THE GOAT.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2244, 11 June 1881, Page 4

THE GOAT.

The goat is a native of the vacant lots about the city, and there are lots of them. The goat is omnivorous. He will goat anything that ho sees, and will seize anything that ho may goat. His principal food, however, is play bill. Ho is very fond of letters.

Let us honor him for his love of bill letters. The gentleman goat is called Billy, but he is a Billy that no policeman can handle. Tho lady goats are called Nanny. This is thoir ewo-Nauny-mous name. Tho young goat is called a kid. Kids are on hand the year round.

Tho goat is generous to a fault. He presents a couple of herns to everybody he sees. lu tho matter of more cash, tho Cashmere goat is the most famous.

Goats are fond of tho outskirts of large cities ; also hoop skirts. The goat wears a beard. It is called a goatee, though not confined to tho he-goat. The goat is noted for his bunting, but he never flags.

The goat is one of tho signs of the zodiac, signifying that he has a propensity to knock things sky-high. He never gets high himself. That is to say, never gets over the ba-a-a. Shakespeare understood the spontaneity of the goat when he said, “ Stand not upon tho order of your going, but goat once.” Tho goat is a wide awake animal. He is never caught napping, notwithstanding the many cases of kid-napping you may have read about.

For many years the goat was the only butter known.

Goats love to get on a high rock, and sun

themselves. Give them a chance, and they will alweya seek a sunny climb. The god Pan was a sort of half goat. All goats do not pan out as well as he did. Ba-a-a ! —“ Boston Transcript.”