Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07
VM family Circle.
Evil Communications Corrupt Good Man.
IlrrS.
DY MRS. OLIVE STEW

EY MRS. OLIVE STEWART.
Most childrcn-and for that matter
grown up people too-know all about
Mary and her little lamb; but propose
To give the readers of this paper new
version 1t WAS not exactly Mary'S lamb.
for it was partly mine: having been given
to my sister Mary and myself when was
in my ninth wear and She in her seventh.
sure enough il fleece Wa white u snow
and we two little Girls We're very proud
and fond of our PCT, whose name was Dick.
! At first we fed him on milk alone: and II
we gave him All he could drink, he grew
very rapidly. and soon began to nibhle the
/ sweet white clover that aboundcd III Il
>rmi-circular hollow of the pasture a the
end of our house. There We're Il cow and
Il horse. al,oa pic, domcilrd in that pas
turc but Dick never had any plavmatc>
save children He knew nothing about
other lambs; still. he was ~ happy and
fri-kv IL he could h.. Whenever We
went through the wiclct-gtte and called
Dick Dick. Ne would come troting or
bounding. according to his humor, and
ruo hi, rose all over our faces and hands,
and if we cave him I pinch of salt or a
saucer Of milk he would wa@ his tail in
v-,,- that w. considered ,IlnrtltfivrIV fun
nv Nv sister never could keep still lone
~ ,tin,.. lint have l,iu many \ half
hour with Dick sitting. lamb fl>hiun. ON
/ hi, knees. and chcvinr his cad within the
cir,.I. Of NIX arm. Nv first care in the
mornin~ ana nv las, care 1T nirht wa,
tn see tint Dick wa, ~att. ana comfortable.
/ Toward. the end Of summer. a school was
IorrncI ms, oplo,itr tn. outer corner of
orr 1io.t11r,.ti,li: and some. BOYS. sons Of
our landlord. went and came tlrCu,rh our
ti,Il in ur1.rtn ..,y,. Themselves = r,,uI-
,h,It io,rn,v
| ,Iu., I.,,t fni.,,,.t tn mention th1r by
Ri; ,i,n,. tLo, ,,-,.,.,.t,,-, very d,.i,d Ill
Tie horns Growing ON master Dicks fore
head. and h. Wa not ,,uit,.-o Gentle. and
uur,~i.1inr in his manncr,. not half 80
,r,,,,l.,I.Il,. in one. arms. n, Formerly.
ann s..n}.ti,n. h.U.uII iumr Suddenly
with -, t;,,n .+,,n., l.,nI vh,.n mn, arm,
were. about hi~ neck Y for sister Narv
She. Lr,.,,n,. ,,,!i,,. li-,1l-,rJ with linn it
fer h, severn ,in,,, broke AWAY from her
c,r,..,.. l,,,ir., hcr or -Le. was rnIy-
nnIv. ,rt uf ., li,,1,. ...rD Iyin,r MI in IN
h..,, .n,,.,n.r ,.I.,,,r- sin h..-..m..l H.
h., t,nI Of -. and vo,.II f.llnw ~. r-p.c-.
i,lIv,n.. whenever. ,,,nf i,,1n}i. n1-tilr,..
pr,.Ity soon We. noticed that the aforesaid
hny. ,,,.r,. 1nthiur Dr.h'- 1,...uaiu,3u.,.
AMI ,,,,. l.,,- yam ia my mother. n ulu.h
trn,ll. IA ,.,n,,l.i,,tL. thn.,. bad boys
were teasing Dick most >Mlmctu'lV \
servant was sent 20 drive them away b1t
the ANNOYANCE. proved 10 he. on. nov easily
di~no,,J off, Nv father did no, Ihrto be-
80 mnrirlhorlv ~ 10 forbid thc hoysa
passage through the ticld and We could
not ALWAYS keep watch and ward; sides,
Dick seemed int,,uat.d. and would LEAVE.
TIN. hollow ~ soon ~ he heard III .ir defiant
chtll.m.. and Irot up the hillside toward
them. | had several times Zen the BOYS
~tonp down and ran ii Dich striking him
with their heads: and shortly discovered
that when my p,t wen, t. meet these
vo,n@ ~.:uup- it wa with ~ friendly
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