Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-29

his lace and n few wooden rdveEngs or
various colors dangling from his laws.
A few days afterward, when she wanted
to hang some tides out on the porch rail
to air, Mrs. Hillhouse first tied Sam to
tree, but, unfortunately, she tied him
with rope. 1t happened that the
tides were in plain view of the goat, and
they made a tempting display in the
eyes of the creature that so 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 colors. Sam
turned upon the rope that held him and
ate it. Then he tackled the delicacics
displayed on the porch rail, and soon
had them slowed away in his stomach.
Mrs. Hillhouse demanded that he be
killed at 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
thelotwhere the men were working, and
while nosing around espied the vest.
When the owner went to get it at noon
it was missing, and only 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 brand new $40 open face
watch, to which was attached thrco-
dollar chain. The matches, tobacco, and
other stuff in the pockets he could
spare, but he couldn't give up his watch
without Il protest, and he suggested to
IIillhouse that there was only one way
TO recover the timepicce, and that was
by killing Sam and laying bare the in
terror of his food pouch. Hillhouse
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 and kept ON hunting
for unusual things to dcvour. One day
he INDUCED in a meal that caused him
considerable physical discomfort. An
insurance agent rode out from Trenton
10 see Hillhouse on business. He came
on bicycle, and, leaning the machine
against the fence, went into the house
TO look over some papers. Sam never
had seen bicycle before, and lie imme
diatcly began looking it over to find out
if there was anything about it that he
might safely add to'the varied assort-
mcnt 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
paid for a new set of tires for the BIZ
cycle. The rubber tires did not set SO
well on Sans stomach as they had on
the wheels, and the day after he had
eaten them lie gave indications OF in
ternal disturbance. He was not himself
at all. He refused to eat and lay
stretched ont in corner Of the wood
she'd IIllhouse doctored him, and in
two days the animal was we'll enough
to walk out and eat lace curtain that
Mrs. Hillhouse had laid on the grass to
bleach, thinking that it was safe be-
cause Sam was sick.
One day last summer Hillhouse went
10 Trenton to draw money with which
TO Pay his help. He drew 500 from the
bank, SIS in five-dollar gold pieces and
silver and S25 in bills. He put the money
in n shot bag and showed the bag into
his coat pocket. When he reac hed home
lie took off his coat and laid it on box
while he embarrassed the horse. Sans
eye fell on the coat, and when Hillhouse
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 it was the half that contained
tie pocket which had the money. Gold,
silver and grccnbaclts were in the goats
stomach. Then it was that Sans life
came near an end. Hillhouse got his
gun and was about to shoot the goat
when his daughter objected.
81 must kill him, Carrie" said her
father, because he has swallowed 500
and can save the coin"
It'll bc just as valuable when Sam
dies as it is now" replied Carrie
Hillhouse could not get over the ar
gument, ard Sans life was spared. Al
though the animal is walking around