The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-02
~MARY nADALITTLE LAMB
The Famous History from the
Lips Of the Original lInrY.

. - NAAN OAAtSANAA
There are floating about in the great
ocean OF literature stray chips Of song or
story which from their wit or wisdom, or
from some unaccountable reason, become
popuIarized and cherished more carefully
than whole navies OF world-renowned
authors. Their parentagc unknown,
they come as literary ioundlings to our
doors, and once admitted, command their
own place in our affections. Among
such is the poem "AIary had u little
lamb There is hardly II child in the
broad land who has not become fam.
iliar with the verses; not a college stu
dent but has sung them to dozen differ
cnt tunes, 1t has been parOdied, para
phrased and translated into the dead
languages. And yet scared y any one
knows who is its author or whether ii is
fictitious or founded on fact. 1t is per.
haps in the truth OF the story that the
secret OF its popularity lies. For it is
the true account Of an incident that hap
pencd IL years ago, not so miles from the
Cradle Of Liberty, And MARY u de.
lightlul old lady Of three.score and ten,
still lives and Cherishes the memory Of
the event. The writer, on u recent visit,
Craved from her own lips the true story
OF the affair, and will reproduce it ~
nearly rs possible.
at was when | was nine years old, she
said, "and We lived up on the farm. !
used to go out to the barn every morning
with father, to see the cows and sheep.
They all knew me, and the cows, old
Broad and Short.horn and Brindle, would
low a goOd.morning when came to their
stables, One cold day, We found that
during the night twin lambs had been
born. You know sheep will often disown
one Of twins, and this morning one poor
little lamb was pushed out Of the pen
into the yard. 1t was almost starved and
almost frozen, and father told ne might
have it ii | could make 1t live. So took
It into the house, wrapped it in u
blanket and fed it peppermint and
milk all day. When night came would
not bear to leave II for fear it would die,
so mother made me up u little bed on the
settle and | nurscd Inc poor thing nIl
niuht. feeding II with n snoon nn1 Inv
m0rniny il cGnli stand Encr Iii wa
brought it up by hand until 1t grew to
love me verymuCh, and would stay with
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ripht and securely fastened ior thc dav,
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bo found, and snnn3sinw thnI il hnd gone
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would follow ihcsonnJ If nv voice This
morning, ailcr wc boI gnnc some Iis.
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