Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-30
| K.A "A GOAT n
ALL READY FOR
Her lei CAMPAIGN
Suffered Slight Shock. Last
Night But Feels Fine
Today,
Remarkable ma Animal will Aid
ii Collecting War Saw
ing Stamps.

+ The imperial Goat, once the cher
teftedf property of Kaiser Wilhelm OF
Germany, is feeling slightly better to-
day than last night. according to au-
thentic reports received direct from
her keeper She didn't like. to have
her past revealed in the columns OF q
lnewspaper-no sensitive female does
and, It is raid that there was con-
Siderable kicking going on around-thc
barn last night. Finally. however.
soothing methods were applied, and
the Goat tbecam e more good natured.
On Monday she will astound the ma
ltives. She will do all kinds Of tricks
and It is absolutely guaranteed that
nothing like her actions have been
witnessed in this latitude BEFORE.
Dons Spring Wear.
Today the Goat donned her spring
wear-it looks like a coat of war
paint in various colors, but 1t. is only
fair to- add that this raiment Is arti-
fetal and has been put on for camou-
iage effect.
The war saving stamps committee
under whose auspices she will appear
in the streets of the city. carrying
around with her a United States mail
box fortthe collection of pledges and
stamps. staunchly refuses to issue any
specified schedule for the Goats APP
pearance in the various sections Of the
city. They a it is quite enough, to
merely announce hat she will make
her bow to the Grand Forks public
some time during Monday. She will
then JUS" happen along and by her
very presence add a note of rather
exciting picturesqueness to the life Of
an ordinarily staid community. Her
appeal for war saving stamps will not
be a y~ociferous M 1t will be mute,
but none the less persistent.
Inquiries About the Goat.
Who's got the Goat?"
Where is she? 2"
What's her name?"
rs she really and truly "a live
Goat2"
These and more than a hundred
other similar inquiries poured in over
and today.
To all Of which there is only this
to say that no explanation can fbe
vouchsafed in addition to what has
already been published. towit, that the
Boat Is a Bavarian by birth, and was
once sent as a present to the emperor.
of Germany who then showed her
along to his son. the crown prince.
Later on, after miraculously escaping
SACSul1Ou. sic AOuuO 1ICl way INV
French and American trenches where
she after being adopted as a mascot
by the FORMER Machine Gun company
boys was kept for a little while until
some bright mind suggested she might
be of service to the folks at home.
The Goat, came to. Grand Forks.
She Is here now. and beginning Mon
day she will add the war saving
stamps committee in carrying on its
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for money Inc ever more money with
which to fight the Kaiser.
* Passing the Bucket.
= The principal mission Of the Goat
will be to pass h bucket. This will
appeal to many who muse over the
"reminiscences of former days when.
ly passed along, and when a certain
fluid commodity. known to the public
as Book" made its annual appear
ance at about this time of the year.
The bucket which the Goat carries
about the city will be a dignified
United States mail box which has been
dedicated to this particular service by
the postal authorities. at Washington
and here. and it is expected that the
results will greatly exceed even the
most sanguine expectations. :
1t, is predicted that when the Goat
begins to walk about. the most fire.
quent question asked in the streets
and over telephone lines will be:
What has got the Goat now?"
And so it will keep on for an in
definite time to come.
Meanwhile the Goat is' gradually ac-
customing herself to her new sur
roundings although she has seen very
little of the city at this time. She
appears to feel at home in the barn
where she is kept, and. with the ex-.
ception Of the rude shock inflicted up
on her when she realized that her his
tory had been. published. she has SUI
ifered nothing that will tend to disturb
her pink and peppery condition.
A Rumor Set. at Rest.
This morning there were rumors
ahoat to the effect that the. Goat
would be taken%out for a parade
through the city this afternoon SO as
to give the men, who are leaving for
Camp Dodge an opportunity to OBJ
serve her. The Herald is in a position
to state authoritatively that the Goat
win not be seen by any part Of the
public until Monday.