Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1915 — Spare the Horses. [ARTICLE]

Spare the Horses.

A cavalry sergeant had endured the stupidity of s recruit for many days. One day the "rookie" was thus greeted when he had violated the sergeant’s orders: “Don’t ever come at tie horses from behind without speakin* to them!" exclaimed the sergeant ‘"They'll be kicking that thick head o T yours; then the first thing you know there’ll be a lot of lame horses in the squadron."—lllustrated Bits.