Show T A FUNNY OccuR RENcie the troy N Y tells the following funnay about lout the loss of a looking ii S i 1 g glass las day before yesterday a thrifty citizen ze n of west troy desirous to please his bettor better halk half and prope properly aly adorn his 11 palatial residence purchased a 25 26 11 mirror 9 u which aich was cheap and just suited her the purchaser concluded to carry the mirror ho home in e himself and not to trust its transmission thence to the perils of a porter with tired muscle in and pouring sweat he arrived on the st charles hotel corner the ferryboat was ion on vother mother side of J jordan or y and the owner of the mirror was thirsty therefore 6 the mirror was stood up tip against the hotel stoop on the side ide I 1 walk and a small boy bidden to watch ity it while its owner stepped into the st charles bar to got get euthin su thin to cool himself with 1 at this unlucky moment a large billy goat which enjoys the freedom of the city and is familiar to all the residents in that vicinity for his famous bucking powers came leisurely along the s sidewalk the small boy charge in f of the mirror fled on the double quick in serious ap apprehension rep of being bucked the goat kept on his career until lie he caught sight of another goat reflected on ohe t the polished surface of bf the glass then lie he stepped back some dozen beat reared aloft his caudal appendage gave three or four preliminary shakes of the nead and rushed on his shadowy adversary with a power of buck which of all the creatures of the animal kingdom the goat alone possesses the glass was shattered in a spray pray of fragments and the goat went through the back of tho the mirror up to his bis head bead and shoulders whether the goat was more astonished at the utter demolition of his opponent or tho the own cowher i er i of the mirror mirror at his unexpected loss aa JS is one of odthe problems yet unsolved 11 |