The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-11-12
BY the way.

49, III
"oh. look who's here, Mr.. Water.
melon, come right I'M"
Sometimes II 10 easier 10 deceive
girl than It is TO fool her fathers bull.
dog.
Married men have one consolation
after she buys her fall hat. IT'S a
long time until Easter.
Z q q
A New York poet refers to his
lady's lips as Loves apocalypse" I
have done considerable fitting from
flower TO flower In my time. but
never bussed woman with kisser
like that
You cannot estimate q mans income
by the kind OF automobile his wife
drives. A New York woman recently
traded her wedding ring, her equity
in their home. and two Boston-bull
pups for a choo-choo car.
900
Injustice to the Mule.
A South Carolina minister has Just
concluded a stirring series OF sermons
abusing the meek and lowly mule. My
sense Of justice and innate sympathy
for the under mule. as well as the I'M
der dog. leads me to defend our faith
full worker who fervently sings con.
tralto with such linked sweetness
long drawn out"
Somehow. I always have loved o
mule for the night there Is In him. Con.
sidering the size OF his ears. his feet
are SO fanciful and trim. his coat so
glossily sleek and his disposition so
like patience on a monument" wait
ing for something TO kick at.
And. after all. why should we blame
the mule for kicking, The city man
kicks at the janitor. the country man
kicks at the calves In the cabbage
patch. and II your ears were as long
as the mules. you would kick. too,
4 z q
The preacher should remember that
the mule will do haid days work. be
chummy and as calm as a cucumber
for a week, Just To select the psyche
logical moment for kicking the glim
out OF the hired mans hand when
that unappreciative worthy makes his
last round of the stables for the night.
At climbing mountains and passing
dangerous defiles. the mule Ia safety
itself His step is sure and his deliv.
cry certain. Beware OF the do
livery! A mule would make good
billiard player: he never misses
what he shoots at, When a mule
crooks his neck around. looks at you
out OF those great. solemn eyes Of his.
shifts his tail slightly to one side a. .
woman does her skirt when she
changes hands TO buy a newspaper.
begin TO awaken your confidence.
4 q 4
When you see the mule throw his
weight on one leg and sniass all his
strength for q string-halt movement.
toss confidence TO the winds and
dodge-that H.. II you have time. II
you haven't time II won't make any
difference an hour later. as a mule
always gets what he goes after. and
the handles on your conn won't cost
any more now that they will In the
future when you fall into q tunnel-ex.
plosion hole!
But for all that. I love the mule.
love him. not for his kicking quail.
tiles, but for himself alone. When .
mere boy I heard a mule sing for
the first timel Yes. I mean that.
II he had ever sung before he could
have done better that time. But some
how that vocal solo endeared me to
the singer. and I prefer behaving
any day to q photograph. When
become opulent and equity A am go
ing TO have q beautiful home In the
suburbs beside the ripping lake.
There will be flowers and other glad
things In the front yard. but to the
rear will be located weinerwurst
smokehouse and an army mule that
can reach upper &C" without straining
his obligato cioratis. Personally. I
don't agree with the pastor from South
| Carolina.
600
9olssorettes.
The following advertisement recently
| appeared; Being aware that n 10 indeli-
| cato 70 advertise for a husband, I refrain
from doing so, bat II any gentleman