And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
People seeing this sign at a service station would know that Fisk Tires were sold there. Begun as the Fisk Rubber Company in 1898 and headquartered in Chicopee, Massachusetts, Fisk was one of five tire companies that dominated the American tire industry between 1920 and 1937. Facing competition during the 1930s, Fisk was acquired by U.S. Rubber in 1940.
Ho ho. My grandfather used horses to plow when my mother was a little girl. He won prizes at county fairs for straightest furrows. And he was still shoeing horses when I was a boy. I well remember that look on some of the horses.
This being a mule, it does take a different shoe and I had a riding mule and it took a while to calm her to accept a farrier. After shoeing her a few times, she actually enjoyed being trimmed and shoed.
True, that's a Mule! That farrier looks to be a force to be recond with though. Question: Is that a Tennessee Pack Mule? I used to get a kick out of stories from Afganistan when the Russians invaded & we sent a bunch of those over there. The Afghans thought they were the best thing since sliced bread! (Whatever that was.) They did love em though.
Yes, I think it's supposed to be an ironic picture - the old blacksmith and the mule, with the skinny early automobile tire placard in the background. The mule is there for new shoes, getting 're-tired', but they both are getting to be anachronistic and in line to be retired.
It was a pun on the century old term; "get a horse" which was an oft used quip in the Model T Ford era. Fisk signs normally said Time to Re-Tire ~ Buy Fisk. This Fisk sign is a play on the 'get a horse' slang. Don't get a horse, forget the ornery old nag, Get a Fisk.
When a mule, or horse, or pony, or cat lays its ears back, you do NOT want to mess with it. THE signal that one inch closer and VERY big trouble will break loose.
People seeing this sign at a service station would know that Fisk Tires were sold there. Begun as the Fisk Rubber Company in 1898 and headquartered in Chicopee, Massachusetts, Fisk was one of five tire companies that dominated the American tire industry between 1920 and 1937. Facing competition during the 1930s, Fisk was acquired by U.S. Rubber in 1940.
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Maybe a double pun of sorts about retiring from being a Farrier and replacing that unhappy looking horse with a modern automobile?
ReplyDeleteHo ho. My grandfather used horses to plow when my mother was a little girl. He won prizes at county fairs for straightest furrows. And he was still shoeing horses when I was a boy. I well remember that look on some of the horses.
ReplyDeleteThis being a mule, it does take a different shoe and I had a riding mule and it took a while to calm her to accept a farrier. After shoeing her a few times, she actually enjoyed being trimmed and shoed.
DeleteTrue, that's a Mule! That farrier looks to be a force to be recond with though.
DeleteQuestion: Is that a Tennessee Pack Mule? I used to get a kick out of stories from Afganistan when the Russians invaded & we sent a bunch of those over there. The Afghans thought they were the best thing since sliced bread! (Whatever that was.) They did love em though.
Reckoned.
DeleteI don't think that horseshoe will fit on those tiny hooves.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think it's supposed to be an ironic picture - the old blacksmith and the mule, with the skinny early automobile tire placard in the background. The mule is there for new shoes, getting 're-tired', but they both are getting to be anachronistic and in line to be retired.
ReplyDeleteI see a stand-off between two stubborn mules, and the mule on the right is looking daggers at the farrier.
ReplyDeleteIt was a pun on the century old term; "get a horse" which was an oft used quip in the Model T Ford era. Fisk signs normally said Time to Re-Tire ~ Buy Fisk. This Fisk sign is a play on the 'get a horse' slang. Don't get a horse, forget the ornery old nag, Get a Fisk.
ReplyDeleteI often watch the Pennsylvania Amish working their fields with horses; beautiful animals.
ReplyDeleteFlat Ears = Angry
ReplyDeleteWhen a mule, or horse, or pony, or cat lays its ears back, you do NOT want to mess with it. THE signal that one inch closer and VERY big trouble will break loose.
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