Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1885 — Not a Bit in His Mouth. [ARTICLE]

Not a Bit in His Mouth.

Australians have discarded the horsebit and' substituted for it a carrago, consisting of a steel band placed over the front bone of the horse’s nose, to which appliance the reins are attached. It is claimed for this substitute for the bit that it gives complete control over the horse without inflicting the least discomfort or torture. Thebe are no hod-carriers in Germany. Brinks are passed from hand tq* hand. The higher up the bricklayers are the more men are required to toss the bricks. Two men to a story is about the average, with enough more to lead from the front of the building to the place where the bricks are needed. One may sometimes see three men on the ground, eight on the front of the building, and five on the top, making sixteen men through whose hands each brick passed before reaching its place of destination.