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Show Chance for Bergh. of the by-ways of the Sixth Ward, be-' tweon a biped yclept man, assisted by aiberal amount of bad whisky, and a small-sized, but very obstinate mule. The man and the whisky wanted to go south, but the animal desired to go east. After a good deal of argument on the part of the man and his coadjutor, the spirit of corn, they made a start, but the mule suddenly sud-denly changed his mind and backed into a spring hole filled with black slum. The man with his cargo, slid gently into the juicy pool, and the mule sat peacefully on tho man's extremities. ex-tremities. When our reporter left the man wis addressing the mule, but his words wcro notthoso found in Sunday school books. |