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Show INQUISITIVE OLD GOAT IS AJSASOLINE TORCH SOAKED BY ANQRY CHAUFFEUR, BILLY BUTTS AUTO WHEEL AND STRIKES FIRE. , New York. -Ullly, nn old goat who lias become n.famlllnr figure to auto-moblllsts auto-moblllsts w'ho pa8 through Livingston, got himself on flro tho other afternoon. after-noon. Hilly has been a chronic loafer about James Mendel's gnrngo and repair-shop and has acquired an ardent appotlto for cast-off tires. This propensity pro-pensity lias tomptcd him to nlbblo at tlrea on -wheals, the result bolng that ho has caused several explosions. At throe p. m.nn auto stopped at tho garago and tho chauffeur said ho wanted gasoline. Ullly began to snoop about tho car. The drlvor kicked at tho goat when Billy tried to chow a There Was a Flash of Fire. pleco out of tho mudguard. Ullly dodged tho kick. At few' minute's aft-erwnrd aft-erwnrd tho chauffeur, who was carrying carry-ing gasollno from garago to auto In n pall, lost his temper nnd throw tho contents of tho bucket squaroly Into llllly's face. About a gallon of gaBo-lino gaBo-lino covered tho gont. Evidently the gasollno entored DIUy'8 oyca and made him wild. Ho made a rush for tho chauffeur, but that man cloverly sidestepped. Dllly. carried blindly on by the forco of his rush, struck full tilt against tho brass hub of n whcol of tho machine. Thore wna a flnsh of fire, nnd tho 'next moment mo-ment tho gasoline that covered Billy's coat was aflame. Alfred Schwartz, the repair mnn, says tho smash of horns against brass struck flro and that caused tho blaze. For ten minutes there was a hot tlmo. Billy, a mass of flrc.'wcnt dashing dash-ing about. Schvnrtz feared tho goat would dlvo Into tho garago and set flro to that place. A crowd of boya burled Billy under a hall of big snow-balls, snow-balls, and theso put out tho flro. |