| Show GOOSE d HAD REVENGE pranks of a pet disturb the peace of quiet little village theres lots of trouble in the little virago village of Brool idale and its all on an account of the disorderly conduct of a wild goose owned by the aldow simpson the widow bought the fowl from a bunt hunter r when it was a yearling and has since been trying to make a pet of it nith very disastrous results there s one thing that tha the people of brookdale Dro Bro pride themselves vea on and that Is the well kept lawns in front of their homes widow simpsons 90 goose oso naj a taste tor for tender grass graus and after destroying the pretty plot at her cottage made predatory raids on the neighbors lots started the trouble and the widow simpson from wag one of the best liked women in the community became the most hated the goose seemed to realize that it was heartily hated by its owners owner a neighbors and that a demand bad had been made for its death with which the widow refused to comply the fowl then began a persistent series of attacks upon the people who wanted it put out of the way it bit and sert bously injured a 4 year old girl upset a forty gallon can of milk toro tora down the family washings and made raids on poultry yard killing oft off tho the young chickens by the score it became such a terror that the people of brookdale liro organized themselves into a vigilance committee and started out to kill it volley rater volley was fired at the goose but it seemed to bear a charmed life and escaped unhurt flying out of range of he buckshot fired at it and screech rig defiance at the men and boys bos who sought to kill it ono one result of the vigilance committees raid was the killing of a calf by one of at the men who shot at the goose tho the owner ot of the calf ed a bill for 17 7 which the unlue boobe hunter had to pay about a quarter of a mile from the th widow simpsons Simp sona house Is I 1 the village school presided over by a woman teacher who has some thirty luttio boys and girls under her ebardt last monday morning the goose fiew in at the front door of the school schoolhouses houss and began to make things lively knowing the evil nature of the foil the teacher and her pupils were bad I 1 frightened at its appearance it begab operations by grabbing a book out of c a childs hands and tearing it to pieces the teacher armed with I 1 broom and some of the bolder ol 01 th pupils with rulers made a comb laet attack on the intruder but it them theta oft and inflicted a number cf 0 et E ere irles wes on them including a I bad cut in tn the teachers face ace mad made with a of its powerful dingi finally string sling that they tere ere no IN match for or the belligerent gooe the tb teacher and pupils fled leaving it la is possession of 0 the room help was summoned but when whet it arrived the goose with a loud loui squawk flew out of the doorway and its way to the woods since which it has not been seen 11 ahe he interior ct of the schoolhouse presen presented teci a scene ol 01 wild wreckage the floor was with torn books desks were up pt P et t ink bottles spilled and a number ol 01 panes of blass broken it cost beull 20 to repair ohp damage and 01 school trustees talk of suing the via vid ow simpson for the amount if it goose comes back who r many want to go to heaven too lazy even to look that way |
