The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-05
HIGH JINKs WITH A COAT
An Intricate and Ahor,inabio Practical
Joke md Ms Onicomlnes.

An Intricate and Ahor,inabie Practical
Joke md it's Outcomisrs.
NORWICH June Am unusual day was n
day this week for goats in Connecticut. In
the big mill village OF Daniolsonville. north OF
this city. Sam Davis's goat has stalked circum-
specify. and rarely Rambolled. about tho paved
streets. and chewed cast of rubber shoes for
living tlimited. He was n piebald goat. and
although one ear was gone. besides q part Of
his tail. he had extremely venerable chin
whiskers that hung straight down. like the
loose ta!board Of a wagon and his name was
Billy. There are goats Of purer strain in
Windham county. but. Sam Davis was proud
OF his goat and respected him, and he told
neighbor once that II ANYBODY tempered with
the goat 1t amounted to the same thing Is tam
pering with and countering on him.
Like Mary's little lamb. tho CONT " never did
no HARM Nevertheless. a Young fellow who
works in Mr.. Browns livery stable which Ia
right across the street from Sam Davis's
house told a boon companion that whilo he
had no grudge agin Davs's goat" still he
proposed to have some fun with him. He said
he would make goat Of him that was q
goat, instead ola coloress, washed out, skelo-
ton thing on four wooden pegs. and no tail"
He lay in wait until the hnplcss goat came rat.
ting and tick-tacking on his stiff legs, across
pcered into the shadowy recesses OF the livery
stable. Thcn the malicious hostler went out
on the walk. took the unfortunate animal
by his better chr. and coaxed and led
him into the stable. Within the stable the
hostler had a big pot OF paint all ready. and ho
threw the goat down on the floor and began to
paint him red. With broad brush he ladled
out wet paint lavishly. and daubed and spread
1t, with artistic skill and a liberality remarka-
bic In rural painter. up and down Billy's
starboard side: then he rolled him over. sound
ing hollow. and also painted his port side red.
die OF his wondering countenancc. Finally he
tipped the game ear with red. and dabbled
the stub tail in the crimson paint. After doing
al that. browns hostler. who had no doubt
retrated in 6anei sonviiie let the goat stae n
MI on nut III p ths 1ogT aSYe him Kick to sted
The goat. creaked slowly out of the stable
and sagsed down street. the most glitterng
since .Barhum's circus, came to town But
when the goat yentIred forth from the shady
and the goat began to shriyel and contract.
WIFI his s pa a nG aTs@
his head bowed low on his breast
"Hai ha" laughed tho hostler let the goat
t 9HSer t that new coat o hisn. not onless
ing home from his days work. espied the goat
hard and brstiins knot and he knew him min in
was good deal OF color Mr.. DAVIS is a man man
Of few words. and. exasperated though he was
We to he By the and
Ing h%ss M bs sSh'r said
nothing. He also did nothing at the time:
out gloves or ice tones: then he went
had ,petrined. and he sledded him home bv the
baek Rim With f' tarpe nj ns
and finally hoed Off enough paint to paint his
well curb red, The groundwork of paint re- re-,
startling as a scenic spectacle than before. BY
that time the color on him had turned to n
dizzy yellow. that promised to look weird and
sam Davis. however. was by no mems
through with the goat painting business and
strictly c9lin to law First h he Vent Mti 70 S Mr.
53Tp se ana in
feliers seem to have had considerable amuse-
men dsP9se YOU cal it sportmfresco my
take, a, turn at the fun with Yer. What dye
say Make it g. including the paint. for the
goat whose feelings haye been injured to that
friends; and let past and paint DO forgotten"
But Mr.. Brown declined tho overture. and
that might have been done on his premises.
by himself Mr.. Davis went away in ' a rage ITO to
grand Juror and sued out process Of law
for the arrest OF the hostler. not for the mis-
ing one OF the old blue laws OF Connecticut
two or { ree Sundays before. by letting teams
to be driven on the Lord S day." that Is called
: the Sabbat h." The result was that Browns
hostler was before Justice Of the Peace next
snHr9nE E. and ANY was mulctsd in the sum q
IN court and ratbar
I'm pretty near getting square on the goat
fresco business. spose yer paint him again"
higher even than that Of tho goat. and he re- re-
taated on Davis by causing his arrest for
shooting robin few days before. an act in
of a Connecticut game statute which
says that song birds may not be killed with i'm
charge. and he only, made bad matter
worse. because Sam Davis re-retaliated by
having Brown arrested on the charge
Of cruelty to his horses. which is
violation OF tho constitution of the $. P; c, A.
Of tho Sabbath. through continuing to let
horses to be driven on Sunday. The last
charges have not reached the high court OF a
Justice OF the Peace yet. but Davis swears he
the best COW in his barn" What Will be the
m enigma that Daniesonville is not prepared
to tackle. surely not to forecast.
4 IL Is curious Instance OF peculiar coinci-
was painting sam Dayis's goat in Browns oS
stable q BARRIERS goat In New Haven, to whose
tail a lot OF Elm City boys had tied a tin pall,
dashed headlonG against DIR; Drscoll's stately
mansion. Thehouse tremhled. but withstood
lowered his horns and ru she'd pell NELL against
q stone hitchinG post. He died on tho snot