The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-18
ATerrfc Encounter
By y ug>4L12

/ v. oder how la goat ST. a
What goat asked Nj. spa.isu -
ivku !yYAiuLA4p trom ms breakfast.
Why. tbs EJat thI out there
.oh gruapgd VI. SIs.i eu3yk U
nrosehinr the window You mean tEat
,ne. do y0u2 The principles thai earr
aliv regulate your couversatIon petEasct
into thinking that your mud might
H. fixed ca some other goat a, tor ntn
suppose he broke Through the nae
tom the back OF or, continued vi
>p5opendyke, hastily, correcting hln ,e'f
..nerhape he came 90 cal. 90 you. Better
ask him in.
I'm afraid OF him, psepei Mr.
S~noopendyke. drawing closer q her noe
band. "NNhat 30 YOU think We hal bet
ter do? Ii he stays cut there ne j. eat
up everything. .
II believe IN 20 AMI DIVE him our
aid Mr.. Spoopeudy he. eyuIDg the brute
with no particular amount VI favor,
You coule along to head hln - and
vou'l soon see a goat begin 70 WISH ne
lad been born q -ul chat some might
learn to love him" Aud with this prog
nostication Mr Spoopendy k sallc forth
iolloaed by his wife.
BE careful" she Whispered. III Een
goats get angry they butt, and shat
"Shoo!" commenced Mr.. sp4-aep-
dyke, waving his hands and folip"netL
goat to a hole in the fence, where 9 MS
Of boards had been knocaed out. shoe
tLere nov Skill HoiI on! Head him,
can't IL? Turn himl Nhoop he
reared, as the g5at whirlel suddenly and
dashed to the other esd Of the yard.
..What'd ye com out here for p he dc
manded Of his wIe who had made a iJtle
better time than tue goat, AID had reach
Cd the top ot a step Ladder.
Don't let him come up here she
saueaIed. stamping her icet on the tot
step, and trying to climb III The side q
the house. Hold on 10 hun and call a
policeman
Great scheme !" growled Mr.. opoop
endyke, looking around fora stick. but
| haven't made up my mind whether td
call the policeman, or do The holding or
first. What're ye making stucco work
OF yourself up there for? Come down.
and get behind that goat, viii ye, while
teach him the ways and a~dmonltion Of
Spoopendyke. IL you ain t mighty care
tul he'll rub up against that step lsdde'
and you re liable to come down ~ see
lions ~
This prophecy brought Mrs. loopen-
dyke to the ground without much delay.
Say, dear, she suggested, suppose
YOU should 90 to the other side OF tn
hole. and cal! HIM. Don you thank he'c
come?
Come IN a minute, il | happened 4
hit his right name" rctorted Mr. >puop
endyke, who had found a stick and va:
preparing for war. Now, you edg.
around behind him, So as to give him 8
starter, and I'll put myself III communi
cation with HIM as soon as he gets undel
way"
$50 along, dear. Run through tina.
| pretty little hole IL the fence, like a goo(
goat! falterel Mrs. Spoopeudyke, apos-
~trophizlng the animal IL d purely iemln
inc fashion. "Sh0o, deaI, now, and bt
real nice
The goat looked at her, thereby ireez
ing her blood, and started slowly iron
the bottom OF the yard.
YES, love |" ripped NJ. Spootendyk'
bringing his stick down on the back o
the beast with a ylndictiye grin, There
a nice little opening Tor goats that
aawaits for thce." dli down came - str
once more.
"Whe &c. e." squealed Nj. soy en-
dyke, a. the goat wflr!ed around Is
turn. table, and faced all the points OF th
| commas at once. He must he iookiu
| foi the place to get out ISM he? VIVA
| do Won sumo makes him act thaf way
| w he-esee!
The last yell was extracted by . sedde
Strengthening UP Of the goat, who tor
around the yard ike a cat IN u tit
with that Roadway on, he'll he az
to 90 through the hole in the fence II h
ever hits it, observed AIr. Spoopendyk
who had Joined his wife IL the middle
the circuit rather preclpltGusly. Il thin
| must have struck him q little haTdc
than he meant to havet me. Now, 70
get behind him again, and we Il t& hit
so that The next time ne 5 es a hole
our fence he'll get a hammer and boar
up the temptation.
Mrs. Spoopendyke reeled along I'll
fence, and took her station with ceasil
cradle perturbation. The goat eau
down on 3 trot, and finally stopped al
looked a triHe bewiIdered. Mr.. Spool
endyke grasped his stick wi h a hrmt
grip, aad, tiguratively speaking, waite
Tor his wife to deliver the ball.
Now start him." said he.
Mrs. o~po0pendyke waved her apror
and the goat aiming straight at the hJ
i in the fence bore down upon it with thr.
hundred goat power, Mr.. Spoopendyl
aimed a lick at him, missed him. al
a went unanimously through the hole
; the goat struck the fence and boundt
back.
Great G~racious!' calculated Er
Spoopendyke, swarming up the step la
der and squatting at the top. Are yc
hurt DEAR
Hurt howled Mr.. Spoorenayk
pceping through the hole and cJntel
Think I'm a nail TO come through
board fence and be cllnched without let
ing 1t? Cant yon scare that goat lw,
from this hole 50 | can come back AZ
commune with him once more? Con-
!, down off that d~od-gaeted >top-ladder, e1t
We? Got a notion thai mea,'y gsa,
coming up here to be scare12 Con
J down ard throw a brick at him. vii re.
I haven't got a brick murmur.
Mrs. Spoopendy ke, as she scutlled don
he ladder, hut IL get a fat iron u
having provided herself With weq
the use If Which she understood l4l
sailed forth 10 effect an exchange u sra
rion between the goat and her tqsb.u
Now 60 long!' she ex claimed stem
holding out her war material II arm
leuath. Amt you ashamed Of fypa
self, you nasty goat ON E-w-l L..
9at, dear.
: But Mr., S~poopendyke n staut IT, !
want of faith in his wIte's suggestion
incautiously looked IN, and he and 4
goat rolled over each other in the vaca
lot.
Did the whole bushes, work in a
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