
| was dead. Jerry wouldn't work at any
| thing. lie just wanted to wander around
and enjoy himself.
1t got 80 he had nearly all his time to
| himself. lie roamed about the camp and
vicinity. One day lie fell into an aban
doned shaft thirty tect deep. No one tried
to get him out. 1t was thought lie might
| end his useless existence in there. lie
could be seen at the bottom nodding,
Finally. after he had been In Ave days,
Tom Kcrrigan took pity on him, Tom was
kind to animals. lie said Jerry was a
bad mule but he ought not to be allowed
to starvc. Tom rugged ropes, got help and
hoisted him out. Then he walked up to
Jerry, and patting him a(fcctionately, said;
HAD pooty rough time didn't you,
old boy7"
Tom disappeared in tho shaft, Jerry had
Strengthened out one of his hind legs. Tom
was taken out very seriously injured. He
fingered between life and death for q long
time. lie had to have one of his legs am,
putated, and finally got up with stiff arm
He is making his living as musician in
San Francisco now. A hand organ.
Jerry did not have a paint-br tail.
Ills owners had always seemed to like lust
his natural tail. They loved life.
Jerry was getting to DO prominent in
Ivanpaugh. Hc was a rising mule. His
conduct, however, was beginning to tell on
his owner. Joe Singleton had como into
camp steady young man, but he was get.
ting little reckless and disipated. Trouble
on lis mind
Joe was getting poorer and he needed his
mules assistance. He tried Jerry once
more, drawing the car in and out of the
tunnel, Jerry drew the car Out once, in a.
kicking manner. Just rs ho returned from
the mouth Of the tunnel to the face of it a
big blast went off prcmaturoly. Outside
parties went into the tunnel, pccring
anNiously through the smoke to sec if the
five men working at the face were injured.
The blast had made Oh unexpectedly large
hole i'll the floor of the tunnel. When the
smoke grew less dense, Jerry was discov-
cred standing at the bottom of this hole,
unhurt, chewing a piece of fuse. Jerry
would eat almost anything. He was par
tlai TO pieces OF bacon rind, wagon covers
and colors. He could mako II comfortable
moal OH axle grease. At one time he was
stealing barley from sack; thero were
some giant cartridges mixed III with the
barley; he picked up ono Of the cartridges;
number OF mon were watching him, ex-
pecting to see him die most horrible death:
they thought it would be fit ending of
his career. Jerry chowed and the car
fridge exploded. His tail made little
trcmuOus move-that was all. He spit
out the shell and took another cartridge.
A new man from California came into
the camp. He recognized Jerry and Joe.
He said Joe had not givon a hundred dol
lars for the mule, That Jerry was from
the San Joaquin valley, where lie had been
prominent leading mule. That there had
boon mass meetings of the citizens there to
determine how to get rid of Jerry He
wYs thinning out the farming community.
That finally the county court of Mercer
county gave Joe Singleton, who was pass
ing through the county, ten dollars to take
the mule to Arizona. Joc's hundred dol
lar story was exploded. He was joked
about It. He drank harder.
Jerry wandered further and further away
from the camp. Joo had despaired Of him.
Other mules would not associate with him.
They felt constrained in his presence. Hc
disappeared.
One day an 1vanpaugh Indian came into
camp. His band made their headquarters
on the little creek twenty miles away. He
was IN trouble. He wanted to go to Wash.
ington to see the great father lie said:
''Mle want talk great father. Mclean man
mean. Let mule go-mulc cat tent. Pa
poose he hit mule-mule he kill papooso-
kill squaws Me big ohiof---hit mule
mule hit mc--hc big chief"
1t was Jerry.
Joe Singleton died In On insane asylum.