Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-19
"GULLIVER.o
He Describes the "Burro'' and the
'Do-hy" House.
GUNNIsoN CITY, Col, Jaa 9, 1ss:

Ed. Register-
AS l said in my last that woul
give you description of the "burro,
/ will at once proceed to that topic
The burro, so called here, is a specie
o: the animal which "at homen w
would call jackass. However, he j
not a jackass, except III shape ant
stubbornness, and yet he is thought t,
be the original ass; and on the sheul
ders of the male can be plainly traced
the cross, said to be placed there by
Jesus Christ himself after his memora
BILE ride into Jerusalem on an ANNA
of that species. He-the burro-ls
thought to be distant relative of Jot
he is so patient and unmindful of the
kicks and cuffs of his master. And
Others think that he may be also as
much blood-relative of Jobs wife
he being SO stubborn at times. AS an
example of his patience, we may saw
that he will stand in the same spot for
hours at time and patiently chew at a
greasy old dish-cloth or gunny-sack-
provided they hold out long enough.
And again, he will stand and allow
his master to pile him with a whole
outfit of household articles-pile him
until nothing of him is visible ex-
cept his enormous head, more enor-
nous ears, and four dainty feet-and
then, when this is done, he will walk
OF in steady gait and patiently with
stand any attempt to hasten his pace
to trot. He is in demand mostly in
the spring, when the prospector is
abroad in search for an old last year,s
prospect, as he can climb and walk in
places that would frighten a less pa
tent animal; he can go in places that
would puzzle cat to go in safety.
But sometimes, it is said, he will make
a mlsstep, and roll down bank per-
maps five hundred feet, packed as he
is, and when by circuitous route he
IL at last reached, he is found living
patiently on his side, nibbling the dry
grass or sucking loose stones, awaiting
his master, whs has to unpack him
before he can get on his feet again.
he Is not at all dainty i'm regard to his
victuals, and is almost the ONLY animal
that can thrive on the sage brush
which covers the hills and valleys
hereabouts; and his digestive organs
seem to be composed chiefly of sand
paper and nitric acid, as cobble-stopes
TIN cans, etc., are his delight as good.
wholesome food. But the afore-meu-
tined dish cloth and gunny-sack Just
seem to send him into "the realms of
bliss" And I have never heard of
enc attacked by dyspepsia! The size
OF the ourro is generally about that of
large Newfoundland dog, and they are
usually as gentle. The small bows of
Gunnison at this time of year,-when
the prospectors are in town for the
winter, together with their burros. |
which they turn loose in the valley to
live on the rubbish to be found in tie
BACK yards OF the citizens property
anuse themselves by tying their sleds
10 the little animals and making the
patient creatures pull them over the
L hope, now-I really do-that there
is no one about Ironton who knows too
much about burros; but if they do, 1
would rather they would keep it to
themselves. But, then, any how, what
have written is not altogether nv
own experience with this patientest of
The patient. so will not be held entire
y responsible for the information here
n contained.
When l first saw an adobe (Ameri-
,snized 'do-by'D house, thought thew
we're somthing to write about. But.
somehow or other, I've got used to
hem, and see nothing extraordinary
lbout them. adobe ISIS an unburnt brick {
Tried in the sum-" A house built of
hem looks very much like what it is
"a mud house. They are the warm ,
st kind of dwelling built, am told, {
md some of them look very neat. :
The Red Lion Inn, the first building ?
rected in Gunnison, I believe, and
'ut up for stage station, is built of
DOLBY" brick. 1t is two-stories in
height, and a good sized house, too.
Times are quite lively out here-or
hould 1 say deadly? Two murders
md hanging within ten days. But
hat was christmas times" SO I guess
was excusable.
Well, have absorbed go much time
nd room that will have to defer NV
rOposed account of the Gunnison
0untry until my next. 3
CULVER. 8,