Savannah morning news., 1886-01-22
THE coat WAS NO Foon.
He Was "a Harlem Thoroughbred, bnt
Hewas Shy OF the Bear.
From tie Ne1o YORK Times


Two men IN Harlem started out early
one morning recently to buy a goat. 1t
was not an ordinary goat that they want
ed, but savage, tree-destrOying, Lawson
\. Fuller sort of goat; one with a very
hard head. After securing the vacant
lots with small success the men found
what appeared to be promising goat In
the stable OF the widow O'TOole, in East
One Hundred and Twenty-fOurth street.
The widow had no desire TO part with the
goat, for it was family relic, and shared
with the children the affections Of the
widow and her neighbOrs.
sure" said Mrs. O'Toole, san phat
wud yez be wantin' for to buy goat at
this time o. the year for, may beE
"Oh," replied one of the men, I'VE want
him 10 fight a bear"
Flight phwatP SAID the widow, in
amazement A bearl An phwat kind Of
a bear?V
"a black bear! Broncho Johns bear,
from wyoming. But never mind; if you
don't want TO sell him. said the sly pur-
chaser. MRS. O'Flaherty, on One Hun
dred and TweEty-seyenth street, has a
goat that she says can punish anything III
Harlem. Good-day."
"Hould on, young man. said the wild
ow OIOole. III there's any goat in Har-
lem that's got a reppytashhun TO sustain
It's this goat. Take him, an il he don't
uphold the pride Of his race let him be
killed, bad luck to him. Micky, take the
goat along wild the gintemin, an may the
luck OF the O'Tooles 90 wild him"
Nicky obeyed, and with a small con-
tingent Of enthusiastic youth conveyed
the unwilling goat to Oak Point. Between
u and ! O'Clock BronchO JOun and his
black bear UnO drove up to PilkingtOn's 5
saloon in Harlem. The bear went into
the saloon and took sarsaparilla, then be
climbed into stage bv the side OF Capt.
Paul BoytOn and George Lee the oars
man. Although the stage was crowded
the bear had all the room be wanted. On
arriving az Oak Point Uno made bee
lire for the Sound and dashed into the
water as unconcernedly as though the
Thermometer were 100 deg. in the shade.
lie walloped about for a while and then
lallOped UP and down the beach TO get up
an appetite. When opportunity offered
lie seized bystander and tried TO take a
mOuthful out Of his leg. TIE terrified by
stander was rescued, however, before any
damage was done TO his trousers. For d
bali hour or SO Z no roamed about at his
pleasure, while Broncho john was show
ing some Wild Western tricks with Als sill
Ner-plated revolver.
BY and by the widow O'Toole's goat was
let loose.
"Go fur i'm, Billyr yelled little Micky.
Tne goat took fright and scampered of.
Broncho John soon lassoed him and
dragged him up the field, the bear follow
ing at rapid speed-for a bear.
Turn i'm loose!" yelled the crowd, ex-
cited at the prospect Of a chase.
BronchO John jerked the lariat, and the
goat bounded oil again down the field.
The bear, with a short grOwl, took up the
trail. For a hundred yards it was a close
race, with the chances apparently in IA
vOr OF the bear, but when the terrified
goat got running, the bear soon gave
up the chase. BronchO John chased the
bear around the field and tried to lassO
him, but failed. When Broncho John got
the bear into the house and began to tell
The crowd frontier life stories the animal
biinked solemnly at him and went to
3leoD.