, 1876-08-04
William Goats Fourth Of July.

That Monroe street goat uyc4ilumsclf on the
Fourth to b. ~ patriotic " anybody IL " Louis,
about hts hunting, OF course. Tho bunting OH
the stores down town BlItIweu atrTpes frvGcptly
perpendicular, witla batch OF atIrs III the cosfus,
While tue ,yoat'a bunting WIS strictly in i
horizontal lino, an.l t!s only stars co,nepted
thcrewlth wero those observed suddenly by the
various hunters.
Tho goat probably wouldn't hayo been 70 pa-
trl0tte but fur thB boys. ltu was nbhing the
scant herbnge tusllc the struct on tllc nlorning
ot thu Fourth, When ho attracted THO attention
Of u group Of tho worst youngsters III tho ward.
nnd they resolved upon the brilliant exiIedlcnt
Of tylls: bunch ot eravkgrs tu Ids tait, Just u
sec what hc would du. Thcy surrounded the
goat niul, aitcr Intlnito strategy md liual deg
peratc bnttlc, captured HIN. Then c1a.Aa the
task u attaching tho bun.lo at crackers to tho
aulmal's tail, anil . dlIllrnit tasii 1t proved.
uoats IN genoral taye NJ tall to sisak Ut, and
the MonrnG street goat ii particular Is gAulnl-
ly deficient. Ills tnit Is only all lnsh long, per-
fretly Buluuttl, a with I'LL ullwaycrlng tclltlUlcy
to voiut toward this zentE. The buys tried for
half ul hour 70 faston un tho crackers without
hleecss, until litAlty uno bby, wllu had learned
to tie Bdn.u kind ot salIors knot, accomplished
The frat thoroughly anll satisfactorily. Then
the crackers wcru ignite aud the boys formed
holluw sqraro ahout thcgoat awaiting layplul,-
mepts,
At tho first 1zz al tho burning crackers tho
animal leaNgl rprpugticulurly 3 feet upward
ulltl came down yttlt-lcggcd, CASTING Ut tho same
t!nc .lrcaAfuily Interesting 1ouk oyer his
shoulder vt tts rclr. Az tlls l!1z tEnngAt into
flaming apnttcr It lcapel higher still mud Sane
down in.,Io stiff-eggtal thu bcture, aud then
began slylng about hl'!ewnYR.
The buys, previous to all'xIng the crackers,
lAd tuken tic Epat lut u yard with hlglI bpaSd
fence ntolt II su that 1t cDnlln't get ANay, but
tiny still remained III hollow y,latp ~ uflserye
t!,n IlenuInella VI tbs aecasun more closely.
sdon the iirst cracker ,ex;I,"lcq, aud then i9l-
csls. With i rcycngefll blarp-al,n and . rush
hu knocked u cor..vr boy cut. Yf that hollow
square a,'d rt'd away, aiNl tf!sN wlqoic.l llka
lightning and ciurged 4yatn. 1'flo buys started
fAr that fumes lh Il villa stampede hut not n.la
IL them roached It. Thu goat shot shout Ike y
gfant buon'etang, and eyIIy tine hc struck. II
boy tllak buy won't to grass t4tal wreck. The
srasSsrs toafod snA aa'ncl, and thp coat r.. r..
through tho aIr,. as lIe bounded FROM side to
stHe, mud slhntt tho hapltss boys.
hetarb tho hui'ch VI ctuykurs wRs halt sane
every buy Wus DOWN anil III a(rAl4 to tset 1n
before tllo ragtng l'raat, save ons hoy Wl4o was
lying close to thu fenre, YnA tl,aught no illEht
get over befuro the whtrlwlnd would reach him.
III nude tlp attempt, but wasn't qHlek o'muEt',
9'nl dropped Gust II titus to 10y tbs gtst pass
nYcr hlll With tcrrlbIo foteV and Eats through
tho fence lka 4 c.nlol,ball, cnrrylng III ls,al4
! IN lle went. The boys rushed to tltu cup tll14
ulnlo sud saw ball oi tlro fur down tic stssut,
| HoilE ut this ratio Ut l,Q0O nlllea au laur, uuti
| they saw .,u lnorc gost.pp the Fourth al July,
On tho next morning, however, ttu RNElHal VIII
| but for tho LackenqA stump VI y tll aud u sin.
lister sleRm " ist9 cys, 20 u''u would iavu sup.
posed that It had alaml IN vclelFatiug tly Qvl,-
| te4lial EpurtA