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Show More than one way to skin-a-mule June 22, 1988 Discover Dinosaurland 13 By Nancy Bostick Ever' since I wuz a lil bitty kid, my mama alius tole me that I gotta got-ta work real hard an' be some-thin' some-thin' when I wuz growed up. Seems that I recollect her peerin' o'er the top of the crib an' sayin' stuff like: "Boy howdy, that chile has the look of a mule skinnin' lil fool. Ain't no reason why she cain't be a muleskinner when she gits big." Yup, seems like it has alius been back in the back o' my mind that I would give it a shake didn't wanna disappoint my mama I mean it ain't like she wanted me ta be the prezidcnt or nulhin! Well, life goes on...an' I kep in mind whut I wanted ta do fcr a livin' an' wuz alius pokin' 'round an' studyin. But one big drawback draw-back in this here part o' the country coun-try wuz the lack o' subjecks ta cogitate on. (Ya gotta understand that evcr'body knows a few jackasses jack-asses but they ain't necessarily the long-eared variety.) So's it wuzn't 'til I wuz married fcr 'bout the third go 'round that the chance comes along that I'd bin lookin fcr. My man, (hiz name wuz Bob...wclI hiz mama calls "im RAWBUTT, but I jist ain't never bin THAT fancy!) anyways he started talkin' 'bout gittin us a mule. G didn't tell him 'bout my lifelong ambition cuz men arc such cussed critters that iffen ya don't put up a little bit 'o fight, they won't do it no how, even if it is their own idear.) So's after a few munths of bickerin', I finally tole 'im, 'There ain't no way yore gonna git a mule! Iffen you up an' buy a mule, I'm LEAVING" LEAV-ING" Funny how ever' feller I wuz ever married up wilh'd hurry up an' do somethin' when I said that.. .any how, he went right out an' bought the orn'ricst cussed mule ya ever laid eyes on! An' talk 'bout ugly! I heared this ruckus from a mile away...(a mule's bray'll scare the daylights oulta any self respectin' horse)...an' purty soon here comes Bob an' this lil ole puny pony-sized mule. I couldn't believes my own eyes an' I stared so hard they like to fell plumb outta my haid. An' jist as Bob comes puffin' an sweatin down the lane pull in this purty reluctant mule, I kinda steps out the door. Now ya gotta kinda try an' pitcher this...this mule wuz 'bout the size of a welch pony...he wuz a dirty white culler with big ole red-rimmed brown eyes an' white eyelashes an' he wuz blowin an' brayin an' .stirrin' up a heck of a mess. (My chickens wuz never the same agin...thcy didn't lay eggs fcr 'bout a month!) An" so's I said, "Now ya done it! Iffen ya Where! How! Who! j Maps & Local History W W W W w 9 W V V V V W W W 9 W W TP W W w w w w w available at 672 West Main Vernal 789-4742 ' 9 : 1 3 r L The Latest Itnge Make your old lawn chair NEW with braided Macramo Cord New Low Price 56" for 100 yard rotl 2 VOlTi TT Dozens of exciting U Macramo Chair Glenn- New Colors viduallzcd help & pattern books available Mar Arts 1293 W. Hwy 40 Vernal 780 0653 had to go out an' buy one of them critters ya shoulda bought one with a lil size on 'im!" So he commenced to tell me what a great deal he'd made on this here mule. "Lookit here woman, I practically stole this mulc.only gave two hunncrd an' fifty dollars dol-lars fer 'im an' the ole boy threw in all the gear too!" Then lookin' real proud, Bob says, "Named Mm White Lightnin' but I'll jist call 'im Flash fcr short!" So I looked an' I had to admit that the GEAR wuz purty nicc.I figgered 'bout two hunnerd an' thirty-five dollars worth. So as near as I kin figgcr, it 'pears now that we only had ta pay $15 fer that blasted mule...(an' that wuz $16 more'n he wuz worth.) Well, we worked with that mule from sunup to sundown an' things wuz gittin a lil oulta hand. I had heard tell that mules wuz purty tuff to learn 'bout...an this here mule'd put most ever other mule in ten counties to shame. Iffen ya wanted ta ride 'im, ya better be goin' out ta gather eggs, 'cause that wuz the first place he headed for...(It ain't bad runnin' full tilt thru a chicken house 'til ya git to the roostin' poles. Iffen ya cain't git 'im turned in timc...-whack! timc...-whack! that ole polc'll hit ya right in ycr adams apple an' knock ya right off! What's even worse is when the pole ain't clean!) Things went on like this fcr a couple 'o years an' then one year, deer season rolled around. There wuz Californey hunters ever' where ya looked! The hills wuz fairly bristlin' with 'em...the mountains begin lookin' like a mini-New York City! By this time, I wuz startin' to think that mccbe bcin' a muleskinner mule-skinner wuzn't all it wuz cracked up to bc...cain't hep it iffen mama wanted me to be a muleskinner, 'cause my heart jist wuzn't in it anymore! Anyways...thesc Californey Calif-orney hunters they came drivin' by. They wuz lookin' real happy like, an' I ast 'cm how they wuz doin'. They said they wuz doin' real good...said somethin 'bout gittin a gen-u-winc albincr decr. Said they really thought he'd make a purty rug when they got 'im skinned! WcIL.ya know, I ain'l never seen too many of them albincr al-bincr deers so's I jist kinda sauntered saun-tered on over to their truck an' pecked over the tailgate. I like to have fainted! There wuz pore ole Flash...dcadcr'n a doornail. They had done kilt my best mule! The best mule in the hole world! Boy, did I set up a fuss! I started squallin' an' bcllcrin an' jist generally raisin' Cain. Through my tear-choked voice I says, "You durncd fools! You done gone an' kilt the best mule I ever did sce...why ole Flash was like a member of the family...jist like one 'o my lil kids! An' now he's deader 'n a mackcrill an' he SHORE WUZ EXPENSIVE!!! I think I'd better go in an call the fellers wi' the Wildlife Scrvicc...an' the Shcriff...an..." 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