Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1913 — Lawyer’s Choice. [ARTICLE]

Lawyer’s Choice.

A judge and joking lawyer were conversing about the doctrine of transmigration of the souls of men Into animals. “Now,” said the judge, “suppose you and I were turned into a horse and an ass, which would you prefer to be?” “The ass, to be replied the lawyer. “Why?” asked the judge. "Because I have heard of an ass being a judge, but a horse, never.”