THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MULE.

Evening Star, Issue 5589, 5 February 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MULE.

The mule ib haf hoss and haf jackass, a»d then kums tow a full stop, Natur d skovering her mistake. Tha kant hear enny quicker nor further than the hoss, yet their ears are big enuff for snow shoe*. You kan trust them with any one who3e life aint worth enny more than the mule'*. Tha are reddy for use jist as soon as they will du tu abuse. Tha aint got anny friends, and will live en huckelberry bush, with .in o:kasijnal chante at Kanada thissels. They are a modern invenshuD, as i don't think the Bible alludes to thtm at tall. Tha rever hav no disease that a good club wont heal. If tha ever die tha must kum tu life agin, for i never hetd nobody sa "ded mule." Tha are like sum men, very korrupt at barter; ive known them tu be good mules for nine months juat tu get a good cha.'Ee to kick tumbody. The only reason why tha are pasbant ia bekau'.e tha are ashamed of thenuelfs. I would not sa what i am forced tu sa sgin the muli if Li* birth wont an outrage, and man wont to blame for it. Tha are the strongest crcet.urs on earth, and heaviest, ackordiog tu thew fcise ; I herd tell ov one who fell oph from the tow path on the Eri kanawl, and sunk tu the bottom, but he kept rite oa towing the boat to the nexl sfcashuo, breathing through the ears, which stuck cu*; of the water about 2 feet 6 inches ; i didn't eee this did, but an auctioneer told me c.v it, and J never knew an auctioneer tu lie unless it was absolutely convenient.—J. Billings.