The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-07-04
sheep Smoking.

We find tho folfowing letter In thc Nsysso>
To (Texas) Times, and copy itavsv6at;,. "a m.
srat,r,, sss;,wi.h tas psefAtofy remarks Of the
Wonder Il eeorse wi,ksos IL ssds,,s I, so,,,,
at the Paris Exbibhionz The last We heard
Of him, he was out III tho Couaal corshksS H.
ting under alto oak and smo z. ssud' 1ook
ing at bis sheep. BY thcFways We got aistter
some time since (which Lwe intensled toe tract
trom, but mislaid u. Wo have recovered IL.
and will now Icy before our readers an Item
OF information which wo think VIII hs inter-
estings1 sirIqT Ot 4Jttri- gtSlk Lad 3sItl
sl8F 5cd ~ NSwsBaAuNzts,iTsxAs
DKaS JosrsLaI won, oue eep,sa vs.,Ssaa tsSg.-!
ness Mr.. Kendail;s sheep sisn okine, M. u.
ether through. fancy or from actual erperi.
mept, has como to the conclusion thns st.h.c
co smoke WIN rid Sheep from feas ana ali oth.r
,nsecs. .Ioanothcr nnn, tho prcccse vo,ld
be dill cult and ok pcnsive butffo Mr. n. !, !.
apc Ppstiphe as we'll as yeIy beueaciaL. m ,ss
,ne tacipties for Sheep smoking that Induced
him TO settle near 10 New Brarinfais. .',TS
tihs towns you know, Is very popnlous. n
nhaoifcd entirely "nit schermcns.ys, All
',nsn ars men sSmoselerery pne Mr. Kendall sends
lot OF smoking tobacco Then he iuyites N.
city OF Now Braunfels TO come ont and s,noL.
Tbo condition Of fhe novel and iiberai trast q.
tns; Zach buchanan must catch az many
sneep as ne can aud smoke them. There wore
s'1 M hahaiod Taeg engaged at y Yesterday. GEO,
Mr. hondall had the sheep to be smoked in
what ho called his hospital pasture. This ia
aoout fonr sguaro acres In sizo.f Tberc ear.
think, about thousand sheep 10 the acre
Ihe Datchmen all wore long blue cotton
shns OUTSIDE their breeches, and each one had
a great big pipe with n long stem. The pines
held about half pint, and generally rested
on the abdomen. is'''o
p. Mr.. X. had the tobacco In baps, n, ono ,;d.
OF the PASTURE and small fires all along, for
rthe eonyenienco Of the smokers. fi Z E1p'i
tom MI mn; naa Dig pipe, too, and blue cot
pipes were all filled aud lit, Mr.. X. Exclaimed
loudly, Go ~ Tychers 20 whereuuop. The
six hundred broke, each to n sheen. oanght !,
stretched it on its back, held IL down ard puif
cd great clouds Of sm oke between its hind legs
and the bare part OF the belly n pever 90
such clouds of smoke (; Il, was worse than N.,
nassas., Then the sheep were taken up and
put over tho fence, In what Mr. K. calls ttb.
h" convalescent ;" pasture. *. = - ''~
After tho Tychers". had smoked a sheen
apiece, they returned 10 The bags and filled
their pipes again. Then the Operation Wa,
enacted and rc-cnactod until all tbe n,si..is
were smoked. Towards tho close IL was yery
interesting. The Young and weakly shoep
were caught FIRST but the old rams yero hard
70 be mastored. Some of them fought like
heroes. NY Lord! what o butt 1 saw one give
nn old Fat Dutchman. It sounded HEe n cisn-
board on. a feather bed. But the old i,ntcb-
man said, Ter tyvel, TO hill init ye," and
ieh over on him and crushed him 10 earth and
smoked him good.
=, After the smoking was over, Mr.. X. leading,
tho Tychers retired TO h grove, where no had
prepared sumptuous lrcpast Of krout, Bo
losna san'ascs ana lager bcor. And Mr.. X.
ana All were excessively happy. NJ 20
do not rccollcct that Mr.. Kendall has eiv
en- an account of this matter in any of his
articles in the Texas Almanac in past years.
IL concerns the public, and IL Mr.. X, th hrough
lnadvertancc, should omit Il IN his article for
.os, please call Mr.. Richardson's attention to
it, SO that he may insert 1t.