The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-10-31
MR.. EYARTs AND MARY,s LAMB.

Few poems have been more generally
admired or paraphrased i'm the various
/ tongues of earth than that commeucfno
I with the lines:
Mary had a little lamb.
Its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went
This lamb was sure TO 90.
/ Well. the story is now current at the
national capital that the distinguished
Secretary of State. when recently in a
. jOculaT crowd OF his friends. was desired
to cOndense into prose these immortal
. verses. Urgently solicited. Mr.. Evarts
yielded and wrote as follows. SAYS the
/ Chicago Tunes
'Hary, female judged to be Of the race
of man, whose family name is unknown, h,
whether of native or foreign birth, OF lofty
or lOwly lineage, and whose appearance,
manners and mental cultivation are involved
. in the most profound mystery. which prob
ably never viii be fully aScertaIued. unless
through the most profound researches OF a
historian admirably trained i'm his profession,
who shall devote the ablest efforts of his life
to the Investigation of the subject uuinfiu-
enced by either passion OF prejudice, and
having only in view the sacred truth, at the
same time being utterly regardless OF the
plauditS or ceusUres of the world. we are in
formed by one who IL has been stated. at
one time while living in that part OF the
United States known as Massachusetts,
VOWED in difficulties with the authorities of
Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Queen Of
Great Britain and Empress of the Indies,
whose domains extend over q large share Of
the habitabIe globe, thereby endau geriuG The
peace which should So happily exist between
nations of the same blood and language. had
an infant sheep, OF which there are many
millions of various stocks and qualities now
In our country, constantly adding wealth
and prosperity TO our republic and enabling
US TO be entirely independent OF all other
nations for our supply of wool, now annie
plOyed, and for those which ere long Will be
constructed in all parts of our land, working
both by water and steam power and in
whatever direction the said Mary travelled
this animal whose fleece was snCw-white
even as the lofty mountain regions in the
ereaI vapoTS which oft float over an autumnal
sky, 'darllly, deeply, beautifully blue or as
the lacteal fluid. covered with masses of del
icate frOth, found in the buckets of the fairy
dairy-m3ld, whether meanderiug through
the meadows i'm midsummer, gathering the
luscious strawberry, stro.liHg i'm the wood
land paths in search gI wild flowers, visiting
the church with her uucleS cousins and
aunts TO listen To the inspired words which
came from the lips of the minister of the
sanctuary, or when retiring to her blissful
couch 10 seek rest and enjoy sweet repOse
after the cares of the day, in fact. everywhere
that Mary went this youthful sheep infu-
enced, doubtless, by that affection which is
50 oft SplcuOusly manifested hE the lower
animals in their association with human be-
ingS, was ever observed TO accompany her.
1t Is stated that when the pause I'm tie sen
tence came the Secretary, who had read il
without an inspiration, resumed his solid
diplomatic cOuuteuauce, and all uliTtLIuluess
had departed from the faces uf that once
happy company.