Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-12
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frequently .aiIed upon by prominent
sheeprnen for heavy opinions regard
ing different features Of the ourIh,SA.
know of no better way OF serving
your n .O09 readers i I0t ked over
your Subscription list when ! was In
The Office last than 10 ship you an in
voice OF sheep knowledge which you
are al liberty 10 disseminate.
In the first place IL were going In
Ia the sheep business ] would prefer
10 raise goats. because they multiply
and replenish the earth In "A more ac-
celebrated manner than any animal
known to natural history. In start
ing goat ranch man does not need
10 make any very great outlay Of cap.
ital, for IL u not necessary to have a
great many animals to begin with UNI
a vast monopoly Ia the near future. |
verify believe that man could take
half dozen pairs Of healthy goats
these that are willing TO get right
down TO business most OF them
concentrate their entire energies In
propagating their species and in a few
short months populate the vast plains
Of the west. A goat Of the female per-
stasion becomes mother when she IL
nine days old. and then she continues
TO give birth 10 twins aud triplets at
regular intervals of two weeks until
she dies of old age--n thing which was
never know 10 occur.
The origin of the goat, like the OBJ
lect for which It's tail was manufac-
tured, IL involved in deep mystery.
Scientists after long bordering over
the matter have arrived al the grave
conclusion that the goats tail was
probably intended for some useful pur-
pose, but they are unwilling to hazard
a guess as to what that purpose Il.
They shake their heads wisely and say
that tthe ways Of Providence are full
Of wisdom and past finding out, = ess-
pecially past finding out so far az the
goats tall il concerned. II Is now
pretty well established fact that the
goat himself was invented, while the
world was yet young. He was first
used IN olden times and in times of war
30 batter down the enemies walls with,
aud no one who has ever suddenly
| felt as IL a freight train accompanied
by a heavy thunder bolt had abruptly
come I'm contact with the rnmparts of
I MS -NFitlIi uilii tll'll 1iAfi a. lth IpNiS
! OF Inconsistencies aroused himself 70
7 find William X. Goat standing meek.
1 ly by making II dainty meal oil an old
| piece Of stove pipe, and signing for
! other worlds to conquer, will doubt
| that the goat proved q very effective
/ species otartillcry.
When gun-powder and cannons
were invented, the science Of gunnery
was revolutionized and the goat went
/ into disusc as a shooting iron; not
! however, that the cannon was
more effective in battling down walls
but because IL was not near 80 liable tt
go oil half-cockcd and manufactur,
oun UNI J.. biit5 own ranks as the goat
gun WIS tiiht hc ir'ie--,iun mint na ,
tention. II was necessary 10 ~ - ~
pointed toward the enemy all IN
time, for he was always loaded. an,
you couldn't tell when he was 'goin
oil and Just let me here carelcssl
remark that when he did ego or
the spllniers flew. One point in tn
goats favor Is that he is not hard 3
please In the way of something L
eat. Place one on the desert Of Sahara
IA thousand miles from nm oasis, and h
would fatten and flourish like a greer
bay tree. Feed one once week Oh
empty oyster cans and pieces of broker
crockery, and he loometh up much
his belly sticking out like unto six
bits with the fairness thereof. IL |
even said that goat once subsiste,
Tor TWO weeks In socond-class board
ing house, having no other food thai
That furnished the bcardcrs, but tn,
story lacks confirmation. |, for one
doubt II.
All this naturally brings me arount
to the much mooted subject OF Tn,
scab on sheep. What causes sheen /,
have the scab is the question tina
presents itself. This IL a question thu
! have pondered over long and serious
/ ~. ! reasoned that sheep itself
! must know what caused the scab. ant
| u the sheep could only talk, il coult
! tel the cause and man could readil,
iind tho remedy. Just then saw /
man who had scab on his face, and d
bright idea struck me. The scab on
men and sheep We're doubtless caused
bS the same or similar agencies. so
nailed the man. ''Sir,n said | Eek.
cllsc my boldness, but very much
desire TO know what caused those
sci,bs on your face?n
Now, sec here, stranger, I've had
All The nun polsed nj me about that
face that anybody s going to poke
You hear ~
i assured him that | was not pokinp
nun, but that | only wanted To dis.
cover the cause that | might find a
remedy for scabs.
oh, said he, If you only want to
help me get even with the galoot, IN
tell you. You see ] went up into the
Office OF the weekly Ba,q-.Nfd,tcr 10
see II that fellcr was In, who writ TINT
piece about my brother stealing hogs.
seem as my bud was In iail and
couldn't go TO see about II HIMSELF
Was the fellow in ~
stranger. He was.n And the man
turned the other side of his face, dis.
playing enough scnhs 10 DESTROY n
whole flock Of sheep.
shall follow up the clue | have
discovered and when am certain /
have arrived at the real oanse ~ so,i,