The Litchfield County post., 1827-10-25

ishes il as her own ever after. Whether i.
is from JOY at the. apparent termination OF
her little one, or a little doubt remaining on
her mind that she would fain dispel, cannot
decide; but for few days she shows far more
| f0ndness, more bleating, and caressing, over
this one, than she did formerly over the one
that was really her own.
| But this is not what wanted to explain 4;
it was, that such sheep as thus lose their
lambs, must be driven to house with dogs,
so that the lamb may be put to them; for
! they will only take it in dark confined place
! But here, in Willensiee, ] never needed to
drive sheep home by force, with dogs, or
in any other way than the following Il found
every eve of course. hanging her head over
her dead lamb, and having a piece of Irvine
| with me Tor the purpose, tied that to the
lambs neck or toes, and trailed it along, the
eve followed me into any house or fold that
| chose tn lead her. Any of chem would have
followed me i'll that way for miles, her nose
close on the lamb, which she never quilted
for moment, except to chase the dog. which
! she would not suffer to walk near me. ! Of
ten, out of curiosity, led them into the side
of the kitchen fire by this means, into the
midst of servants and dogs; but the more
the dangers multiplied around the eve, she
chung the closer to her dead offspring, and
thought of nothing but protecting it.
| The same year there was a severe blast of
snow came on by night, about the latter end
of April, which destroyed several scores OF
our lambs; and as we had not enough OF
| twins and odd lambs for the mothers that had
lost theirs, of course we selected the best
ewes, and put lambs to them. As we were
making the distribution, requested of my
master to spare me a lamb for banked eve
which he knew and which was standing over
a dead lamb in the head of the hope, about 4
miles from the house. He would not do il,
but bid me to let her stand over it for day
or two, and perhaps twin would be forth
coming. did so, and truly she did stand
| to her charge; so truly, that think that the
like never was equalled by any of the wool
Iy race. visited her every morning and eve
ming, and for the first eight days never catch
ed her above two or three yards from the
| lamb and always, as went my rounds she
eyed me long ere came near her, and kept
stamping with her feet, and whistling through
her nose to fright away the dog. He got a
| regular chase twice day as passed by, but
however excited and fierce eve may be, she
| never offers any resistance to mankind, being
perfectly passive to them. The weather
grew fine and warm, and the dead lamb soon
decayed which the body of dead lamb
does particularly soon; but still this Affection
ate ard desolate creature kept hanging over
the POOR remains with an affection that SEEM
ed to be nolirished by hope'essnes. 1t often
drew the tears from my eyes to see her hang
ing with such fondness overa few bones, mix
I'd with small portion of wool. For the first
fortnight she never quilted the spot, and for
another week she visited it every morning and
evening, uttering few kindly and heart-pier-
cling bIeats each time; till at length every rem
nant of her offspring vanished, mixed with the
Snil