Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-03-24

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THE NAUGHTY COAT
Although our grandfathers. and ner-
laps their grandfathers. before them
were amused by.<trained animals n.
one kind or another II ia onlv 70.
Gently that goats have heen "adncat.
ed" for exhibition nurposes Horses
dogs. lions and monkeys have heen
performing their tricks In nwbl,c for
at least a counle Of centuries hut,
the trained goat saws a successful
modern trainer ia a present dav nro.
duct. He is not hard 10 train hnt
is often diff1c,rlt to manage In front
of an audience.
As In the case of al, trained ami.
mails. the feats that 1ook an ramark.
able ON the stage are really thing
that a goat does n.tnrallv In q d,,.
ferent environment The emma hal.
ancinp mower that er.hlas goot IN
stand nm a sharn-no,ntea rocL ~.
ables # ia stand m the ton ~ : hot.
flo and the came aoi,itv~tbat ha,n.
# to lean from ONO rocr 10 anothar
helms # n lean thronpb a naner-cov.
cred hoonAor over rows =, cboirs
Tho trainer natient,v taocho. . coo,
to balance sipmn stand nm Ito binI
dees and 80 forth at certain definite
signals rawar,s II With hmm NJ
sugar when n e obed;snt ana wbins
II when A. is obstinate The raapit
a flor long nariod ~ n.t;ant ,.hor
ia goat that can ha aYnactad 10
do TRICKS IN .nnb,;c nroy;ded the
trainer can keen control q, Il
Rut what makes the goat hard tn
manage IN mhuc .,s- sometb,np that
seems like a sense Of humnr com.
bined with ramarkah,e ,ntelNpanca
The goat learns that i,s trainer
does MT lilo tn vhtn q NJ anv time
because a trained roat "a ton val.
,pahlel tos,hes! mistreated !. pnt more,
than THAT n discovers that tha train.
err will not whip a goat IN nublic
The audience would Invariably side
with the goat. So the moment tho
goat gets in front Of the audience
II Ia likely tn turn disohedient Feats
PERFORMED readily enough at re-.
hearsal Il will try IN dodge d,r.,n,
the nerfmmance and, instead Of STAY.
ing ouietly In its Mace when NOT
performine a will: every now and
Then nlarue the trainer nv irving 4,
run away from the stage and get
hack tn the stable
There are often minor changes in
the performances Of a tronpe Of train.
ed goats that are unite ,,nsuspect.
ed NV the audience.
Sometimes q goat gets an nnman.
aeeable that the trainer has tn on.
lat the symnathv of the spectators
nv exnlainine matters. There was a
trained goat once that became day ,y
day more and more unreliable until
There came a nerfomance when thu
educated animal refused to do auy.
thing whatever The trainer was IN
dasmair and the goat apparently
lamehina at him. The goat had tn ne
discin,ined The man knew II must
he diso,plined there and then. or II
would become utterly worthless and
the training would have to begin all
over again, He turned to the audi.
AT od;a. and gent,aman ba said
s.hare I've got verv had GOAT 7
.dnn,t v.nt 70 rs,n,sb him yon don,t
won't mo N nrn,sb him and no Lnowa
- Goats ara lilo c,hi,dran 70 thay,ro
~ n,,n,shaa Inc. whom +bav ,,,;sha,
hove it,s M nsa nmn;sb;ng ,tbsn AZ.
+arwaras with YOUR narnission Pm
.n,na ~ .iva +h,o fa1lon ono oool
to,,ch ~ tho Win ana m.te we'll.
hahoved GOAT ~ him -
ua haid nm !. boon for tho goat
10 inn,n thronph Tha poat merely
lootaa at q, ANA then at tho audience
Tha trained swa,ng hi. wbir ana Inc
5,.sh o,,r,ad sharnlv ro,;nd tba aoot,s
hara a,,ortars WITH an axnressinn =,
.mrnrise and d,spnst tho animal hmm.
"a tbrono,h tho boon
.anhanL Won ladies .nd gant,en,an u
soid tho trainer snow that goat,l,
,ha,;ava tbat nm .rdiance !, aIwov.
-, NV v;ae .nI sbalI not have anv
move troub,a with him n-yonth.s
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T1NsJE RENTS f,AI1GHT MAPPING
Sir. 1t Is great fun to And a classic
mapping. In Uncle Renus. chapter
"a headed "Mr. Rabbit Finds His
Match at Last" we have the story
Of Brer Rabbits race with Brer