The sun., 1898-11-19
Joseph W. Yates and His Goats
Created Some Excitement
on Market Street.
HISTORY Of A BUSY LIFE
With His Unique Outfit He Has
Travelled Over the Greater Part of
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New
York and Ohio Earn
ing Livelihood.

All OOO SlgDG anu one UudU uJtIdCtct
the attention of all pedestrians as il
passed down Market street was wit
messed yesterday afternoon between
and 8 o'clock.
1t consisted of four goats hitchei
double tandem to peculiar looking
wagon. The outfit is the property of ,
man named Joseph w. Yates, and he il
travelling over the country in his littl'
wagon.
He reached this city in the morning
and put up at livery stable. The wagol
in itself is q veritable curiosity and in it,
little drawers and compartments tool
and odds and ends of every conceivable
nature are slowed away.
Yates mends anything from stove te
broken pitcher and he has o complete
machine shop in his little wagon. A
gasoline blow pot to melt metal is q part
Of the outfit, vices and tools for every kind
of small repair work are in plenty and
cements that will stick anything, are
part of his numerous stock in trade. j.
The goats attract az much attentions Of
the little wagon and they are sturdy
little fellows and we'll kept and fed. The
harness Is perfect duplicate Of team
harness for horses, little English collars,
traces and all complete and they drive in
harness like the best Of carriage horses.
This is one of the remarkable things
a out the outfit.
The way in which the goats pull the
wagon shows a careful training, and
shows that the goat, when properly cared
for and broken in, is intelligent and a
good traveller.
These sturdy little quadrupeds have
pulled this little wagon and it's owner
hundreds of miles and have been ad-
mired by street crowds in scores of the
large cities Of the country.
Yates and his outfit have Travelled
over the majority of the Eastern States
and stopped in the principal cities en-
route and he has never failed to make
a good living from his many sided vo-
cation.
In his time he says he has had sew
eral different teams Of goats, but has
had little trouble in getting good ami
mails, as he regards himself as a good
judge OF these little beasts. When the
team stops the goats often lie down
contentedly and then at the approach OF
their master get up, and at the crack OF
the whip are off at good pace, like we'll
trained horses.
As regards his avocation, Yates says
he finds it pleasant one in the summer
time and in the winter he puts up during
the severe months and lives at ease.
To a reporter Yates said that he left
New York on January Is, 1892, with 65
cents in his pocket. He vent South and
after remaining there some time journey.
ed to Buffalo. He has travelled all over
Pennsylvania and good portion of
Ohio and Delaware. The goats were pur-
chased by him in Youngstown, Ohio.
"But it can't be that the goats travel
very FAST" queried the scribe.
''Oh, yes they do" said Yates. "They
can make thirty miles day, and they
don't get tired either. Why this fellow
pointing at the left hand leader, II never
knew him to get tired. Pve driven them
through the Allegheny Mountains and
many a hard place, but he is always
fresh,"
Yates stated that he had considerable
work to do in this city and he would
remain here for a few days at least.