The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-25
Uaryss Little Liant.

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bee nj the Old South nesting house.
and the children will be interested In
the following story. which IL sub.tan.
italy correct. except that the lamb
fed upon q more singular beverage
than milk. namely, cainip tea. Mary
has NJ some Inconvenience promised
to come each day thi, week. if'pos.ible.
40 = not 10 disappoint the children.
Friday will he her seventy second
birthday.
Who would have believed that the
little pet lamb which followed Mary
everywhere would now be helping "a
say the Old South church, All chill.
drcn know the old song.
"M.ry hal . little lamb.
la fleece wa white o. snow.
And everywhere that MARY vent,
The lamb wss sure IN CO..
And many 81 them know that there Is
In Boston nm old church, on Washing.
ton street. u tho corner al Milk. The
land upon which II stands IL worth a
great sun Of money. and. m the prop.
crty was offered for sale, there was
much danger that the house would b
torn down 10 make y for q block n
stores. The old church has been ~
famous In the history of Massachusetts.
thst there was n strong feeling agains,
tearing II down, and 10 save L 4 mum.
Der Of women Of wealth bought IL,
pledging over e4OO,OOO. For month,
they have been hard Mt work In a grca,
many ways IN pay for II. For several
weeks past ''Aunt Tabitha" has held q
spinning bee in tho church. Three or
four old ladies. who were famous spin.
ners In their y0uRg days. when u wa.
the custom TO wear homespun gar,
mcnts, have had their hatchels and
reels and wheels. and have spun fol
the people. A great many have
watched them nj their work each after,
noon. To add tn the attractions Of the
exhibition. the old ladies have been
dressed In the styles which were com
mon when they were young. and hav,
worked In nm old.time kitchen, with il
open Fireplace and glowing logs.
Among the visitors NJ day was the
real Mary, who, when u little girl, had
tho pet lamb for her own. She wa.
very willing to tell the story; suppos,
we listen with the rest. Little Mary.
name WAS Mary Sawyer. and she lived
in Sterling, Massachusetts. She Is now
Mrs. Tyler. Of Somervillc. a vigorou,
lady over seventy years old. One
morning she went out To the barn and
found two little lambs which had beer
born In the night: one was 80 weak ana
small that her father said II was of nc
use TO try to save IL. lie gave IL To he,
care, promising that II IL lived II should
be her lamb. Mary took II into the
house. wrapped II up. laid Il In n warm
place. and fed II carefully with milk.
All day she watched Il. and all nigh,
too. In the morning how glad she wa
10 hearhcr father say that the lamt
| would live!
II was no wonder that the pet lamf
loved its small mistress, and wanted to
go everywhere with her. The day tina,
II went to school. and was turned out,
II happened that 4 young man WA,
there who saw tie whole, and VIII,
wrote out the whole story the children
know 40 well. The lamb lived ant
thrivcd and had lambs of its own, II
ran In the fields with the cattle. till on.
day " COW. with sharp horns, whib
playing, tossed II In the air. and II fol
bleeding At the feet Of Mary who hap
pcned to he In tho field. With deer
grief she watched It's life 90 out. From
tho lambs wool q quantity Of yarn had
been spun, and Mrs. Tyler brought
some Of II to Aunt Tabitha's bee. anc
sold II at twenty-five cents for each
piece. so that up to last week Mary.
little lamb had earned $50 toward pay,
Ing for the Old South church In Boston
This Is the true story Of Mary's littl,
lamb. --Bosfon advertiser.