A NICE PROBLEM.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 949, 17 October 1910, Page 8

A NICE PROBLEM.

! ' GOAT THAT ATE A £10 NOTE. V' " ;; 'v -'/, V '.The judge oT the Vaugirar-d quarter [ j. ; iOf Pans has been called upon to decide • »;' vcry curious affair.. f ; H ! Ky:.'-' : A ;iew-; days ago a: rich lady' living at s-"?v';,)'E'ampes: came into' the ~ city to, draw a oKmoneyv'from.'-her, batik. - After Ei;: :a:-Ehe: \pa:yment : she walked! to K: E quarter ; :toi;visit: her, par-; vents;' and, ' on; her, ' .way,;: thinking ■ a mis- ; . 1 take, had, been made, stopped to -count MKK the,'money,- which : she ;h'ad' placed' 'jnva ; £ Small '•bag;,:': ,' v -~v"- f ' , ■ During her count she dropped a noto s^:'JMO; .which was carried:-away by the wild.: A goat-herd,' who .was parsing with ,'VV : . :a. number of she goats, picked up tho :'ahd• was. about, to give it to' the |(. -:S orie;,of . the;, animals snatched the precious s-:Jjjpaper .from his hand; and before the I. ' ' man could effectively interfere had eaten , it. ' " ; . r „ vThe lady aecused the goatherd of hav-' ing given • the note to • tho animal, and a' ; ; ;pqlicemanv who .was.- Galled took- the fouri , vfooted' thiefand the goatherd/before the E V". ■ ■ Commissary ,of Police. Tho magistrate • found himself in ' a difficulty, for, ' ; as hp [0- pointed out, lie had no gaol in which to i'Keep the animal.. ■ p. ;• ' 'i'o prove his honesty the goatherd of['iy v.: ; .iered- to: sacriflco the offending goat, and the animal was taken to.the Vaugirard and killed. ' The bank-note was .found in bits, but. as the number is 'still decipherable the lady "will bo able to •':' recover the money. ,' . ■(' sV:? The. goatherd having demonstrated his U JiaJiesty, demanded that tho lady should -.S'= '.-p.'jy.-fpr- the goat.' l This she refused to • : • <10, ard the man has applied to the judge r-• <to .£ottlo»tlui.:gi(Btioa. -