The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27
CHILLY RAILROAD"
He's an Ordinary Goat. But He's
Worth Five Men In Loading Sheep.

worth rive Wen IN LO1u1nE Sheep.
From the New York Sun.
Austin, Tex, Nov. 10.-The International
and Great Northern Railroad has a train
ed goat in its employ The goat receives no
salary for his services, but he receives the
best OF treatment and seems to fully appre-
clate the important position which he holds
with the railroad corporation This goat is
used to load sheep on cars and is well
known to all of the shippers along that line
of road. He was raised in Mexico near the
town of Lampazos on the line of the Next
can National Railroad. To all outward APP
pearances he was only an ordinary goat
and great was the surprise of his owner
about a year ago when the goat, of his own
free will, paid a visit to the stock pens at
Lampazos where a shipment of goats We're
being loaded, and led big flock of stam-
peded animals back into the pens and into
the cars.
The value of this particular goat was
quickly recognized, and for several months
he had regular employment as leader in
rounding up and loading shipments of
goats at Lampazos and other places along
the line of the Mexican national. He had
the Mexican name of "Guillermo Ferrocar-
ril," which in English means BILLY Rail-
road" A few months ago a large shipment
OF. sheep was to be- made from Laredo, Tex.
on the line of the international and Great
Northern road. Billy Railroad" was sent
for, and he handled the big flock of sheep
better than a force of twenty men could
have done The sheep seemed TO at once
recognize him as their leader. The large
herd was found on a vacant piece of
ground a short distance from town. and on
the morning when the loading was TO be-
gin the shipper Indicated to Billy Rail-
road by means of signs what was wanted
of him.
Billy grasped the meaning of the
signs instantly, and with loud 'fBa-ba-
ba" he started off in trot toward the rail-
road shipping pens. The sheep fell over
each other in following him, and they were
soon all In the pens. One car after another
was showed up to the mouth of the chute
and Billy would walk in, followed by all
of the sheep in the pens. When the car was
filed he would walk out and the door
would be closed behind him. The loading
was performed without a hitch, and the
time of least five men was saved.
Billy" has been employed at almost
every shipping place on the line of the In
ternational and Great Northern road and
his value is appreciated to such an extent
that a large price was offered for him by
the Southern Pacific Company a few weeks
ago. He is now owned jointly by the Mex
lean National and the International and
Great Northern roads. A short time ago,
during a temporary lull in the sheep and
goat shipping business on these two roads,
he was rented to the Southern Pacific to
lead several thousand sheep for a shipper
at Spofford Junction. Billy" was brought
to San Antonio, transferred to the South
ern Pacific depot in a hack and placed in
the baggage car of a westbound passenger
train. He was treated like a prince during
the trip and had great reception by the
people of Spofford Junction upon his ar
rival there. The sheep were driven in by
a large force of herders on the following
day and Billy was taken out and placed
among them. He lost no time in assuming
the leadership of the herd. He led all of
them into the shipping pens, and the cars
we're loaded in jify and at great saving
Of time and expense.