Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-01-09
Fable Of the Jackassas.

as To he easiest way Of g-ttiuG tht Re
Tn" distance Was long ard the rad
wa rough, but the town was such p
l~l"asaut place to live in TN at it was
VIII worth the Journey. They finally
cpucludei to hire Il wagon big enough
to hnld ali h inds and then get some
people to pull it to !he town aforesaid
Thy offered several IL chance to
pull the wagon for the glory Of it,
"ur with n accord they said mt"
and pulled not.
Struck Win he happy thought rhey
went into the corral Of the Nevada
Press Association Apd there found a
number of active, willing i,rkasAes
who were invited to pull thu" wagon.
The animals were delighted ,,jt7 the
opportunity and when told @ t1He rich
pastures 10 ne vicinity % the city
called Publiccrib. they cavogted
with delight and hIayed With Joy.
When the wagon was all loaded up
the driver cracked his whip aud the
start was made in good shape. When
noon catne however, the animals we're
turned u to Craze ANA found the
grass very short along side OF the
road
whence feed we?" they asked Of
the Boss iriver,
" cannot stop to feeed now"
qu0th the driver, for the Opposition
is coming along and NAV overtake
u.s."
With that they rushed the asses in
to the traces again and tore along the
road. And on the third week when
they nesred the goal the opposition
was still in sight and drawn in like
manner.
"Hadn't we better feed these poor
beasts?' asked one OF the passengers
cor perchance they fall by the way
side and we get Left"
Fear We not that" said the driver.
for behold the othar fellows mules
Bit not the a for the whole trip
and we have the most animals with
us and he cheered them up again
with cracks Of the whip and promises
Of rich pastures and reward for toll!
after the city OF Publiccrin was
reached. So they pressed on, and on
the second tuesday in November,
after a hard pull they reached The city
OF Publcicrib a day in advance Of
the other outfit, who lost three Jack
asses on the way from starvation.
h animals were overjoyed when
they reached the place Of which they
had beard so much and made a break
for the inviting pastures, but found
there was a high barbed wire fence
around them which they could not
pass.
What meaneth this?" they aeked.
where Craze we after this long
i%ourney?'
Take the road back home" said
the people b were getting out Of the
wagon land Craze upon the way. 1t
will be easier with no pulling to do"
And the jackasses kicked but it avail
ed them not.
Two years after this they were ask
ed to draw another load OF passengers
over the road, and they rushed into
the traces as before and made the
journey to the same city OF Public
crib and got no feed for their work,
except what light grass they picked
up On the way. And every two years
they made the trip AID the feed along
the highway became less and less and
then the people they had pulled over
the road, passed n law that the feed
must De u shorter and the law pro-
vided that where it formerly grew two
and a half inches high for the first
Craze aud one inch for every consec-
utive Craze, that it N ust grow half an
inch less, and it grew accordingly.
SO when the iackasses went over the
rOad mex time and noted the short
ness of the glass they murmered, but
conld not kick a hole through the law.
But from force Of habit they pulled
the Party Wagon over the road and
got ii there on time, but o. expecting
any feed aekai to be able TO quench
heir thirst at the we'll OF the Central
C0mmittpe, uut The Committee With a
! ui voice proclaimed to them:
Il to thou rapacious moneters,
Know ye not the Purity Law.
Woulds't thou have US all feloae be-
fore the judgment seat?"