Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-07-24
TWO BURRos.
The story Told by Judge Axtcu OF His
Trials and Tribulations
bon lhe sprInger stoeaman.

My journey out Of the territory in
1878, referred to in recent issue Of
your paper was rather a tough one. 1
had promised my grandchildren that
when l came home / would bring
them two donkeys They had never
seen such an animal and were fun Of
curiosity. l felt that l mnst keep my
promise, SO / arranged with Trinidad
Alaird to get me two very small ones,
a jack and a jenny. They weighed
about AGO pounds each. A few days
before / was ready to start we sent
them forward to Trinidad, journey
of about 300 miles. A man went on
horseback with them and drove them
before him Alarid and his son Luis
came out with me on q Govt ambu-
lance and when We got to Trinidad
the burros were there. l had a per-
nit from President Strong and soon
had them in the baggage car. Alaird
went back to Santa Fe and his son
Luis went on with me to Ohio where
he was to remain in my family and go
to school. 1t is true that we had
quite little collection Of Mexican
blankets, Indian trinkets and a few
furs, which we had In bundles, / had
also regular range saddle-a Cali
fornia tree, which our harnessmaker
|ncre, Mr.. Bolander, had fitted up for
Jack in good cowboy shape the tree
was boys size. l also had aoWin-
chester, so in all / was pretty well
Weighted
The newness of the situation star
tied the burros and they braccd them
solves with stiff legs and would neither
eat, drink nor lie down all the way to
Kansas City, so l thought best to stay
there one day. Itwas after darl; when
we arrived, and when l got my pets
out onto the platform the bright
lights dazed them; they seemed to be
stupctled; they would not move an
inch. got my traps out in a eoa-
venient place and left Luis to guard
thcm while ! tried to get the burros to
a stable. pulled and / pushed l
gotta boy to get on one of them and
see if he was go; not al inch. OF
course. was in everybody's way and
everybody said: "Whydon't you get
a club ard beat 'em?p 1t would have
done no good, they were Incapable Of
movement. l took off my coat and
gave it to Luis, and got my shoulder
under their hams and boosted them
along fora fow rods, out OF the way OF
the crowd. I was completely exhaust
ed and almost in despair. A cunning
looking fellow came up and said:
"A pair of trick mules, eh?' gave a
feeble assent. "When you going to
show; to-night?' replied that I.had
not yet secured a place. A brute of
policemen said: &c ub 'em, Cod
'em" Another brute said;" What
the hi do you want of such stock
anyway" Then came along two good
Samaritans, in the garb Of two yonng
cowboys in foranythlng that was fun
or frolc. One Of them said "What's
up, Cap." ] said: Il would like to-
get my buwos to a stable down the
street here but l can't make em
bulge" Well help YOU" they said
heartily, and stepping in front Of the
burros, reached their hands behind
them and took held of the forelegs of
each and lifted them right oil the
ground, and moved forward. The
burros couldn't help bat move their
hind legs and so they walked them
along to the stable. l do not remem-
Der that ever felt more grateful for a
favor in my life. The stable was kept
by an lrishman who had heart in
him as big and as soft rs pumpkin
and my little pets were soon snugly
resting in the straw at, the backof his
barn. / went back to Luis with a
light heart and we were soon at our
hotel and in bed
The next day we were off for Chlca-
~ anu Bou dlOnB nicely. Inc cOnduc-
tor was a wag. He came to me and
asked if | would object to his hoaxing
friend up the road. / said. "Ofcourse
not; get all the Innocent fun OUT 6f
this life you can" He then sent a tel
egram to his friend; "rle governor Of
New Mexico is on the train with a
matched pair. BE at the depot to see
them" His friend was of the horse
fraternity horsey. Well his friend was
introduced to me, and asked permis-
sion.to look at my 'pmatched pair. -
The conductor hung back a little.
When che door of the baggage car was
opened and he saw how badly he was
sold he made spring for the conduc-
tor, who, however, was too quick or
him, and was not visible till the train
pulled out, when he might have been
seen on the rear platform, making
some "dings nit bis fingers TO his
pose' at his horsey friends He was,
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