Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — A FAMOUS GOOSE. [ARTICLE]

A FAMOUS GOOSE.

betei l , the Pet of the English Coldstream Guards. Possibly the most remarkable creature ever attached to a regiment was Peter, the ever famous goose of the Coldstream guards. This curious pet was presented to the Coldstreamers when they were in Canada by the late Hon. Adolphus Graves, and soon it acquired a fame which eclipsed that of all rivals, in the way of pets in the army. When the guard was mounted of a morning Peter always marched off with them. It Is recorded that one night the goose saved a sentry’s life by flying in the face of a rebel who was just going to fire at the soldier. Peter’s timely aid disconcerted the rebel, who fired at random! The sentry immediately responded by shooting the rebel dead. When the guards came home and were quartered in Lon-Vn one of the sights when the regiment marched out was to see Peter strutting at the head of the battalion till they passed the barrack gate, when the goose returned. Unhappily Peter’s fate was unherolc. His end was ill in accord with his martial career, for he was run over and killed by a cah, aud that not even a taxicab. It. was a poor kind of an end for a bird with such a record. —London Telegraph. A small package—Any man who is wrapped up in himself.