The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-19

vile went down TO Columbia in favor of Ii
ccnsc, and that he vO.cd for 1t. replied tllIi
| | had voted for prohibition but was satisfied
it does not prohibit and had changed my
mind. He sail. "Why, no, il does not prohlb
| il, and everybody knows It," / will make an
AFFIDAVIT us TO the above fact; before any Of
| ..er In the county. j. j. lInMAA.
! Abbevillc, S. c., March Is, 1890.
THE FAITHFUL OK.
He ExccIIeih the Mule and Some
times His Master.
| Not the OK I'm the ditch. / mean the o!
whose owner is in the ditch, and will never
get out unless some friendly OK pulls MN ont
Not the OK in the butchers STALL He 0u@h
never TO have gone therP-at least, not unit
he had served his day and generation; ana l
the "survival OF the titteSt" had held good, iI
some eases. the OK and the owner would nave
snapped places in butchers stall. l meal,
the meek eyed OK that has been such ~ hooi
TO man ever since lire latter began to ga
bread by thc sweat nf his brow the patient
OK IN yoke, in Shafts. in plough IL not under
saddle: tic patrl;,rchnl OK "knowcth hi
owner" and never fails 10 serve him; inc On
that trC:I,.rth the grain; :" "the on that tread
eth on the corn = the OK that was Such E'c
! tor in aional prosperity. Civilization lia:
ontiived him. but 1t hns not outgrown him
Ii is none the better for having lett him IN tht
race. If we ever get hack To universal pros
perity again, the OK will be there too. bnt iol
| the present he Is an unknown factor III lnt
problem. The truth is, he Is not there at all
That's what is the matter.
70 be superseded at all Is not pleasant; bu
to be superseded by mule-a long earet
mulc-t!e symbol OF Stubh0rnness, the syn
Onym Of trcachery; TO DC Snpplanicd by
! creature that God never made. and that has
| slipped into the world since he said creation
iliza;ion and to have his place I'll led by such
mongrrl, is an Indisnity that the hooie on
ought never to have suffered. Yet not ont
word of complaint has ever escaped ms Up.
| The mule has an .impcriouS VIII, AMI IL i
always will Of its own. When YEA ""Hl
him To go, he wants 10 stay; when H"u wal
him TO stay, he wants TO 20; when yon wan
| to turn to tho right, he wants to tnrn u Iit
| left when E0T want him 10 turn Ia tiin Lei;
he sings: Keep i" :ic i:h', boys. Keep i'
| the r.h;." / you mss! on his going :asi, il'
insists IN snin: slow, and carries Ills p"iht II
spite Of you. y preacher cal led 10 me across
| tic stree! yesterday, "PIay for me, pray in'
mr!' lie was driving mule: and Inc inni'
had settled the question of speed as;tinS
him. The mule has head and heeiS oi hi'
own. lie does aS he ! leases VIII bolh.
| The on rarely shows other desire than 10 d'
his masters will. When lie does it IS only tt
rush into Il cool shade frOm the heat, or to
running brook 10 qucDch his thiTSt. AEC
| then. the only difference between nm aht
| his master l., the On runs To water, aGu thi
master runs to "Somcthins stronger: BicS"
ings on the noble OK with his per$pir ring nose
That nose will never turn red. Wonld
could say as much for his masters. Did yot
ever smell the breath of nn OK. \ bed of vic
| lcts-iS pure us tnberOscS. But comparison!
are odious. Noble OK.
| Tic mule is not II safe companlon lh'
first one ever mounted, | am sure, had nnr'
brains in his head than he bad on his back
| gave my brother every marble had to hell
me on him. had just got settled good on Ills
! back and my brother had turncl me loose
for mike" seemed half aslcep in spite of al
our digging and Scramblim" mp his sides
Then there came second warn ! ala ms
know what was happcnlng--i' was happenln!
too fast The next second found myself sit
ting flat on tho ground, directly underneath
the spot IN the air where had been sitting
and mike" was three PAGES forward, Will
one eye and one car turncd back, laughing a.
me. 1 never blamed him for laughing.
have set higher value on my marbles since
Josh BlIlings says: "I never take an,
chances. If ! am going to weep at the funcra
end" The Bible says: ~ mules mother j.
vain thing for safety" know not what !
would lave said OF the child. The booi
never said any such thing of an OK, or any
| his kinSfolk.
The OK Is seldom known to kicl-and wh"l
| he does, It Is always with one fDot-and ncve
| like thundcrbolt at that Mccll-cyed OK
How glad am to speak thy praise.
| Go TO your cOwpen and apologize to ever!
COW you've got for killing all her boys before
they had time TO make their impress uror
/ the world. Then turn to every calf, of tcndc
age, that is Of the OK persuasion, and picd2'
! him that you will give him a chance to re
deem this poverty stricken land. lie VIII d'
| his part, If he has chance.
| Listen to me, you hard run farmers. lol
pay $50 to 500 for n mue-on credit. Thcl
| you mortgage that mule and the one you lint
| left OVER from last year, to make good tht
money, and sometimes you pay interest on
| the whole amount until it Is paid. If yon ART
not In the ditch. don't know what a ditcl
Is. Yet know not II the dealer could give
you better terms. verify believe ii Is out o
his power TO help you out. iut my meek
eyed OK can pull you out without bit o
| traublc. IIcwill cost you only S20-cvcn les
| If YOU raise him. And there is no credit. NJ
| interest no mortgage. That last Is terrible
! word: Mortgagc-a death pledge.
| a mule will cost you $50 10 feed him year
an OK hardly half that amount. And ye
| there Is no work done by Il mule that coult
not be done by an oX--SOme things better.
| The stream Of gold that pOurS out Of Gcnr
gia every year for mules Is fabulous. Tit
| faithful OK would hold half OF this enormous
sum at home that is, in your pockets.
| When n mule wears out, he is worthless for
ever When an OK wears ont, he Is rs good
| as cvcr-worth rs much dead as liv!n%--if ;
butcher killed him. Noble OK Men will yc
sing thy praise Ills Fuithfu Friend in LIZ
| Grange Reporter.