Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-22
SAD TALE OF POOR JAKE.
AS A FIGHTING GOAT HE HAD
FEW EQUALS.
Ho Brought to Time Every Animal or
the Farm-when lie Tackled Bruin,
lie Found Himself Very Much
Out-Classed.

Fenimore G. Kase. of Racket Creek
Penn. owned goat until recently
that bossed every animal on the places
for more than four years. according
to the New York Sun. His name
was Jake. and he was so pugnacious
that every dog in the neighborhood
feared him. Jake made Mr.. Kases 8.
cattle and sheep get out OF the way.
drove the hogs into the yard when.
ever they broke out and kept tho
public highway through Mr. kase's
farm clear of stray cows hogs and
geese. Every time Jake sped stray
COW in the road he ran up TO her.
butted her legs and sent her canter-
ing homeward. and he tackled colts
and horses in the same way.
Last winter Mr.. Kase bought a
large. long wool ram and put him in
his flock OF sheep Jake pitched into
the ram right away and the big new
conner instead of allowing tho cross
old goat to boss him around as tho
other sheep did. butted Jake in the
head All knocked him end over end.
The way the ram stood up for him.
self seemed 10 puzzle Jake at first
He immediately retired to corner in
the barnyard. where he shook himself
for several minutes and appeared to
be in deep thought He soon tackled
the ram again and the result was the
same. For day or so Jake brooded
over his defeat and behaved himself
better than he had done in three
years. He was not at all pugnacious
during that time. aud Mr.. kase hoped
that he had been broken OF his way of
lordlng it over the other animals on
the farm.
But the goats fighting nature was
not conquered by good deal. Jake
was contriving how to get even with
the big ram, and one day. when the
ram wasn't on his guard. the goat
butted him in the side and keeled him
over in the snow. Then Jake stamped
on the ram and hooked out tuft of
his wool and the ram jumped up and
butted Jake all over the yard A day
or two later the goat pitched into the
ram again, and the had a lively fight
until Mr. Kase parted them. Jake
gave battle to the ram nearly every
day after that and by spring he drove
the ram around the same as he did
the rest OF the sheep. Jake was
master of all the animals on the farm
until one afternoon in November.
when he met his match in a piece OF
woods where Mr. Kase was cutting
hoop poles
The goat had followed HIN into the
woods, and all at once Mr.. Kase saw
Jake stamping on something in the
bushes. In a moment the goat came
bleating out of the brush. as though
he had been hurt and ran toward Mr..
kase, who saw at glance that Jake
had been jumping on live porcupine.
for the little creatures quills were
sticking IN his nose and fore-legs.
Jake was so angry that he turned
back and sprang upon the porcupine
again before Mr.. Kase could prevent
him. He got more quilts in mis- legs
and by that time he was so badly
whipped that he legged it for home.
Mr.. Kase pulled the quilts cut and
for two weeks Jake nursed his wounds
and didn't offer 10 rule the other farm
animals. One Wednesday recently
Mr.. Kase set a bear trap in lama
rack swamp at the north end OF his
farm. The next morning he shout
dered his rifle and tramped TO the
swamp to see whether bear had been
caught.
The goat was at his heels when he
reached the edge of the swamp and
| little further on he saw bear beating
down the bushes aud tearing about
with one of its forefeet in the trap.
Jake sped the bear anout as soon as
Mr.. Kase did. and giving grunt he
cantered towards it. Mr.. Kase stayed
hack to see il Jake would dare to go
near the enraged bear and while he
was watching axe danced up to the
bear and butted 1t in the rump as
though he meant TO drive it out OF
the swamp. The bear was wild with
rage and pain and in twinkling II
swung around and knocked the goats
horns loose with one sweep of its paw.
Jake began to beat and before Mr..
Kase had time 20 shoot the bear
grabbed the goat in its pave arr
crushed the life out OF him. hir.
Kase then blazcd away at the bear
firing three bullets into IL before no
killed it Poor Jake was in the bears
clutches when Mr. hase approached
the lifelcss brute and nearly all his
bones were broken,