Show TAILS WERE ALL THERE wily greek butcher complied with the regular ons A funny story Is told about an army meat ineat purveyor in the ion an islands A fiorite fa device in certain stations abroad was to palm off goat flesh tor for mutton A zealous quartermaster in the ionian islands suspecting this practice on a certain occasion thought he would assuredly defeat it by order ing that all the legs of mutton sent in by the butchers should have the tails attached the greek contractor smiled knowingly but promised compliance and for the next few daa das s every joint was delivered in the manner required the quality of the meat however did not improve on the contrary it had a more flavor than ever and loud and bitter were the complaints of its consumers at last the mystery was solved one day when the in specking spec ting officer picked up s a leg 1 of mutton to weigh it the joint fell t to 0 the ground leaving the tail iri in his hand subsequent investigation showed that it had merely been sewn on with a thread |