Show MULB FUND INMONTANA I llo s lneiy Mill ty s Ilml I Klli taoeut baosoo 1 m CtliMn of Montana are having the opportunity to contribute to a fund that strike a popular chord and to meetIng meet-Ing with a hearty rwponn from thow olleltnl tn mbuerlb The nami ianornlO would be more explanatory and at the Mime time alllteratlvely rhythmical If It h sac called the Montana Mill Money for that II I exactly what It li money for a mule The elrcum itance that Rave rIse tn Ito formation of this collection la oun11II1 on thuG following alary which unfortunately fur the good name of a lall resident ot the shale In strictly true This cltl aen had become widely and unfavorably unfavor-ably known through tho publicity given to the many act at cruelty to dumb brute and harsh treatment of member of lila family ot whlth ht had been gullly and public cratlon had In several eupcclally aggravate Instance alniont auumed the form ota ot-a call from a vigilance committee Asa As-a crowning Illustration ot thin Innate mennnrs uf hits nature ho bad con demneil a refratory mulo to be work H 1 with n bridle bit made ot barbed wire a specie ot torture It is I needle to Hate that none but Ibo most cruel would have conceived much less have carried Into execution Alter a brief enforced lubmtsslon to thIs method of punishment the mule Improved a particularly par-ticularly favorable opportunity to mete nut well merited punlihment to his human tormentor and by a welldi rected kick on tIme heal Mrcched him lifeless on thus ground beside the plow with which he had been working During the course of the day neighbors found tho body and carried It to Iho house Hero they were horrified hor-rified In foul the wife rnd mother fortunately now a widow securely chained to a ring bolted tn tho slud hog ot an attic room the key ot the padlock being found In tho pocket of tho corpse Alter releasing the woman from her Imprisonment canvassing the various acts ot Infamy that had so strongly marked tho lIfe of the dead man the assembled neighbor came to he unanimous conclusion that the mule had rendered humanity n servIce of inch proportions as to bo worthy of recognition nt the hands of a grateful grate-ful community This conviction deepened deep-ened as additional circumstance came to light all of which served to heighten the extent nt the dead man depravity and tn swell the list ot hIs evil deeds until the mule loomed uu asa as-a positive hero and public appreciation began nn the spot to bake a substantial form A subscription paptr was stirtftl then and thero headed1 For the purpose pur-pose of raising a fund for thn use sot cuteSt of the aforesaid mule so long us ho may live The hull I at onco aa sumed large proportion and now that It huns been added to fnm almoit all part of the alal has reached tho aum ot 3000 Montana cldum are now fading over each other In their eager I ness to contribute anil at the same lime testify to their appreciation of ho goo rlddince effected 1 by the timely time-ly kick of the humble mule I |