At a performance of the Forty Thieves at Virginia city, Nevade, Ali Baba was supplied with a real live mule. The entertainment was not a success, owing to the manner in which the mule saw fit to comport himself. A critic says, “No sooner had Ali come out of the cave with his bags of wealth, and attempted to put them on the back of the beast than he began hia part of the performance. He let fly with his heels, kicked the shavings—the supposed riches—out of the bags, kicked down the cavern, kicked down the whole forest, kicked down the wings, kicked the end of the bass viol leaning against the stage, smashed the footlights, and finally doubled up Ali by planting both feet in the pit of his stomach. A rope was fastened around him, and he was dragged off by the united strength of the company.”
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 131, 14 May 1884, Page 3
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