Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-18
Lamb and Gre,ia Peas.
eY Josh KILLINGS.

The lam Is Il juvenile sheep.
They are born about the fust ov March,
and menny ov them die Jest az soon az
green peas cum.
Lam and green peas ere cool, but not
good for lam.
I.ams are innoSent aa shrimps-they
wont hight, nor skratch. nor talk sassy.
They don't knO mulch, only 10 skip,
turn summersets on the grass, XIX up their
heels, pla tag, plague their mothers, and
have phun generally.
I | luv the lam, even luy them after
they BEGUN mutton, luy lams ov all
kinds, had rather hav one lam than !
volts. This may lux like oddness IN me,
but it IL my sentiments emmy how.
Mary had a little lam lwish had A
little lam, and if had a gud deal Of lam
it wouldn't discourage me.
When q lam gifts thro being lam
thew Immediately bekum sheep. This
takes all the sentiment out oy them.
There amt mulch poetry in mutton.
Sheep are muttons.
Mutton Is sometimes prekariOus.
When youth and innosence on emmy
kind grcLe old, it loozss most all ov Its
lamness,
This iakt Is too wei. known tew re-
quire an afedavid.
The lam Is an artikl, oy trade as well
Is diet-arc wuth from four 10 10 dollars.
ackordins to the way things am.
Ii IL strange that so mulch innosence
a. the lamb IL possessed ov, should be for
sale.
lti1 n>s 20 with most ali the innosence
and purity in this world-it j. too often
broueh; to the >hambles.
suppose, IL could hay M way, the
lam would stop growing when be got ieW
%. about eight weeks old bus then, cuu,
tcw think ON it. this would make mutton
awful ,Aarce.
ItwoIld also make Ian drcdtul plenty.
Ii would also iukrca.e VOLTS mutch :
ior hay always uoti>,.d since ! began
b.uu.,~ in this world, that Just in pro-
porsbun a. lams got numerous, wolis got
numerous acAordin.
Tia, lava Laz a short TAIL Their tails
are not short by uatur, "a, m design
During their early imkiuness, IA an
unsu,pektirg moment, and quicker than
liteujus. their dorsal elons4shioR Il nipt
IN the bud.
Not tew be mistaken IN this matter,
and tew place the responsibility jest
where it belongs -lams' tail, are cut oph
by man.
This IL a mean thing TOR man tew DO
bu, man IL capable oy 4 ing dredful mean
things, lest bekause he j man,
Man amt satisfied tc leave ennything
in this world as he phin, it.
The fcmail lam is he dearest little
pack ge Of innosence ard buty known TO
na;uralisJs
The femail lam i N pride aud hope.
II hy the hui. entire congregation on
them.
Ths lam from chill, hood Is kiyycred
with soft coating called wool, from
which cloth IL said t,w be made, and
from which yarn Il said tew be spun.
There IL a great dea ov yarn spun in
this world that has u, WOO in it-these
warns are called phibs.
Phibs are not konsiC cred teroshus,
\ phib il lie paint d in water colors.
There has been mora phibs in market
since the iormashun o. man than thare
mas been truth.
Phbs are often in.ennius, sometimes
quite pretty, but are al Us DANGEROUS.
Phibs are sometimes q crate deal more
plauzible than the trutl.
Look out for them.
Phibbers hav been known 10 become
liars. les, as hot lemol ade drinkers, with
little port wine in it, Jest for efekt
hsv been known tew b,cum our most re-
liable whisky drinkers