St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-08
MAINLY ABOUT MULES.
Troubles Experienced by an Ex-
pressman in Picking Out a Pair.

pressman in Picking Out a Pair.
animals, goats and mules, the mention
of which provoke a smile for there is
something ludicrOus about these bruteS
difficult to explanation. The goat owes
his fun-making reputation probably to
his butting propensities,' and the mule
to his long ears and disposition to let
fly from the rear whenever disturbed in
that quarter. One mule will cause
smile, two a ripple of laughter and
three huge gutfaw. There were at
least dozen mules concerned in case
which came up before Judge Kelly
Saturday. and there hasn't been so much
fun in court for years. 1t was. sup
pressed fun, for the dignity of the court
would not allow anything that bOrdered
on hilarity, but it was fun just the
same.
The case was that of Hill & Heating,
iverymen, against Michael Lynch, an
old time eXpreSsmen and a type of the
jOvial Hibernian. The circumstances,
as brought out OH the trial, were that in
1888 Lynch dropped into HilFS barn
at the Seven Corners and after sizing
up pair of fine looking mules, con-
cluded to buy them and paid S400 for
them. After working them for short
time they proved to be useless, so he
returned to Hill x Heating and told
them about it. They had nice pair of
MULES IN THE BARN
which they would exchange for the de-
crepit mules if $50 were given in addi-
ton. Michael took them at their word,
drew his check for $50, and went away
rejoicing with mules No. 2. They did
good service for awhile and then be-
came tired and would do nothing but
eat hay. Michael didn't like this, so he
went back to Mr.. Hill and informed him
that the mules were good only for rem
deriDg purposes. Mr.. Hill had no mules
in stock, but informed Lynch that he
was going to st. Louis to buy mules and
while there would get good pair for
him. This was satisfactory, and in
week or two Mr.. Hill returned with
pair of mules that looked big enough to
wear pants and strong enough to knock
down the court house with single
kick. Michael liked the mules SO well
that he turned over the JOnahS to Hill,
took the others instead, and gave the
Overjoyed liveryman his note for S25e.
Michael now had a pair of mules he
thought he could bet his life on.
But betting on males is like bucking
against a rise i'll September wheat.
Michael was fooled, badly fooled. On
the stand he testified that both mules
were ''Jennies," and that when he EN-
tered the barn to treat them to a feed of
nice clean oyster cans he suddenly
found himself up in the loft. Whether
he went there of his own accord or at
the instance of the ''JennieS" he forgot
to say. At any rate he escaped from
the barn at the peril of his life, and with
BLOOD IN HIS EYE
sought out Hill 81 Heating again and
demanded satisfaction or another pair
of mules. The firm had another pair
handy and exchanged for the ''JennieS"
this time without any additional COM
pensatiOn. This was the fourth pair,
and after Mike had worn out his
patience and a hickory club of large
caliberon their tough carcaSSeS and
could get nothing out of them his feet
turned again to the Seven corners and
another appeal was made. and another
transfer of mules was the result. Jack
and Pete were the names of the fifth
pair he took in exchange. They were
put to work on the excavation in the
rear of the county jail, but Pete, true
to his name, ''Detered" out, leaving
Jack OH Mikes hands. While Hill IL
Heating were working off mules Oh
Mike the latter forgot all about the
notes he had contracted to the amount
of something like $500 Mike argued.
that if the notes were made good he
would have paid $40 for a single mule,
and he didn't believe mules were worth
that money. The jury gave verdict
against Michael, however, for $40.