New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
OFFER INCIDENTS A-THEEL
THE FARMERS SUDDEN sETBAcx-How GOAT
GAINED FREEDOM.

THE FARMERS SUDDEN sETBAcx-How GOAT
GAINED FREEDOM.
A number o, oid-tirne-s were swapping s,ores"
=. TIE club the o:he- night. The conversation vas
starred the line which {; maintained Until the
Midnight hour had struck. b. s. bcyclis-. the dean
.. good fellows ard TIE accepted leader or such o-
easons "Of course. lots OF fsrny things have hap
Iened 10 ne IN the years since besan . ride" hs
sad. Just now can't recall anything funnler
than little incident out In New Jersey one Sunday
tao OF three years ago. when was riding with M
WIFE. u vas the first long ride We had ever taken
together. ard this vas our third day OI,. Il was
hot Sunday afternoon. The season had beer w.
usually dry. and ne roads very dusty We
were taking things easy. and rot trying 70 make
any records. but merely 70 have a good time. We
had walked Up strepsh hill ard before re started
On I suggested that 81, down In the shade % 2
tree tor few minutes rest. T. happened that the
tree was nearly IN from. Of 4 house and when we
rose 70 resume our journey I; occurred 20 - that
little water would not 20 bad There were two
women evidently belonging 70 ne farmhouse IN 4
hammock near the piazza. and as asked them 4,
We might visit their vel remember thinking that
the hammock must - a strong one . hold thesr
combined weight, Tor they both stout
oh. yes. could 20 . the well OF course they
saii, and ~e would ind IL Just Up the lane teyolt
the house" Didr't ne wan. glass. thanked
them. and said that We always carried drinking
cup The lane Jed past The end OF The house and
as we turned iato = We noticed man. without
doubt the farmer himself, seated under grape
arbor near the Kitchen door. reading nha, looked
Ike a Sunday paper. lie did not took up as We
passed him. The water was gooi. and We made
good use 0, H. not only drinking or three cups
each bu, pouring on our hands after TIE manner o.
wheel men and women. As turned back the
road. my wife was perhaps about rod in front o.
me. Still without looking UP. the farmer sang OUT:
Riding FAR boys
Then Re Looked Up. and saw his mistake The
way he drew himself back as il were has always
reminded ne 0: refining a horse IN hard with
a curb BIT. Before had time 10 say q syllable.
Humph" he calculated. With an expressive .o.ce 4.
would be hard to initiate or exaggerate. rs lady
and a boy" The emphasis united with DISCUS,
with which the last three words were brought.
that Il was almost Impossible for ne 20 an
swer him intei!gibiy- / suppose wheelwonnan
vas rarity In that section end. knowing iha, Two
conclusion that they were both boys Ny wife
wearing fairly long skirt. and gould not pos
AZ this point the narrative was taken up By A
who said: In the early days Of my riding
day In the neighDorhood o. Greenwood Gene
terry I was a side path and was making pretty
falr speed. \ few rods ahead Of l a goa,
lying peacefully near the path. but gave 10 special
away however I was startled to sea Mr. Billy get
- MS feet and suddenly rope stretched across
NV path the goat having been tied 10 the fence by
~ He was frightened by the strange. whirI.ng
tang coming down on him. and pulled the rope
sow a. I went ahead at fun speed The rope
for,unately was not q II broke ny
mont tire struck #, escaped fall. and the goa,
went bounding or rejoicing In his unexpected lib
out In an appearance. FOR explanation would
have beer awkward under the circumstances but Il
vbs, the rncerernonlous departure OF the goat was
discovered BY his master