The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-09

lflas,a'ls ia Nickname, common with
the French Canadian boys 81 the quaint
Acadian settlement Of Madawaska q
answers to our sBill, 3 and comes, 1 think
from the French GasSlll,taae, or William
The Madawaska children pronounced ii
as ifspelled G1arns, very broadly.
4 But Clam was not d boy, though he
bore o boys name Neither was he 4
dog--though [ once saw "a coach dog
named ''Bill," Indeed, 4 aim afraid Il
will disappoint the readers to learn tina,
Clam was q sheep, Of the gender which
country people call knock over;;'' d
q sheep with great curled horns and q
tearfully hard head. HI $50
Boys and dogs are often written about
but it is seldom, / think, that sheep
has his biography told. Yet CLAIMS life
and exploits are worth recording; and I
think that after reading what am about
torelate, the reader will say so.
se Clam bolongedto a little bacon faced
Madawaska lad named Maxine I.izotte,
His father called him ..Marxeem,,' or
MARX" But his father being a lumber
man, was at home but very little, and
the charge of the little clos, or farm, stu.
ated a few miles from the hamlet of ST,
oasii' was ielt mostly TO Maxine kline the
tatoes in the spring, and in September
IT, IL. $50 .lis oiop' pu!yih MS Potaatoes'
80 : - 49, ,a41 y, ueep ~ uole ID tne
e. .nas .iiey ,m inisss 81 ps AsPt safely
~ - oaI Iss le nae'aWasha people
tha;r bo,saa s r,o,,,a - Ivy w naye 'nenl
clim ,ta - ~, 80 aa,,a, ~ WITT, ~ W.
naarlr 80 o,,;ta $500, eli Wln.si 1a ':s
Mayi,na a., ~ ha. asns = .ne yeas'
FARM wnrk n;4h w. 'i ;.t pai. y I,l |,
COVE Thase ra,,aS !, ~ ~ = l'alAeu
carl one ~ +5e n,,aer @ m anu !, lis y
nneer satt,amant $780, e'sS'A =. z ' sl':a
His Nov won,d hove, ] {, !, ! \, !, n q,
nm oland ,al fnr;t loa',o,a : ;i,ew
dry tamarac root than mndar, ~ II .
But it did its work. with the heln 81
Maxine and his yoke Of cows Thase ~ -
had named s'Gadelle, and uGellette j,
names which may be freely translated II.
to English as "Plurn'' and ,s(>rean MOI ),
though tits doubtful if either word could
be found in paris" French dictionary.
1t was very amusing 10 see Maxine st
his blowing, shouting, "Herret, Gadelle!
Mushdaw, Gellette!" 1
Besides these two cows. the bow had
owned q flock Of twelve or fifteen sheep,
and Clam was the lord of the flock. In
bis 1an1bhood, he had been a great pet, a
sort of ''cosset." No doubt he was given
his full share Of provender and other
good things; and this, perhaps, was the
reason why he was SO large.
At the age of five years, when the
writer saw him, Clam certainly weighed
lot less than 200 pounds From the
great length of his wool, he looked even
heavier. 1t was said that the weight OF
lis annual fleece was fifteen pounds, which
seemed to me a pretty heauy story.
when lamb, Clam was no doubt gem
lie, ike all OF his race; but as he grew
older and larger, be became conscious OF
he forcible arguments that lay in his
Dig curled horns and hard head, and used
hem h; 70 resent familiar.ies from strang-
ers lie became ''knock-over' in good
earnest to all the neighboring bows.
Maxine ana CLAM, however, understood
each other, and avoided antagonisnns
:baS should have no place between
riends
CLAIMS first exploit of note occurred
when lie mad reached his third wear.
sheep pasture was on the
side. above his clos If was a
tract of thirty or fortv acres. that were
only partially cleared from trees and
brush. The pJ,blic, morals Of fhaf dis
trct are probably nor better than thosa
Of other localities. Az any ratio farmers
ike Mexicans. Who owned lambs nccas.
ionally lost them, and the THEFT was NOT
charged 10 their neighbors
and not to the bears and o.haT n;ld
beasts.
Then, 100. the eriver drivers as thev
passed up and down the St. johns had
an unpleasant custom of kidnappino fafa
lambs that might be found mon ia.
shores and roasting them over their
cam ~ f;roa s97!s s.
Dnriny TIA tat+ar 4a+f ~ Ma and 49,,
first weee If limo whan tha drivers ~, AZ, !,
com;nsr ! Nm ia r;na a.. - = = ,,saa az
uo - FL 9 s,aa.nr w 800 - +1,;nn ~ 49, -
en,, ,ata ~ nnar 80 ,;ttla aaoIr : =
~ So ,, - 80 - - -.
~ ahaa, to,.athar 80 ~ 80 m,sI !
49, & ~, - = - e. = o,ie
T. M c,,orS nna, "no b;aea = -