The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-14

Gke Nt.e l-LA 81 u rS1 t1r Clokt
ny tAcy ar so.zE 90 = % wla,ef aEs
iie- TAcy sii tA-is eexs % Drta De-
fore tAsy eexia is.iT lag y5a-ns..
From oSscry2tsoa ! ssssali rIy iSsy
average forty nliez q day. u 10 rot =
rapid nit n. bu, - uns-osen VIA; :
singular oSva;soa Ia TIA; an1 NO eaa
tell Why and tSe ~A--c.ore. Ss,G.~ %
full Of mysteries and -oairrs
Ny diiiy mail hr.ags rnaay inqalr~s
and some OF them I clnDo: answer. 4
Constant Female Resdcr- ~ans 20
know hCw the mooa lanueaess the
making o; i've soap an must Ule PIT
be stirred backwards og forwards.
Well. ] gave IL rp ELi referred Ae
writer 20 Aunt Betty Hsm!itoa. Aa-
other inauirlng m,ni wants 20 know
why mules tails az SHAVED and ,he.r
mares clipped. have r.f-rI~i HIN IN
rncse Remus. bu, I interviewed sone
of my frien1s ard one sail brciase n
improved the looks OF The anima and
gave the mule a git-up- ana ait appear
arce. CODE ss.d IL wAs done so yoi
could tell en- from horse. fo- d;
was a reflection on \ horse - be llkea
for a mule or for n mule 20 be taken
for hcg G An old farmer said IL ~as
GCae II get rid @. cur.yinS ami crckle-
bu-s. AMI thereby please the negroes
who hzi 10 piow them. but f wa
| mighty hard on the mule In Nv tine.
My frisai. Johl Anderson. says tina;
| an unsheared mule Is z very un shtiy
beis;. Jim Jeff hli one that he raisei
and never would have trimmed. When
the mule WAS twelve years old Jer
gct tired o: hc- AMI tried To swA? her
of 10 his neiSh6-E. Stc-ill. for a
horse. bu; they collic3; trade. Thea
ne Offered u sell Kit "a Siesall for
SIS. but re wc,IiiCEt give IL. Not very
long after thet Jeff comes to town
| ir1 Tennessee horse trader go; hold
| OF h-m sni gave hm an I'D chunk ~
| a hcCse for his mule. Xii wls put
under the shears fU-thwith. She was
| clipped ari ru5boi ani WISHED aai
| grc1med a-d In few days was trans
magnihod into a yo-y rssrJc able look-
ing animal. S:cyall wanted a mule
about that time and the Tenne-seean
sold Kit to him fer Sl00. but h ala nj
know IL was Xii. Next day Jim Jeil
hal busi-ess over at S:eg1lI's AMI Ste
gall took aim down IN the l5t 10 show
him wha, a flEc mule he had bonght
As soon : Xii sDic,i her old master Gas
nickered and trct;ei up to him ari put
her mead afToct!oEately upon his G.cul.
Ger just a she usei 10 do. and JET
kisSed iE- Cn the ncse. and siii: Xxi,
why Kit. Is this yen? Bless your old
soul. cuShtent to have soli yol
Stcgall. will give yen SIS f-r her jus
because sac .oves me So Mules arr
curious creatures. but they al a long
wages. The niue and the nty gro are
happy combination and when the ne
gro is departed the mule will go. to1
l reckon. My EeiSlboc. Morris. hss I;
very fine mule and aScut six moths
ago this mule tried to pick his tsel
with his hind fcot. al got the sAo
fastened in his mouth on a broker
tooth. Mr.. Morris worked an hour q
uniose IL, and thea called In tn
reighbors am they worked with rope
and levers. but coIl1ent All Q. a sud
den. while Morris was standing b
thinking wh:; to do next. the tool
broke with report like pistol. an
The mules foot few back sSains
Morris shinbone and broke IL all q
pieces. He was down in bel for thre
months ard soes on crutches roZ
Such Is a mule. He has no pride o
ancestry. bu: he lives long and HAPPY
Bill Arp in Attain, Constitution.