Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-19
a Coats Fourth Of Jury

itrrsN nd 81 foscs Rs,lallssst,. 4
Inst Monroe street goat proved h.g,sslf
In 81 Louis; NJ least he made "a n az a a.
Ply o. bahtinF az any house 90 FOurth on
fltth street. There was a novelty about his
bCntit e, OF course. The bunting on tire stores
down town showed stripes IN arentlv peT-
pcncfcular with q hatch Of stars ia tbe c-.r.
Ter, while TIE goats bunting was strictly IN
nectr3 herewith were those obset yea spd
ceDly ~ the various buntees. The eoat
probably wouldn't have been 80 pstrfoiIc
but for The boys. He was nibhliDg TIE scaof
heritage beside the street on the moro,ns 81
the Fourth. when ne attracted the attention
OF group OF the worst youngsters IN the
ward, and they resolved upon tue brilliant
expedient OF tying q bunch OF crackers 10 his
4ll, Just to see what he would do. Tnev sur
rounded the goat, aud AFTER Inn mite stratsey
and mai desperate battle csptarct him.
Inen ca me NE TASK OF attaching the bunch
OF crackers ID the animals tail, and a diffi-
cult task IL proved. Goats 81 general hava
&c ,aa 70 SPEAK Of, and the Monroe street
toSa IN psrucolsr IL caudally deficient. Hts
tsli 10 out an Inch long. perfectly smooth
and with an unwavering tendency \ n,, M
n~sru sowsru tne zenith The boys tried
nall an hour 10 issten on the CRACKERS win
out success, until fnally c7e bow who bst
learned 10 tie some kind OF q saflor's kaof A.
&C mpls Int me ieat thoroughly aud satisfAc-
toily Ihen TIE crackers were tenlte and tho
boys formed hollow Qusre about TIE sosf
awaiting Developments. At the rrSt Az 81
The burning crackers the auinsl ieapci per
=
down sti6 legged. casting a. the same TINA
dreadfully inferestef look over Us s,ouider
AT It's rear. As The nzz changed into iamins
sputter II leaped higher still, aud came do~S
more sun legged than before, aud then he
gan shyiDg about sideways. The bows nre-
vious 10 fixing the crackers. hat taken the
goat into yard with high board fence
about IL, so That IL couldn't get away any.
how, bpt they still preserved their hollow
square Ia observe The phenomena of the
occasion more closely. soon the first cracker
exploded: and then followed a frightful
scene. The goat took in the situation
fully, and became baneful NemesiSi With
reyepSeful "blaa-Rb' aud n rush, he
Knocked q corner boy out OF that hollow
square, and a rod away, and then wheeled
like lightning and charged again. The hovs
started Tor thst fence In a wild sfsmpede
nut not one OF them reached a. The goat
thot about like giant Boomerang. ana
every nme ne struck boy that boy went 20
and named, and the goat resembles a comet
Win nesy tail. careering through the air
as he bounded from side TO side and smote
the hapless boys. Before the bunch OF
and all afraid 10 get up again before the rae,
Ing beast, save one boy, who was lying close
by the fence. and thought he might gel over
before the whiriwind would reach him Ia
ms1e tne attempt but wasn't quick enough
and dropped again just in time 20 let the
goat pass over him with terrible force A nd
pass through the fence like a cannon ban
carrying OF board as he went. The bows
rusnt 70 The gap thus made apd saw a bail
OF nre far down the street going nj the rate
OF a thousand miles an hour, and tsey saw
no more goat on the Fourth OF July. On Tie
next morning, however, the animal WAS
Tee ding about In its accustomed hauuts and !.
put Tor the blackene1 appearance OF its
stump or a tail AMI sinister CLEAN in It's
eye, no one would have suspected that M
aided In celebrating the ceutenntal Fourfh