Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1916 — Mule's Pleasant Habit. [ARTICLE]

Mule's Pleasant Habit.

The habits of the mule are discussed in the decision of Justice Clay of Kentucky in Consolidated Coal company vs. Pratt, in which the court said: “The kicking propensity of the mule is a matter of common knowledge and has been the subject of comment from the earliest time. It is almost as universally recognized as the fact that a duck will swim or a cat will scratch. However, a duck cannot indulge his propensity without water, and ordinarily a cat will not scratch unless irritated or attacked. But the mule requires no particular setting for the exercise of his high prerogative. He is liable to kick at any time, and no one can plead ignorance of this tendency.”