Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-03-18

various eolors dangling from his jaws.
A few days afterward. when she wanted
TO hang some Tides out on the porch rail
10 air. Mrs. HiIlhouse first tied Sam to a
tree. but, unfortunately. she tied him
with rope. II happened that the
Tides were in plain view Of the goat, and
they made a tempting display In the
eyes Of the creature that 80 constantly
hungered for novelties, whether raw or
cooked. Some Of them were Of fine
linen, richly embroidered. and others
were combinations OF scraps Of silk and
satin Of various pleasing coiors. Sam
turned upon the rope that held him and
ate IL. Then he tackled the delicacies
displayed on the porch rail. and soon
had them slowed away in his stomach.
Mrs. uIiilhouse demanded that he be
killed ~ once. but her husband was
warmly Attached TO the animal and re-
fused TO end its life. So sam lived, and
lived TO eat. The goats intrinsic value
increased. One day when HillhouSe's
hired man left his vest hanging on a
bar post Sam took notion to go out In
the lot where the men were working. and
while nosing around espied the vest.
When the owner went to get il nj noon
IL was missing. and only n few bits OF
lining had been left to Indicate its fate.
The hired man did not take kindly to
the loss of his vest, because in one OF the
pockets was a brand new 500 open face
watch, to which was attached u three
dollar chain. The matches. tobacco, and
other stuff in the pockets he could
, spare. but he couldn't give up his watch
without protest, and he suggested to
liillhouse that there was only one way
to recover the timepicce. and that was
by killing Sam aud laying bare the in
terror of his food pouch. Hillhousc
stubbornly refused to have the goat
killed, and satisfied the hired man by
buying him new watch and chain.
sam showed no signs of regret over
the watch exploit ard kept on hunting
for unusual things to devour. One DAY
he INDUCED in a meal that caused him
considerable physical discomfort. An
insurance agent rode out from Trenton
to see Hillhouse ON business. lie came
on bicycle. and, leaning the machine
against the fence. went into TIE house
TO look over some papers. Sam never
had seen a bicycle before, and he imme-
diately began looking il over to find out
" there was anything about II that he
might safely add to the varied assort-
ment already in his stomach. The tires
were soft. Sam began work on them
and in an extremely short time had
nibbled them from the wheels. The in
surance agent was hauled back To town
by Mr.. Hiilhouse's horse. and Hillhousc
paid for a new set of tires for the BIZ
cycle. The rubber tires did not set 50
well on Sans stomach rs they had on
the wheels, aud the day after he had
eaten them he gave indications of in
ternal disturbance. lie was not himself
at all. lie refused TO eat and lay
stretched out in corner of the wood
shed. Hillhouse doctored him. and in
two days the animal was well enough
to walk out and eat lace curtain that
Mrs. Hillhouse had laid on the grass to
bleach, thinking that il was safe be-
cause Sam was sick.
TO Trenton to draw money with which
to pay his help. lie drew 500 from the
bank, SIS in fiye-tiollar gold pieces and
silver and SIS in bills. lie put the money
in shot bag and showed the bag into
his coat pocket. When he reached home
lie took off his coat and laid it on a box
while he embarrassed tue horse Sans
a. foil a..
disappeared In the barn he walked up
and proceeded to devour it. by the time
Mr.. Hilhouse came out of the barn the
goat had swallowed cne-half of the
coat. and ii was the half that contained
the pocket which had the money. Gold,
silver and greenbacks were in the goat s
stomach. Then it was that Sans life
/ came near an cud. Hilihouse got his
gun and was about to shoot the goat
when his daughter objected.
Il must hill him. Carrie" said her
father. because he has swallowed 500
and can save the coin"
It'll be just rs valuable when Sam
dies us it is now" replied Carrie.
! Hiiihouse could not get over the ar
gument, aud Sans life was spared. Al
though the animal is walking around
to-day with S2J worth of jewelry and
SIS in hard coin in his stomach. he puts
on no airs. He is the same simple, I'm
pretending creature that he always has
been and is just as hungry as he was in
his youth. His owner figures that Sans
intrinsic value is upward OF 500, but he
would not part with him for house and
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