The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-05-23
the HUN AND
TIE MULE.

WFo1Gs
The German population among the
Rhine. In that region occupied by
the American army, ~ sorely puz.
xlcd. The people have been unable
To solve the United States army
mule. Three points in particular yex
the Teuton mind. and these are they.
Are mules born old?
Are mules born al all?
Do mules have offspring
All the puzziement Is consequent
upon the appearance OF the army
mule az an accompaniment 10 the
Yankee hosts. Very few OF the peo-
pie had ever seen mule, and those
who had enjoyed the rare privilege
made the acquaintance OF him In the
circus Thus. II IL not TO be wonder.
ed at that the mule In numbers
should perplex the Rhineianders. And
10 this the characteristic explanation
vouchsafed by American doughbnys
eager for diversion when asked for
Information concerning the strange
beast, and the case IL complete for
the bewilderment or the populace.
In the weekly publication Of tho
Second division, the Indian. there IL
nm amusing account OF the specuia-
t6tfVtt titiutNtu III TtNUtFllUE fNf OIf-
Elm, habits, customs and usefulness
Of the army mule. The contributor
writes.
''The local faunologlsts had never
seen mules listed in the species Of
cuarruped. So memory ran back 10
the time OF the Wild Vest show in
cobienz. 'yerzenyers' ago. where
mules were seen for the flrst and
last tims--that IL. iaat until the big.
ger circus with the Y. =. A. painted
on cannons appeared.
AT hrst II was thought that mules
might be buffaloes. but this was dig.
credited. M II was taught that bufYa.
loes were extinct. Finally, an Amer.
lean fraternized to the extent OF
Ing a German that mules were not
horses. they were mules This would
nave satisfied the Germans had not
the American added incidentally tina,
mules do not have young. This Wild
story ran along the highway until
few days ago very much perplex-
ed baker OF Dendorf called Ninth
infantry doughboy 10 his window and
implored him 10 solve the metaphys-
zeal problem that was wrecking tho
mentality OF the neighborhood to-
Wit: II mules have no young. where
would they come from The Yank.
with true soidierlv instinct. replied.
y viii ask my captain" and he left.
Consumed with curiosity. the Ger
man baker tired of waiting after
TWO DAYS, and called another Ameri-
can. He said that mules had not
been seen In the Rhineland before. |
except al circus. and he wanted to |
know where they came from, "a he
understood mulea do not have young.
The American replied Ia the only
German word he knew 'HImmel'~-
mules come from fIimmei (which
WIS 4 nice tribute to America at
thaf!l
Tho rumor few back M 20 Mil.
hofen that the American claimed
That mules were heaven sent. end NO |
gntiattonR continued through the ha.
ker Tor the Observation-Disclosures sitting
~ the gasthaus demanded tn know
row the mules We're brought down +
from HEAVIER. even " II were true
that that II where they came frn."
However, the theory Of the heaven. 4
" origin of the mule received rude I
shock when the hnrehers heard the /
manner In which the drivers talk. |
I'd to them. or. rather. shouted Mt |
them. In America. where mules are |
plentiful and where the language OF /
the muleteer IL no strange tongue. a /
conversation between mule and hls I
driver lacks interest but II. Ia con.
ceiyable that one who has never had |
the doubtful pleasure of listening 10 /
the ntercummnnication should mar
vel At the yehemence of the oxclama.
tions. In this connection the writer !
In the Indian SAYS that from the ok. 1
rressious used by the drivers OF
these animals. II was evident that +.
the foursfooted transportation was
not regarded as eherbuic or seraphie :
or anything else relating to the nine
choirs OF angels. In fact, English
speaking Germans had heard the
drivers consign the beasts to tho
neither regions and had limited at a
strain In their aneestry-~hlemishin
the character of celestial being, II
such they were"
What with being baffled with tho
mule itself and further confused b.
the calculations of the American