Deseret Evening News | 1901-03-09 | Page 17 | How General Grant Conquered the Mules

n nn HOW GENERAL GRANT CONQUERED THE MULES Major J A Watrous United States army arm tells In the tho Saturday Evening Post Iou several 8 roods stories of General Oen ral Grant when ho he was as a lieutenant In the Mexican war One Is II the mule story He Ill tried a n detail of ot men and ond many Inan ropes rope but the mule got ot the better tetter of or tho experiment Then this happened Returning he gave cae orders to take i tho next victim to the large lurge rook It I was WaR backed backell ax 1111 close to t the obstruction as possible without actually touching It Half Hal a II dozen men were told to 10 hold I the brute by b the head tan ellra and neck and on no account to let It advance from rom the tho rock Then a Jl man was told to clap a n harness on Quickly AS soon lIoon aj ILl the buckles began to fasten tuten tho mule became Pretty Irett soon Icon It made matIe madea a I sudden ludden lunge and succeeded In jat ting four feet teet away from Hi rock an i Ithen then the fun tun In an Its heels erne k i against the for a Q chri time It was wa n II new c C apparently a painful one fur fr the th but hind feet reet pre lifted an 1 again but very ery gently and on at lla a time while Its hood head shook and am cars carl flopped That mule was cured the problem wan solved The Th detail re returned returned turned to tp ramp amp late that evening hav having havIn ing In accomplished Its ml ion taken the kick out of or a drove of or a unmanageable mules as nor evor pork and nd hard hardtack tack tek