Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-02-14
For the Freeman.
The Wolves and the Sheep.

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GRAFTON, they will apply to the present state oi
he Temperance question in this country
The Shepherd is the Legislature. the Sheep,
he People; the Wolves, the Liquor Sellers
A careful Shepherd had fock ..s-5 :.
Ofthrivng sheep,-his only stock;
But III enc fear disturbed his sleep s+@ a&f
The w olives broke in and slew the sheep.
Or liberal and gentle mind
The shepherd was, and mild and kind;
He wished indeed to save The sheep,
And yet the wolves in humor keep, Hss
The pasture he with walls surronnded,#
As wolves throughout the land sbouRdrd.
Great were his p.-us, bis iabors long,
10 make the barriers high and strong;
Yrtoften he went To sleep,
The wolves broke in and sew the sIIeep:
He set his traPs.-Ihe wolves were caught,
And bouad in chHins 10 trial brought;
Now the submissive brutes petition,
To pity their foFlorn condition, '
Oftheir primevatrights demanded,
And from the pustnrage excluded.
They vowed,-they sworr,-their altered mind,
= To sheep had now become SO kind
They would not put tooth OF foot on =
The choicest latest leg of mutton,
Their ancestors they all confessed,
OF hsrsher motives were possessed,
Had often broke the shepherds wall,
And made the sheep in thousands fall,
Spread death and desolation round,
Aud stained with blood the blushiHg grounds;
But they-knd souls-had other kidneys,
As noble as Sir Phillip Sidney's,
Mid as Melancthnn thew would keep. -
Aud help to feed the flock Of sheep,
The shepherd fearing such trial,
Was resolute in his denial;
Till BY false friends extremely puzzled,
: He let the wolves in strnoglS muzzied;f
i Pared from each foot was every claw,
And twenty ktrhps bound up each jaw; So
Each wolf was forced an oath TO pass.
He would eat nothing there but grass;
A few bold watchmen dared to cry +
Against thus frghtful novelty,
Aud said il soon would come TO pass
That Olives would think all flesh is grass;
And in their plsnitude of power
Z The silly feeble sheep deyour;
These warnings all were given in vain,
Within the fold the wolves remain.
Meantime, the claws which had been cut
Grew strong and sharp on every foot;
Some of the straes are old or worn,
Aud others from the muzzie torn;
Slender and few those that remain
Give tenfold discomfort and paiu; Ea
The straps and muzzles all give way, 90. s .4
Hhs wolves are free-wo, worth the day,
Destruction reigns throughout the fold,
; The sheep are slaughtered, young aud old;
Then starts the shepherd as from sleep,
Resolved t. save the trembling sheepi s.s.
His dogs LET loose,-the wolves are caught,
2 And once again TO trial brought;
Their wicked c"nduet now bewaiI;
They vow, and beg. aud pray aud weep;
They ne'er will Kill another sheep;
h"a a,ad aa' IN VAN, me Snepnsra nS ear
Mid hoS,Is and yslls SO loud @ and dread.
They might almost awake the dead,
Iae teeth are torn from eae1y id'c,
re 44e Jesl sd @Je Ss5oed g,e,,. q eeerg Gltef
The wolves T cru % naither rel, sisv nor eal; za.z
His feck protected and a, psace.
beglhs 10 n'nFish aHo increase. = 7t--=
The License LAW 5r f
I The laws are here intended which make tn
liquor seller responsible Tor the consequences
-. D,,r't IT,. ~ ,.-z1 .-.1.l,. ,s-..L.z.,,
ionOr itself. NWittart Fonor, The men who eoni nj
Iell it. as harmless wolves without teeth Q
'iaws' gsl S.
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A CUR1ous W4aER-The London MorninI
Pos, descyibcs tho l;sbrnent Of an e1tya
- :. - - ,s;-f - -. - -
'foinary ie&t'
i will bet any man one hundred pound
that he cannot make million strokes wit
pen and ink within month" They were nc
10 De mere oots or scratches, OUT iaif cow
strokes such as form the ehhd $ nrst lesson Il
A gentleman accepted the challenge. III
month allowed was the lunar month OF oni
Iwenty-eight days; 50 that Tor the comPletito
of the undertaking an average OF thlrty,sl
thousand strokes per diem was required. In
at sixty minute or three thousand SIX hundre