Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-12-20
EVARTS' SENTENCES

admired or paraphrased in the various
tongues of earth than that commencing
with the lines:
Mary had n little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And every whore that Mary went
This lamb was sure to go.
Well the story is now current at the
National Capital that the distinguished
Secretary of State, when recently in a
jocular crowd of friends, was des ired to
condense into prose these immortal ver-
ses. Urgently solicited, Mr.. Evarts
yielded and wrote as follows:
MARY, a female judged 20 be of the
race Of man, whose family name is un,
known, whether OF native or foreign
birth, of lofty or lowly lineage, and whose
appearance, manners and mental cult
walton are involved in the most profound
mystery, which probably will never be
fully ascertained, unless through the
most profound researches of II historian
admirably trained in his profession, who
shall devote the ablest efforts of his life
to the Investigation of the subject, unin-
huenced by either passion or prejudice,
and having only in view the sacred truth.
at the same time being utterly regardless
of the plaudits or censures of the world,
we are informed by one who, il has been
stated, at one time while living in tnat
part of the United States known as Mass
achusetts, whose fishermen have frequent.
ly been involved in difficulties with her
majesty Queen Victoria, queen of Gfeat
Britain and empress of the Ind les, whose
domains extend over largo portion OF
the habitable globe thereby endangering
the peace which should 50 happily exist
between nations of the same blood and
language, had an infant sheep, of which
there are many millions, ofvarious stocks
and qualities, now in the country, con
stantly adding wealth and prosperity to
our Republic, and enabling us to be en-
tlrely independant of all other nations
for our supply of wool, now ample tor
those of factories already busily employ
ed and for those which ere long will be con-
structed in all parts of our land, working
both by water aad steam power, and in
whatever direction the said Mary travel
ed this an imal, whose fleece was snow
white, even as the lofty mountain re-
gons in the silent solitude of eternal win
ter, as the ETHEREAL vapors which oft float
DER an autumnal sky, "darkly ly, deeply,
beautifully blue" or as the lacteal fluid,
covered with masses of delicate froth,
found in the buckets of the fairy daily
maid, whether meandering through the
meadows In midsummer, gathering the
luscious stra wbeiry, strolling in the wood
land paths in search of wild flowers, visit
ing the church with ber uncles, cousins
and aunts, to listen to the inspiring words
which come from .he lips of the minis
ter of the sanctuary, or when retiring to
her couch, to seek rest and enjoy sweet
repose after the cares Of day, in fact
everywhere that Mary went this youth
fu sheep, influenced, doubtless, by that
affection which is oft so conspicuously
manifested by the lower animals in their
association which human beings, was
ever observed t. accompany her."
II is stated that when the pause in the
sentence came, the Secretary, who had
read it without ali inspiration, resumed
his stolid diplomatic countenance and all
mirthfulness had departed from that once
happy company.