The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14

they at first suspected that the Union leaven
was aitep All 9~verpowering Ia the goose's senii-
turned out to DO contrary to the facts. they
understood the goose and took their cue from II.
"Whon Sherman was done marching through
Georgia and turned n~orthward. the Sleepy Creek
Sountry lay IN his course. and u was then the
nave been a descendant Of one Of that flock of
historic geese that cackled and saved Rome. for
y Is reported to have cackled for days the warn.
Ing OF Sherman's approach. Its cackling did
not save much In the way OF edible supplies.
however. and this goose secured Its unique place
being the only fowl that survived the %foraging
This rare goose did not lily from danger ether
but yelled harsh notes OF defiance at the Zoe as
they appeared until y received a Federal bullet.
lhe bnliet broko the gOose's wlng-the same
wing shattered by the Smith family forefather's
gun half a century before. Seeing that igno-
hardlhood OF its flesh when IL came To- culinary
treatment In camp now awaited 1t II 1t tarried
rather a show Of cswardIee w than s"Sse n ' fsts'
ana crept through a hole in tho founda.
t tUr, wall of the Smith barn and escaped
troops had left tho locality. the old goose came
from Its retirement. somewhat disfgured but
stlll In the arena. and the solo survivor OF the
North Carolina poultry population that had
come In contact with Sherman's march. The
o,ohen wing was doctored up again. and tho
wonderful bird soon regained health and
strength. so that II was able to sustain with for
ti!nde tue crushing news that soon afterward
" tHC lNl " Il lit Dn-
Iederaoy--an event that had been discounted
days before at sleepy Creek by the loud mani
festAt ons OF woe exhibited by the oracle.
Inc war over. IL 10 related that this goose
submitted gracefully. and showed evorS evil
uehco OF sincere reconstruction. Yet 1t was
uniformly moroso and despondent and pain
iully, pessitni>tic In all Its REPRESENTATIONS. dur
ing tho years or carpet bag rule. No one seemed
70 understand Just what allied the goose until
tho sway OF the carpet. Dagger was over and Xeb
Iance was elected Governor of tho State. Then
the goose became It's old-time ante-hellnm
self again. and remained SO until it's mournful
death two Years ago. An almost Unprecedented
cold snap had come down on North Carolina.
ana. one morning Farmer Smith went out 10
reed MS poultry and found his Incompatible
goose dead-frozen stin, There was great
mourning In all that country aud much fore
3oding over tho death of the historic gnose--a
tho goose was in its elghty-frst year, calculating
It's age At one year whom Farmer Smith's All
cestor bagRed IL IN 1910. People couldn't Tell
what was going to happen. of course. but they
ieit that misfortune OF some kind wAsimminent.
And ITS come. too said u Sleepy Creeker
the other day. That amazing goose saw il
coming, and Just made NJ its mind that then
was q GOOD time to escape IL, and IL sat right
STU that cold night and let itself freeze To death
and a Populist Legislature! That's what The
goose saw coming. and 1t Just couldn't stand il,
and went and turned up It's historic toesV :"
But the goose, though dead, Is not lost To
posterity. Stuffed and mounted as natural ma
HE the enigy OF this remarkable bird is now in
the possession OF n citizen of Fayetteville, and
AZ every Fair, county or State. and every public
occasion pf moment. II 10 a conspicuous exhibit
without a parallel In all this broad land"