The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-20
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
Tells How hc Secures Mental Rest When
He Grows w cary.
.iHunM TonsHiufiUn.

i'ochs. but singly and not often in
sight Of each other They all conc
an! 20 in the sane direction and do
not stop IGomcl.t nor pause TO suck
the honey from flower. Well, now
/ ! have counted them by the clock as
they passed anl made five in minute
through my iiyc.acrc grove. That
makes 300 in an hour or 5000 in q
F., day. IT, then, we count 600 to an
acre in day 100 acres would make
10000. Ten thousand acres would
make 5000, 900 for a single day. How
many more acres do they pass over
and how many more days? Think Of
it and the books say they arc going
south to winter and die. They laid
their eggs up north before they began
t heir lon. journey. From observation
should say they average forty miles
day. 1t is not a rapid fight, but is
unbrokcn. What a singular creation
this and who can tell why and the
wherefore. Nature is full Of mysteries
aud wonders.
My daily nail brings many inquiries
and some Of them cannot answer. \
"Constant Ecmalc Reader wants to
know how the moon influences the
making of lyc soap and must the pot
be stirred backwards or forwards.
We'll, gave it up aud referred the
writer to Aunt Betsy Hamilton. An
other inquiring mind wants to know
why mules tails are shaved and their
mancs clipped. l have referred him
to Uncle Remus, but 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 it was 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 a 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. My friend, John Anderson,
says that an unshcarcd mule is q very
unsightly 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
tradc. Then he offered to sell Kit to
Stegall for SIS, 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 few
days was transmagnified into a very
respectable locking animal. Stegsll
wanted q mule about that time and
the Tenucsscean sold nit TO him for
300, but he didn't know it was Kit.
Next day Jim JEFF had business over
at Stegall's and Stcgall 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
affcctionately upon his shoulder just
as she used to do, and JEFF kissed her
on the nose aud said: "Kit, why kit,
is this you? Bless your old soul. i
oughtn't to have sold you. Stegall, l
will give you $40 for her just because
she loves me so. Mules are curious
creatures. but they ill longfelt want
and never strike for higher wages.
The mule and the negro are happy
combination and 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. Mr..
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. tho tooth broke with
report like pistol, and the mules
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 he
lives long and happy.
Bill ARR.
Eczema CuYed by B. q. 3. Sampie