Evening star., 1942-11-06

Henry McLsmore. that I personally
present to Joseph Eastman, head Of
the ONCE of Defense Transporta-
ton. his suggestion that goats be-
used to solve this countrys civilian
transportation problem.
Mr.. FELTON,, who is a goat grower
or raiser or rancher or whatever
one who supervises the bringing Of
goats into this world is called, main-,
tanned in his letter to me that there.
are hundreds of thousands of strong,
healthy, willing goats ready to pull.
vehicles. He points out, and right
ly perhaps, that goats are very little
trouble to keep, cost very little to
feed, and are a natural replacement
for the automobile.
Until man has driven a spank.z
ing team of goats Mr.. Ripley
rhapsodizes, "he has not felt the full
thrill of travel. Nothing is prettier-
than team of goats, horns glisten-.
ing in the sun, whiskers riding the
wind, spinning wagon down the
road.
Businessmen would find a goat
wagon ideal to reach their offices.
Housewives would find goats the
perfect means of shopping. Goats
need no gasoline, no retreading, no.
OIL. AS a patriot you must lay this
plan before Mr.. Eastman and have.
him launch goats for defense"
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Mr.. Ripley of Texas has turned to
the wrong man. He has, unfortu-
nately, turned to man who spent
the best years of his boyhood try
ing to break to harness dozens of
goats. was given my first pair of
goats on my sixth birthday. They
were named Billy and Nanny, as are.
all goats. No one has ever named,
goats anything but Billy and Nanny.
A bright green wagon and red har-
ness came with them. Billy ate the
harness in the first two DAYS and.
working horn-in-glove with Nanny.
made a shambles Of the wagon
within week.
Other Billys and Nannys followed
this original pair but I found all
goats to be the same. They do not
like to travel in a straight line.
Head them toward point A and they
light out for point O. Head them
toward @ and they hit it, lickety-
split, for w or R. They do not like
the feel of a paved or graded road
under their feet.
IT Mr.. Ripley's suggestion is car
ried out, this country will do more
cross-country travelling than wa,
ever done before. A harnessed goats
natural habitat is ditch, or
plowed field, or heavily wooded
area.
Mules are supposed to be stubborn
animals. but mule, when he wants
Phi. D. In stubborness, studie.
under a billy goat. When a goat
sits down or lowers its head and
braces its feet. nothing will move it:
learned to build fires by building
them under the Billys and Nannvs
OF my boyhood.
Goats are not affectionate. Thera
Is no such thing as making a friend
OF goat. You can let a goat cat
at your table, give him free run
OF the guest room, give teas and
showers for him, hold musicales in
MS honor, and the first time he
getS a chance to get a running
start and let you have it with his
horns. he will. I still am not ah-
solutely in line, from neck to knee
because OF the sneak punches that
my goats delivered to me when =,
was an unsuspecting child and NV
pones were still in the formative
period. "'''7
Inc nrSt poem that I ever learned
Il couldn't have been more than
because I started helping with
tne cotton picking when was A
ana i knew the poem at that time
concerned goats forget who wrot.
tne poem-Byron, Wordsworth or
Grantland Rice-but it went this
way: '-A'
Two little goats were walking IN
the pasture.
One little goat said, Let's walk .
little faster
THE other little goat sold ar,
foot's sore
,r.s Excuse me. goat-I did not know"
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