The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11
PATSEY,S GOAT.
How he Butted his Way Through Life.

How he Butted his Way Through Life.
When Mr.. Terence McFadden died his
widow made rattle of her household
goods. Out of all The collection Patsey
Conley drew a three weeks old Billy goat
Patsey saw nothing extraordinary in the
| goat at first but when, before it had been
II member OF his family two days, it butted
the baby down cellar, ate up the week s
wash that was spread on the grass, and
climbed to the top of fiftecn-toot board
| pile, when Mrs. Conley came out at it wrh
the clothes FOUNDER and looked g. lnly
down at her as it Chewed the last rullle on n
night-gown, Patsey set his heart on the
kid and took it under his sp, cial protection
| lie named it Beelzebub
AS Beelzebub Increased in size and age,
he made it extremely lively for the COniey
neighborhood. He was always ready for a
| fight, and would eat anything that lie came
across, would go mile out of his way to
lunch oil door mat, and 1t would never
DO to hang carpet out. He took especial
delight in butting school children over in
the street, and eating their lunch,s, books
and satches.
Finally the people got out of humor with
Beelzebub,ani they told Patsey he had bet
ter keep him in. So he tied long rope to
one Of the goats legs and tasted him to
post. But Beelzebub quietly buited the
post down, and then deliberately preceded
to take in the rope. He swallowed it all
up TO his leg and was beginning on that
when Patsey discovered him, and cut the
rope.
On another of his holidays, few weeks
ago, Beezebub acquired an accomplish
NNh iaI. f,Nr tt,.n l,n
mtigated pleasure to his muster. Labor.
ers were engaged in enarging cut on
railroad a mile down the track The goat,
hearing the noise of the blasts, went to see
If there was any thing in the job for him.
Some of the men lived long distance
away and carried their dinners with them
The bright tin lunch pals standing here
aud there along the track struck the eye OF
Belly. He had smelt of one, pranced
about it awhile, and at last with one grand
butt, sent it flying down the track, scatter
ing its contents along the route and giving
| 1t the appearance of a fiattened oyster can.
| The result of this 50 delighted Beelzebub
that he fcrsook all other pleasures and laid
IN ambush about the cut, waiting for din
Frer pals. Patsey became aware Of his
amiable pets new diversion, and daily bore
| him company to the spot to enjoy the fun.
| BY and by the men took to hiding their
pals and Beelzehub grew morose and low
| spirited. One day last week Patsey and
his pet walked down to the cut. Belize
| hub seemed more than usually sad. He
hadn't seen dinner pail in some days.
Suddenly, as they neared the cut, Belly
became strangely elated Ahead of them,
near the track, stood a pail. 1t was a
beauty. and had been placed on a stone. af-
fordng splendid mark for the goat. Pat
sey rolled on the ground, he felt so good
Belly fairly gloated over the prospect. He
stopped within few PAGES of the pail. He
reared up on his hind legs and pranced
about in Il perfect frenzy of joy. He shook
his head and made several feints of bear
ing down on the pail, as if revealing awhile
in sweet expectancy. Presently Belly
waltzed back little further. He threw
his head down, and, with bl-a-at that ex-
pressed all the unadulterated cussedness of
his nature, went for that pail as it had been
shot out of cannon. He struck it like a
battering ram. There was sound Ms of n
thunder clap, and by the pieces of goat,
rock and earth that fell thicky about, Pat
sey knew that Beelzebub had been deceived
and would never, never butt dinner pals
more. Belzey had butted can of nitro
glycerine. PttsJury Chronicle.