Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1884 — The Goat and the Tiger. [ARTICLE]

The Goat and the Tiger.

A Goat and a Tiger having been made Prisoners in the same Pitfall, the Goat remarked: “It would seem wise to Pool our Issues against the Common Enemy. I’ll Agree not to Eat you, if you’ll Agree not to Eat me. ” The Tiger readilly Agreed, and by great good Fortune the pair managed to Regain their Liberty. They were Scarcely out of the Pit, however, when the Tiger seized the Goat and Prepared to Crush him. “Hold! Did we not have a Solemn Agreement ?” “Exactly, but what a Tiger agrees to in a Pitfall does not hold good when he reaches the surface.” moral: There isn’t any to speak of, except that the Goat should have Eaten the Tiger down in the Pit and Trusted to Luck to Escape Afterward.— Detroit Free Press.