The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-20
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
tells How he Secures Mental Rest When
He Grows Weary.
Atlanta Constitution.

| Aocks, but singly and not often IN
sight Of each other. They all come
and go in the same direction and do
not stop moment nor pause to suck
the honey from flower. Well, now
have counted them by the clock as
they passed and made five in minute
through my fve-acre grove. That
makes 800 in an hour or 5000 in a
day. If, then, we count GOO to an
acre in day 100 acres would make
$4,000. Ten thousand acres would
make 5000, 600 for single day. How
many more acres do they pass over
and how many more days? Think Of
it and the books say they are going
south to winter and die. They laid
their eggs up north before they began
their long journey. From observation
I should say they average forty miles
day. It is not rapid fight, but is
unbroken. What singular creation
is this aud who can tell why and the
wherefore. Nature is full ofmysteries
and wonders.
Ny daily nail brings many inquiries
and some Of them cannot answer. A
ssConstant Female Reader" wants to
know how the moon influences the
making Of lye soap and must the pot
be. stirred backwards or forwards.
Well, l gave it up and referred the
writer to Aunt Betsy Hamilton. An
other inquiring mind wants 60 know
why mules tails are shaved and their
names clipped. I have referred him
to Uncle Remus, but I interviewed
some Of my friends and one said be-
cause it improved the looks Of the
animal and gave the mule git-up-an-
git appearance. Cobe said itwas done
SO you could tell 'em from horse,
for it was reflection on horse to be
taken for mule or for mule to be
taken for horse. An old farmer said
it was done to get rid Of currying and
cuckleburs, and thereby please the
negroes who had to plow them, but it
was mighty hard on the mule in fly
time. Ny friend, John Anderson,
says that an unsheared mule is very
unsightIy beast. Jim JEFF had one
that he raised and never would have
trimmed. When the mule was twelve
years old JEFF got tired Of her and
tried to swap her of to his neighbor,
Stegall, for horse, but they couldn't t
trade. Then he offered to sell Kit to
Stegall for $75, but he wouldn't give
it. Not very long after that JEFF
comes to town and Tennessee horse
trader got hold Of him and gave him
an old chunk of horse for his mule.
Kit was put under the shears forth
with. She was clipped and rubbed
and washed and groomed and in q few
days was transmagni6ed into very
respectable looking animal. Stegall
wanted mule about that time and
the Tennesseean sold Kit to him for
$1O0, but he didn't know it was Kit.
Next day Jim JEFF had business over
at Stegall's and Stegali took him down
to the lot to show him what fino
mule he had bought. AS soon as Kit
spied her old master she nickered and
trotted up to him and put her head
affectionately upon his shoulder just
as she used to do, and JEFF kissed her
on the nose, and said: ''Kit, why Kit,
is this you? Bless your old soul. I
oughtn't to have sold you. Stegall, l
will give you s75 for her just because
she loves me So" Mules are curious
creatures. but they fill longfelt want
and never strike for higher wages.
The mule and the negro are happy
combination aud when the negro is de-
parted the mule will go, too, | reckon.
My neighbor, Morris has very fine
mule and about six months ago this
mule tried to pick his teeth with his
hind foot and got the shoe fastened
in his mouth on broken tooth. MIR.
Morris worked an hour to unloose it,
and then called in the neighbors and
they worked with ropes and levers,
but couldn't. All of sudden, while
Morris was standing by thinking what
to do next. the tooth broke with a
report like pistol, and the mule 8
foot few back against Morris shin
bone and broke it all to pieces. He
was down in bed for three months and
goes on crutches now. Such is mule.
He has no pride of ancestry, but ne
lives long and happy.
Bill. ARP.
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