The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-09-11


DR. X. ii. Whitaker.
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not do. ] DO not Nodch iol =
or the story "hlGh d 10 ..ndL -
concerning a mule ne uIldei ooh -
drive TO cnurch one SunaaS H''In ,
iug. lie SAID from tht tilie It p,
~ n'i ~ b,ioaw maj mule acted
80 .r., cIennea 10 b4 IN . bad
S'i.ui"t% ~ ~. man and his wife
- tha an,, ana tho word Was
81 = -, rgIad and tWi-t-
g $50, r st,bhorr re-
ti anu 9r6H1 I,,, - COS owl
Si9'"h,e' - ~.
I'm ~ "''Ht = ~ - vionro,eiv
~ 1t;n 'tha NH showed his
-., a.a,,n3 a1d
c,n,o tir,oc II looked
~ ,vara obont ~
- ~ ~ TN,
IalI' tIl'h ~ N"ni" 0a|179t n-han W.
~ ,n.t VI nad ba,a 90 ove,. f. ~
uoio"a'H - ne 10 1ona =,
renee on t'e o'her sloe 81 alle la",, :
I1HSIl % t'.N p ia,1,- deG~rrn
tn' ndlH % "HNt' 49, 20 ~ ~ -,
one ,l eidn inrnned over The bars, broke
Innoa f,n," the hnoov ana was soon
hld from view in the corn.
1 l,al n'"lT i nf w Dpfi ti, - he 1t'1
ioh .ntia -, y car a 40 ,s doriir
peen - ~ a. oi}ii1a 80 eatI no. =
- b ae tba ,n,a facnftv ~ hidina
h hu ,oaannees md ,,nI, nan navnr taI1
Nv in1tinr IN Nc fano what he l.
| ffhhinEin1 3bnnt He hooks INST as
MINIS ana eanrtimaniole When ne IA
getting mn steam to Kick the sI.atter-
board into ~splinters as when ne is eat
ing oats and being curried.
IT baa hn.p e,ia tIat tbcn ao,o apa
,ba ,,,,I. nnaarstaaI .1rh .tbo,. "a
fact ia. rha,n - . tind of atioity
times disa cree ana can7p ia Ilous 4
very lazy negro was driving q very
lazy mule along a sandy stretch Of
road on Il very hot day. Tho negro
was sitting on the front Of the cart.
ms legs hanging down 50 that his
leet were almost touching the ground.
He was %nodding, ana. from the looks
Of the mule he was nodding, too. h
hiulV t'IS MeIt hnpplIs' ana, rom
n "na 5na III l'A Si7sps 'ppe"f"ice
vaIkino in he elanr ~ " an
sioht and tn . I,nl5a,'n, on m1a.
ea 7 an & i an was
coma have harn naarinnh
The nag,o,s baaa nahlaa t,fc
co., hSE''a '"u oonoeu ms WY
hack tban i "'H''Ii II zen
ward Al ian@tb " WHY - o.
hinge for,yarI ana faI "a ~ .
rnnn If is nonnsaihio - =
a.hat - iiiid9 IL
of that ,onr1art II ,,irl,. l,,x,,. 49,.
about yellow Jackets ~ - = ~
no sooner dia the nao,o's baaa o -"
the mula,c run,n tb3n ala ~ -
hv his heels ana knocL en- norro afe
rho ont WIZ tl
tn risa ana r,h tho n"s ~
a,,ae 10 80 ""u o"t VI hiH
/ fro,1 - na.t ~ - ~
innocentlv ana pndar 90" NY
mon tree nihhlino So,aa - r.
.saen,inol, nnonnSoio,s 49, - -
unnIpaSant haa ovar annanaa INNS
nD
D"tA What make l nate a mule,
che negro Sdlu as ne SPIT the sand
ii'ii MS MOUTH oar he stands as
meek as Moses. Trying TO look just as
Plous as a SAINT, and he's as full OBJ de
ueppil as ii Sourd is O seed. | could
nm ua' iiule rte now, an IN a great
But. he didn't. He relented. and
hitching him again to the cart, peace
was restored and they went on thair
way rejoicing-or, rather, nodding as
before.
l rather like a mule for one thing.
He's got an opinion of his own. and
he generally carries his point one wav
Or another. And taking it on the
whole the mule is to be commended
he Will he will. and when he won't he
won't.
l wish our human nature had q lit
the more of the muIe mivture in IT
when. as if often hannaoe tho anan,
of sOuls tries ia load ~ drive II
when tar,ntaa to o. oaai,rt 10 al
tates of conscience ana the down trias
10 drive MS in tho ur,no airact;np va
wouId act the n,ula an5 LicI No ia
fellow ovar . tine ~ two :. ,,o,ia
no far hatta, tban n;.
ana ha ar;ron ~ " oupiii.
Of Gin ond No iaft 49,
- Oh "iib b0 iolt III L ptIlSIl. ~
y 9, 50 mo Ing IL ne Knows
~ IisnlS hdlu 70 aflNe. Il
mo ~ ~ VIZ . d Sreat many PEG
~ uS hau ie9s u me lanlp ana
i1WoIt VI u III 'nelr nlahe up
"o,'e o" Hldildse ldihpS, out they
hdu as Wen run against a giant cluh
as a lhule hlnd feet; n 50. am