The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-24
NANCE AND THE GOAT
How Mullins's Advertising
Team Came to Grief
Saturday.

oI,or' bress my soull Dat shocks huff
to glib enyone de perspershun OBJ de heart,
sho. Whoa, dar, you gray whiskered can
eateri Wat de debbirs de matter wid
you? Doan you know dis orten-be-mo-
bile's kerlapsed, and dat old Nances
tangled up in de debree?"
| 1t was old Nance, of John Mullins q
Sons ebony hued walking advertising
| team-Big zack's side partner-who was
IN trouble of the most painful and embar-
RAISING nature. She and her goat cart,
in which she usually carries a huge roll
| of oil cloth are as familiar sights on the
streets as is Big Zack in Indian costume,
with his war paint on. Nance took
drive in the goat cart Saturday afternoon.
| rolled over asphalt Nance looked as
constitutional drive.
! But when the rig turned into Newark
avenue and struck the rough paving
blocks there was a series of jerks and
jolts that threatened the demolishment OF
the cart Nance's big body fioundered
about on the seat. She tried to stop the
goat and get out. But although Billy is
a trick goat he does not always obey or
ders. On he went, Old Nance's body stili
| foundering and the running gear OF the
wagon creaking under the weight and
strain to which it was being submitted.
whoa, dar, you brute, watts ailin' =
There was a sudden crash. The wagon
broke and Nance three hundred pounds
ayoirdupois weight shot through with a
bump to the pavement below. Her heels
were over the dash board and her neck
held the detached rear portion OF the We
hicIe to the front. The goat could with
difficulty haul her over stones, but wnen
her body landed on the roadway he came
to a dead halt and becoming frightened
he reared on his hind legs and turned
and twisted in a manner that made II
Jsfe;cuIt for Nance to extrieate her huge
body.
It was at this point that Nance gave
utterance to the exclamations above
quoted. Several persons, including
policeman. convulsed with laughter, went
to her assistance. 1t was difficult job
to raise her, someone suggested derrick,
but bv main strength her rescuers haul
ed her to her feet.
The goat relieved of its burden dashed
down the avenue dragging the two front
wheels OF the cdTl dAtSI H4AAi. 10 "e-3
given a wide berth by truck drivers, and
even trolley cars slowed up at her ap-
proach One conductor started to draw
up the fender of his car. A small boy at
tracted the goats attention. Billy made
a dash for him, the boy frightened almost
to death, jumped for the sidewalk and
BiIly,s horns landed against a telegraph
pole. That dazed him. Meanwhile Nance,
having assured herself that she and the
oilcloth were safe, walked back to the
store.
'sDrat de goat she said, II dun care
no mo- bout him, and I dun care wat
comes oh de brute. No bones broken,
thank de good Lord. So I think I'll go
back to de sto'. Massa Mullin II be mad
dern dan de goat when he hyars bout de
pertastrophy."
The goat by the way is a great trick
goat and cause no end of enjoyment to
those who know him. One of his tricks
is to meet a crowd and then lie down, and
no amount of persuasion will make him
get up until he gets ready. He was first
intended for special delivery work.