| Show MEEK AND LOWLY MULE GIVEN marv MEED EV OF PRAISE in many respects the mule Is the noblest beast that has been placed under man a dominion but unjust cule for some unaccountable reason marked the longsuffering long suffering brute tor for its own and by obscuring his many virtues and playing upon his few de facts and idiosyncrasies has compelled him since the day he was discovered by anah in the wilderness to live un der the torture of a false and slander ous a report at last however be he Is being restored to his proper position in the social and economic world in truth the mule it he happens to be a missouri product Is a valuable beautiful and lovely beast for gen eral all around purposes in compall son with the horse mules are super for they are easy and cheap to raise easy to sell and hard to blemish they go to the market early and bring big ger profits for the time work and money expended in growing than any other stock time and hard work have less effect upon them than upon iny any other kind of flesh elsh disease rare ly touches them adversity and hard 1 knocks make them stronger and tougher A mule does not wither or weaken with age the process ot of years sim ply turns his coltish friskiness to con tive sedateness his silvery voice to a raucous roar and his ob heels to the paths ot of peace his habits as they are better understood are less feared and more appreciated he is tractable gentle sympathetic and very intelligent j when well treated he loves his mas ter as sancho the companion of don quixote and many old negroes in the south have proved y he eats little and requires no shel 1 ter and tolls to the bitter end with 1 out complaint or fatigue he ile quickly understands the whims of his driver I 1 and will go and can be guided with out whip or rein he ile Is a dynamo in hide an engine on hoof a perfect ma i chine in flesh and blood which rarely i gets out of order or temper kansas city journal A |
