Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-03

various tongues OF earth thn that com
mencing with the lines;
Mary hal little lamb,
H. fleece was white as snow,
And cverywaeIc that Ma s. went
The lamb WAS sure TO 20.
Well, the story is now current, at the
national capital. that the Distinguished
secretary of state, when recently in a lpc
ular crowd of his friends, was desired tu
condense into prose these immortal versr,.
Urgently solicited, Mr.. Evars Welded
and wrote rs follows:
"Mary,a female ia lgcd to b. of the race
OF man, whose family name is unknown
whether OF Hative or foreign birth, Of Io,tN
or lowly lineage. and whose appearance
manners and mental cultivation are in.
volved In The most profound mystery,
which probably never will be fully ascrr
tained unless through the most profound
researches Ofa historian admirably trained
in his profession, who shall devote the
Il lest efforts OF his life to the investigation
of the subject, uninhuenced by either pas
sion or prejudice and having only in view
the sacred truth, at the same time beinr
utterly rcgardleo, Of the plaudits or cen
sures of the world, we are informed bv
ono who, it has been stated, at one time
while living in that part of the United
States of America known us Massachu
sets, whose fishermen have frequently
been involved in diliru lies with the M
thorities of her majesty Q1een Victoria
queen OF Great Britain and empress of the
Indies, whose domains extend over a
large share Of the habitabe globe, thereby
endangcring 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 ample
for the use of factories already busily en-
ployed, and for those which ere long will
be constructed in all parts of our laid,
working both by water and steam power,
and in whatever direction tie said Mary
Travelled, this animal, whose fleece was
snow white, even as the lofty mountain
regions in the silent soliudes of eternal
winter, as the ethereal vapors which oft
float over an autumnal sky, 'darkly, deeply
beautifully blue, or as the tactical fluid,
covered with masses of delicate froth.
found in the buckets of the rosy dairymaid
whether meandering through the mead
ows in midsummer, gathering the luscious
strawberry, strolling in the woodland
paths in search Of wild flowers, visiting
the church with her uncles, 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 blissul
couch to seek rest and enjoy sweet rcpose
after the cares and labors of the day, in
fact, everywhere that Mary went this
youthful sheep, influenced, doubtless, by
that affection which is oft so c0nspcuously
manifested by the lower animals in their
association with human bcinys, was ever
observed to accompany her
1t is stated that, when the pause in the
sentence came, the secretary, who had
read it without IN inspiration, resumed
his stoid. diplomatic counenauce, and all
mrthfulness bad departed from the faces
of that once happy company Detrou
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