The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-07-03

idNbT OF 1ilp Hluics ne tfutl anu
persistent manner in which the noble
animal is being ridiculed in the
newspapers il causing feeling of
sickening sadness t." creep over all
fairminded persons and they desire
to see an end put to the senseless at
tacks made upon hin The mule is
an improvement or The horse. He
is the pioneer of civilization, and
wherever the whe"Is of progress
move he is found 'H.t few feet
ahead Of them with the same resign
ed look in his quiet eyes. He has
made the cotton fields of the South
and the corn fields Of the west bios
som like unto Rosp Of Sharon. In
his service of man he has packed up
on his sturdy back across the rugged
Rockies loads Of giitering silver and
gold. He toilsin the bowels Of the
mines from year to year without ut
tering one word of complaint, or a
sigh for the green pastures above.
Without him industry would peter
slowly out, our great institutions
would decay, and chaos would come
again. 1t Is not our purpose hOWev-
er, to eulOgize the mule or sing of his
noble deeds, but to put him on hi>
merits against the poet-the Times
Democrat poet, the Picayune poet oI
any other poet and allow the world
to see how subtimely grand he soar
above them all. The rcnsive atti,
t1lde 0fthe poet rales beside the re
Prospective look Of mule like u
lightning bug before the RAYS of q
burning tar barrel. The poet cling.
to the ideal and the romantic, and tn,
mule to the real and the substantial
The poet moans about the cares U1
life and seldom rays for his board
but the mule works and sWeats and
keep. his troubles to himself. While
the poet is Squatted in the shade
writing an ode to the ripenin@ fields
the mule is OUT in the sun pulling &
pillow and making crop. The mule
is steady. sober and industrious, hut
the poet is erratir, unreliable and la
zy. This is picture showing
how the Poet looks when
brought face to face witt,
the mule, and if we are not badly
mistaken, the poet will, under til,
cold and critical gaze Of sensible prO.
pie, shrivcl into a small knot. The
time is coming when the Usefulness
of the mule will be recognized and
appreciated by mankind and when
his honest and far-rcachinC bray will
he admired, thousand per cent more
than the song Of the poet and after
all it will only be doing Justice to the
snluie. r =-ssrsls.s, D.
OF all the poets of these United
States there is only one who in looks
and department can approach the
mule. and his maine is WaWkecn Mil
Ter. During Lis IrcrntvjSit to New
Orleans n great many people said that
he reminded them very much Of a
mule, and they paid him 81 handsome
compliment. W&Nkcen's long and
tangled hair daIiyiMg with the coy
breeze, his hip-shot aud loose ,iointtd
walk, his stubborn aspect, hi disre-
gard for the constant tiupping Of his
hat brim, as he assembled along our
streets, caused him to present a fair
likeness of an aged and string-halted
mule whose career was rapidly draw
ing to a close: Though Miller RESENT
bles the mule, and the mule looks 4
good deal like Milirr,We are forced to
admit that We prefer the mule, for he
is the superior Of the poet, All hail to
the noble, misrcpreSented, much
abused mule. May he flourish and
grow as thick upon the earth asiimp-
sou weeds in an old row-pen.-EX.