The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-12-26

A New York letter 10 the Indianapolis
Journal, in the following touching mar
rative, relates how goat defeated can
didate for congress at the late election:
10 the second congressional district there
has been an important result from an in
significant cause, which quite reminds
Que of the Chicago oonfsgration aud Mrs
O'Leary's COW. Some months ago, Mrs.
Ltchfeld, residing in that second district,
planted flower garden. A goat broke
through the fence and converted the &C.
raniums and roses into nourishment.
Her husband planted his lettuce and TO-
matoes. A goat (it was the same goat)
climbed over the fence and mastered the
vegetables. After tears and swears the
crop OF beauty aud garden sass was again
put into the ground and watched bya big
dog. That detective was decoyed away
by some fascinating stranger one night,
and the same identical goat climbed up
ON the front stoop, crept along on top of
the fence, holding on by his toes, got on
the wood-shed and thence jumped down,
once more desolating the verbeeas and
carrying dismay TO the early peas. Not
being satisfied, il went for the clothes
line, and ate one linen sheet and some
gossamer fabrics of feminine usefulness.
IL then started to 20 home, but stopped
on the way ont 10 taste of particularly
succuIent and savory cotton curtain that
hapDed from an open window, Rash
actl Fatal dalllancel Litchfeld was
awakened by the soft, uncertain rustling
of that cotton curtain. He seized his re-
volver, shot at a burglar, and killed the
goat. The animal was an Irisbman's and
II was soon whispered about that the un-
happy Litchfeld had that goats blood
his hands. Months passed. Litchfield
was nominated by the Democrats for
congress in a district that always gives a
Democratic majority of three TO one.
Litchfeld rejoiced. He promised offices
to his friends. Suddenly, few weeks
before the election, some fieDd in human
form raised the terrible cry, Who killed
the lrishman's goat? and echo replied,
Litchfeid did it. The next day the ques-
ton assumed the form of Who killed the
Irishman's hog? with the same fatal ans
wer. The next day everybody asked
Who killed the Irishman's cali2 aud the
form that the allegation finally took was
Who killed the Irishmsn's COW? At the
Democratic meeting, Litchfeld was in
dignantly charged with Hiberniau cowi-
eide, and at one Of the meetings be was
even charged with horsicide. In vain he
explained aud protested. lie was booted
down. The neighbofs of the man who
owned the invaluable goat assembled in q
saloon, nominated O'Reilly for congress
against that desolater OF happy homes,
the miscreant Litchfeld. In vain the
O'Reilly raised banner bearing the eff. |
gy OF COW in the last agouies Of dissolu.
tion, and as ii was borne about the streets
il ELECTED howles OF rage against Litch- |
field. Finally the Republicans who had
given up all notion OF nominating candi- |
date themselves, felhin behind the bovine !
banner, aud OReilly was actually elected |
TO congress by a majority of 1858. This
is one of the episodes of the canvass that
seems to have an amusing side. Cynics
might see In ii derisive comment on
selfgovernment. At all events, Il seems
likely that goats in the second congress.
Ional district Of New York will hence.
forth hold position of superstitious re-
gard scarcely second TO that Of the geese
10 the annals Of Rome.