Show THIS TEllS GOOSE WAS A TERROR Pe Pennsylvania Village W Wrecked by oy bythe bythe oythe the Depredations of One Lone Fowl Theres There's lots of trouble in the little village VII vil vi- vi lage of Brookdale Pa and its it's all al on account account of the disorderly conduct of a awid wild wid goose goose owned by by bythe the Widow Simp- Simp Simp Simp- son The widow bought the fowl from froma a hunter when it was a yearling and has since been trying to make a pet of it i. i with wih very disastrous results Theres There's one thing that the people of Brookdale pride themselves on and that is fhe he well kent kent wel-kent t lawns in front of their homes Widow Simpsons Simpson's goose has a taste for or tender grass grass and after destroying the pretty plot at her cottage made predatory predatory predatory preda preda- tory raids on the neighbors' neighbors lots This started the trouble and the Widow Simpson from being one of the b best best- st- st liked women in the community became the most hated hated The goose seemed to realize that it i was VIS heartily hated by Its owners owner's ne neighbors neighbors neigh neigh- gh- gh bors bon and that a demand had been made for its death with which the widow re refused refused refused re- re fused to comply The fowl then began a persistent series of attacks upon the he people who wanted It I put out of ot the way It I bit and seriously injured a 4 year-old year girl tore down the family washings and dragged the clean clothes in the mud and made raids on poultry yards killing of off on the young chic chickens ens by bythe bythe bythe the score It I became such a terror that the people of f Brookdale organized into a vigilance committee and started out outI outto outto to kill ki it I. I Volley Voley after volley vOley was fired at the but it goose I seemed to bear a I charmed life and escaped unhurt flying flyingout flyingout out of range of the buckshot fired tred at it it and screeching defiance to the men and boys who sought to kill ki It f. f One result of the vigilance committees committee's committees committee's commit commit- tees tee's raid was the killing of a calf calf by byone byone byone one of the men who shot a at t the goose The owner of the calf presented a a. bill bi for 17 which the unlucky hunter goose-hunter had to pay About a quarter of a mile mUe from Widow Simpsons Simpson's home is the village viage school presided over by a young woman teacher teach teach- er who has some thirty little boys and girls under her charge Last Lat Monday morning the goose flew fiew in at the front door of the schoolhouse and began to tomake tomake tomake make things lively Knowing the evil evi nature of the fowl the teacher and her pupils were badly frightened at its Is ap ap- ap- ap It I began operations by grabIng grabbing grabbing grab grab- bing Ing a book out of a childs child's hand and tearing it I t to pieces The teacher armed with a broom broom and nd some of the bolder pupils with wih rulers made a combined at attack attack at- at tack on the intruder but It scared them off and inflicted a number of severe in injures injuries injuries in- in juries jures on them including a bad cut on the teachers teacher's face made with wih a stroke of its powerful wings Finally seeing they were no no match for the belligerent i goose teacher and pupils fled fed leaving It i In possession of the room Help was summoned but when it arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived the goose with a loud squawk fie flew out of the doorway and winged Its Is way to the woods since which time it has not been seen The interior of the schoolhouse presented a scene of wild wid wreckage The floor foor was strewn with torn books desks were upset Ink bottes botties bottles bot bot- ties tes spilled spied and a number of panes of glass glas broken It I cost nearly 20 to re repair repair repair re- re pair the damage and the school trustees trustees trustees trus trus- tees talk of suing the Widow Simpson for the amount if the goose comes back l Correspondence Chicago Inter Ocean |