Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1918 — Rather Risky Proceeding. [ARTICLE]

Rather Risky Proceeding.

The government’s efforts to cure the mule of the braying habit reminds the Liberty Tribune that the same problem was up during the Civil war. Then, says the Tribune, a Colonel Garland of the Confederate army, afterward attorney general of the United States, assorted that the mule could be made brayless by tying a brick to its tail, as it was impossible for a mule to bray unless it raised its tail and released the clutch on its vocal cord. But wouldn’t it be far less dangerous to operate on p mule than so to attach a brick?—Kansas City Times.