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Show HENRY CLAY AND THE GOAT. Incident Which Must Have Ruffled the Dignity of the Great Statesman Saved by a Boy's Advice, A story of an amusing encounter between be-tween Henry Clay and a Washington goat is told by a general of the army. The story shows that even a great statesman may sometimes find himself him-self In a position in which advice from the humblest source may be acceptable. accept-able. "I was a boy at the time," says the general. "Clay and a party of Congressmen Con-gressmen were walking down Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania avenue on their way from the Capitol. In those days Congress generally gen-erally adjourned about 3 o'clock In the afternoon, much earlier than it does now. We boys were playing with a goat owned by Goldman Nallor, the father of the Nailor brothers. "Mr. Clay came along in the most dignified fashion, but there was evidently evi-dently something about him which attracted at-tracted the goat's attention. With a ,'bound the goat made for Mr. Clay, who saw him coming, and appreciated the 'danger. We yelled, 'Look out!' but ttiat was unnecexsary, for Mr. Clay seized the goat by both horns, and held him. "That was a comparatively easy matter, but it was a question whether Mr. Clay had the goat or the goat had him. As long as Mr. Clay held on he was safe enough, but he knew enough about goats to 'know that the moment he let go he would be butted. "There were vaiious suggestions made by the Congressmen present, but none of them seemed to suit the exigencies exig-encies of the occasion. Finally Mr. Clay appealed to the boys. One little urchin stepped forward and said it a sharp, shrill voice: "'Mr. Clay, turn his head to the right and run like blazes!' "Mr. Clay obeyed the Instruction, and an instant later was safe in a shop. The goat went bounding down the avenue. When Mr. Clay came out of the shop he called the urchin up to him, patted him on the head and said: " 'My son, that was the best advice I ever had.' " |