The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21
THREE GEESE AND A GOAT.
How They Continue to Annoy
a New York Pound
keeper.
Yet the Goat Is Declared to Be Fine
One and the Geese Are Ready
to Roast.

A black goat and three white geese are
waiting to be sold at the Public Pound,
2354 Arthur avenue, Fordham, says the
New York Times.
Poundmaster Michael Donohue, the
black goat and the three white geese were
ready to carry out their part of the sale
Just as announced. The only trouble was
that no one went to the sale. Therefore
the black goat is still eating the, Pound-
masters hay, while the geese are getting
fat at his corn-crib.
The fact that the sale did not come off
indicates that the goat and goose market
above the Harlem River is overstocked.
Poundmaster Donohue says he will be
thankful to find some one who is willing
to give so or rs cents for the goat.
The Public Pound at Fordham is within
five minutes walk of the railroad station.
There was a blood-red flag flying in front
OF the Poundkeeper's house all day yester-
day. 1t bore the words, Public Sale"
Yet no one stopped to buy the black goat
or the three white geese.
The pound is not very attractive place.
One knocks at little red door in the base
ment OF Mr.. Donohue's house and if it be
a day for u sale Mr.. Donohue is there to
guide the visitor through dark passage
way, more or less encountered with wash
tubs into the pens at the back of the house
that constitute the public pound.
There is a row of stalls under long
shed, in which the animals found straying
about the streets or vacant lots of the north
side are kept until their owners call for
them, or until they are sold at public auc-
ton.
In one OF these stalls yesterday the black
goat nibbled hay. He is tirst-class goat
In every way. He had long, wavy chin
whiskers and band of white about his
neck that looked like a necktie, giving him
quite a sanctimonious air. A policeman
found him down in One Hundred and Thlr-
ty-third street, and after a long struggle
got him to the pound. That was seven
days ago.
Mr.. bonohue said that late one afternoon
he saw sWirlingeloud Of dust coming to-
ward the pound from down the road.
Finally he found that in the center of the
dust cloud were a big policeman and little
goat, but he could not tell which one was
doing the leading.
That is the way the sanctimonious-
looking goat went TO the pound. The geese
arrived on the same day.
Poundmaster Donohue kept goat and
geese three days without saying a word.
Then he had a notice Of the coming auction
sale published and waited three days more.
The poundmaster hung out the little red
flag Yesterday. Though they were not sold,
Mr. Donohue has not given up, and for
week or two longer he will keep them in
the hope of finding purchasers.
He began early yesterday morning to
make preparations for the sale. He and
his hired man cleaned out all the stalls,
Strengthened things about the yard, and
paid particular attention to the black
goats toilet. The goat rewarded them for
their pains by butting them once or twice.
But all their work was to. no purpose. The
rain came, and goat andsgoose customers
staid away.
Its a bad thing altogether" said Mr..
Donohue. 'If had to depend on keeping
a pound I'd starYe. A lucky thing for me
it is that I have little outside business.
Now, look at that goat. He's eaten two or
three times his value already, and he will
go right on eating for two or three weeks
longer, bad luck to him.
do l get many goats here? Well, /
should say l did. Seven or eight some
weeks. Some one most always comes to
claim them. They don't amount to little
bit to sell. People don't want goats They
would, though, if the stray goats were like
my mich goat there. She is good for two
pints of milk a day.
"Geese and such things don't amount to
much. Lots of them are brought here.
Not many chickens, though. They know
enough to 60 to their own roosts.
owe have some pretty big sales up here.
Now and then horse strays in or COW
that no one comes to claim. Then there is
a sale that amounts to something"
Mr.. Donohue added few words deroga-
tory to goats, went to the street door to
see If there were any customers coming
and then gave the black goat and his own
goats their dinners.