The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-04

PATSEY'S GOAT.
How he Buttod his Way Through Lit

How he Buttod 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 three weeks old Billy goat.
Patsey saw nothing extraordinary in the
goat at first but when, before it had been
member of his family two days, it butted
the baby down cellar, ate up the weeks
wash that was spread on the grass, and
climbed to the top of a 1fteen-foot board
pile, when Mrs. Conley came out at it with
the clothes FOUNDER. and looked calmly
down at her as it chewed the last ruffle on
night-gown, Patsey set his heart on the
kid and took it under his special protection.
He named it Beelzebub.
AS Beelzebub increased in size and age,
he made it extremely lively for the Conley
neighborhood lie was always ready for
fight, and would eat anything that he came
across, would 90 mile out Of his way to
lunch off door mat, and it would never
do to hang a carpet out. He took especial
delight in butting school children over in
the street, and eating their lunches, books
and Satches.
Finally the people got out of humor with
Beelzebub. and 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 butted the
post down, and then deliberately proceeded
10 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
opo Roplz op1uiraI nm occCnplicb
ment which for a time gave the most I'M
mltigated pleasure to his master. Labor
ers were engaged in enlargiDg a cut on a
railroad 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
and 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
it the appearance of a flattened oyster can.
The result of this so delighted Beelze bub
that he fcrsook all other pleasures and laid
in ambush about the cut, waiting for din
ner pals. Patsey became aware of his
amable 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 Beelzebub grew morose and low
spirited. One day last week Patsey and
his pet walked down to the cut. Belize
bub 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 pail. 1t was a
beauty. and had'been placed on stone, af-
fording 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 perfect frenzy of joy. He shook
his head and made several teints of bear
ing down on the pail, as if revelling awhile
in sweet expectancy. Presently Belly
waltzed back little further. lie threw
his head down, and. with a 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 a
thunder clap, and by the pieces of goat.
rock and earth that fell thickly about Pat
sey knew that Beelzebub had been deceived
and would never, never butt dinner pals
more. Be'2ey had butted can of nitro
gycerine. PHtsJurg Chronicle.