The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-06

agriculturists, am told, did buy at even
less than that.
/ hate to see bows do that way to o man
who has always been regarded as first
class parent in every way.
My farm animals consist. among other
things, of a rather coarse but we'll mean
ing COW, which we bought here. She was
born ut the south, and some of the best
blood of this country flows in her veins.
ldeality is small, but her alimentiveness
and inhabitiveness are large. She has a
vivacious way with her that wins every
one, but she still retains a feeling of intense
hatred toward the people of the north.
Though had nothing to do with the war,
and did not favor it at the time, this COW
holds me responsible to degree for the
results of the war, and have never been
able to get en- rapport with her.
1t is the same with little mouse-col-
ered ass, or burro, which bought for use
on the farm and for ornamental riding
over the highly inlamed roads of North
crolina. His name is Juanita - pro-
nounced Whaneeta. Whaneeta, in the
lmguage of Patrick Henry. ''is dead sore
on the war;" and regards me as having
brought it on, whereas | did not do so, but
Il
10 evade it. / wrote TO a paper in 1860, be-
ing at that time at Winnipeg, that unless
the war was prevented in some way
would stay where l was for long time.
But Juanita gets mad about the war and
broods over it, and mourns and mourns
and mourns. Juanita is also childless.
and that makes him feel the war worse,
think, than he otherwise would.
Juanita was owned by a neighbor of
ours here named Nettles. Mr.. Nettles did
aot seem to want to part with Juanita, but
did finally, and last week when
offered to let him have the little pet he
said NO; the wound is healed over now
DO not tear it open afresh by compelling
me TO 60 all through it again. ] have
learned to live without Juanita now. Do
not jar my newly healed heart strings any
more Take him away or | will set the
oog on YOU" SO | took Juanita home
again.
When we first let the children ride on
MIN he did not seem to brood so much
over the war, but we noticed that the
children felt uneasy about something,
and pretty soon | discovered that little
souvenirs of the late war were to be found
IN great numbers all over him. So had
10 disinfect him and renovate him before
We could use him. But he regards him
sell yet as my superior, | can see that.
Though poor and neasly, with large bald
places on his person where he has rubbed
himself against an upright farm while try
ing To forget the past and get rid of the re-
suits of the war, ] can see that he regards
himself as unfortunate, but refined.
Juanita regards me as low, coarse
Yankee, whose oats are reluctantly taken
IN exchange for his refined social influence.
he does not have much fun, and ever and
anon he bursts forth into n wall that shows
how keenly he suffers. He lis the worst
sample of moth-eaten responsibility and
0niaundried hauteur that | ever saw. He
has the pride of Lucifer and the personal
habits OF Dives. He is most unfortunately
Made up OF strange contradictions and I'M
reppy warning elements which I'LL his
oisase with a wild tumult.
ohee wrote some lines to pet mule of
-, among which occur the following,
s 49, nave addressed To Juanita during
" past week. There is a vein OF melan-
49, lining through the work which
iie ol my friends at the Authors Club
SO! LeillinuS them of Dante. Tits in blank
verse. which seems tn he the only literary
E,ethou ior successfully treating the mule.
lhe "oruS ana music are as follows.
On, lovely gentle, unobtrusiye paule
Thou standest IDLY 'galnst the a-urssEy
And sweetly, sadly sineest like a bi,o5 NAV
Who taught thee thus 10 warbie VA 'N"n'
In the poont;de heat and wres,le Win
Thy deep. corroding grief ana joyIess wo.s
Who taught thy simple heart
is pentup wildly warning waste
OF wanton woe 10 carol forth upon III. su.
arg At
SECOND vKRsE)
Ichide thee not, because thy
Song Is fraught with grief-embittersd
Monotone and ioyleSs minor chords
OF Wild, imported melody. tor thou
AT restless, woe bcgirt, and
SompssSed round about with gloom,
Thou umid, trusting, orphan mule.
Few JOYS, indeed. are thine.
Shou thrice bestricken, madly,
nonrniul, melancholy mule.
no &c alone who Strews
1ny pathway with his cold remains
- give thee reCompense
~ w fostering and Injurious woe.
~ VINO hath sought 10 steer
~ nmeer, Yielding tail
Sssnlnst thy erapper hand
sNen thee loy aui he alone
ssGne, he NAV have sbot
o., ~ sne zodiac and looking
The Sss tet walls upon
fhon rs.estea vain regrets
For II lest s.es, not. Oh, orr,n.n mil.
HONS az given thee ity sno '-As'
s - about ths hn,.,;1 - and
Asld held thy tos,NssssahG heart