New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-07
4 TYR4NNiCAL HE-GOIT'S EXPLOITS.
gArFLED BY PoHCUPIyE AND KILLED AT LAST
RY lear.

gAT'FLED BY PoHCUPIYE AND KILLED AT LAST
BY BEAR.
Scranton. Penn, Jan. 1G.-Fenlmore C. Kase. OF
Racket Creek. owned goat until recently that had
bossed every animal on the place for more than
four wears His name Jake. and he was 50
pgnacious that every dog in the neehborhood feared
him. Jake made Sir. Kascs cattle and sheep get
out of his way. drove the hogs into the YARD wheh'
ever they broke OUT and kept the public highway
through Mr. Kascs farm clear of stray COWS, hogs
and geese Every time Jake splcd strange COW
in the road he up 70 her. buited her legs anu
sent her cantcrlng homeward: and he tackled coitS
and horses in the same way.
Last winter Mr.. kase bought large Iohg-"oo
ram. and put him in the flock of sheep. Jake
pltched into tho ram right away, and the DIX new
conner instead Of allowing the cross ola go' 10 o"s'
hin, around a. the other sheep did, butted JAKE III
tho head and Knocked lin end over END. Inc way
the ram stood up for himself seemed to puzAe 'aAo
az first lie Immediately retired to a corner Vi u''
barry ard where he shook his head for several n'h
ute, and appeared to be In deep thought lie s'o"
tackled the ram again. and the result was the same
For a day or 80 Jake brooded over his defeat, and
he,avcd himself better than he had done In three
ycars lie was not at all pugnacious duilhs 'na'
tine and Mr.. Kaee hoped THAT ne iiad uee"
broken OF his habit of lordlns II over tno
other animals the farm. But the goat ns"C
irr nature was not conquered by good deal.
the Llg RAM and one day when the ram WASH on HIS
eard the goat butted him in the side and keelea MN
over in the SNOW Then Jake stamped on the ram
and hooked out tuf Of his wool, and the ram jumped
up and butted Jake all over the yard a da' Ut wv
Later the goat pitched into the again, ana thcy
had n lively fight until Mr.. Kase parted them. JAKE
rave battle TO the ram nearly every day AFTER tha'
and BY spring he drove the ram arouiu '''o S"e 80
he did the rest Of the sheep.
lake was master of all the animals on the farm
until one afternoon In November, when he met ms
match in piece Of woods. where Mr. base was
cutting hoop poles. The goat had followed MN u VI"
woods and all at once Mr. kase sa" jake
stampng ON something in the bushes. In
moment the goat came bleating out of the 6rusn as
though he had been hurt and ran to"diu III, n -,
who saw az a glance that Jake had been JuIpii. vn
live porcupine for tiic n.i.e o' lake was 80 angry
that he turned back and sprang upon the pol are
again before Mr. kase c3aid prevent n h wa 50 badly
whinped that he legged IL for home. MI hase Punne,a
the oullls out and for two weeks JAKE nuIseu -
wounds and didn't offer rule the other farm animals,
Or "Wednesday OF last week Mr. Kase set pear Trap
in tamarack swamp at the nor'h eilu OF Ms ia -,
The morning he shouasr a nls r ht h.r caught
The goat was his heels when lie rescheu u"e 49,
Of the swamp. and little further on lie saw p e
~ lis foreeet in the trap Jake sped the bear aoVus
As soon as Mr. Kase did. and giving efuno oo ~ 10
cantcred toward it, Mr. kase stayed pash 20 see and
"hila hc was watching Jake danced up TO the pear
and buted in the rump as though he meant 70 Gise
nochcd the Goats horns loose With one sweep OF II,
mc 20 shoot the bear grabbed the goat IN us paw
and crushed the life out If MN Mr; Ina Hae in,o ~
blsaed away k at the 0e Poor jake was in the bears
mtchcs when Mr. Kase approached the lifeless BRUTE
and nearly all of his bones were oroAeh'