Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-10-16

cold potatoes IN water and adding peppe
and few drop. Of vinegar and bes,inI
the whole. and supper. with bread an
s,ewed prunes Was ready.
Immediately after supper the sheep ha'
to be eonAled. A few were scattered a
long way TO one side. Turning to SheT
| IAN shepherd dog. in Colorado are nam
ed shep) Joe said 500 round them
of went shep like the wind, aud hud
died the sheep near the corral, and ,her
dropped q, Joe. heel. waiting for further
orders. The goats led the Wy into th'
corral. Several Of them were besu,ifal
Ansorn with fine long silky hair
Goats are ser,ics.ble to lead the sheep
The billy goats do eIeelleD, service fight
ing away wolve. and coyotes In a lit.
tie while the $500 sheep had passed In.
TO the inelosure aud the gate. had been
shut. This eousling the sheep 10 times
Of = severe snow storm IL very difficult
work, aud often they will turn and Ny
with the storm even at the very open
gates.
Repairing TO the cabin the boy. wen, to
bed while Joe continued as Was bis Gus.
tom hi. bu,ins.. college studies. Next
morning after br,skfs,, the sheep were
driven ou, some three miles TO sraIs on
the prairie. the goats taking the lead.
Joe carried = shovel. A jack rabbi,
started up and W. driven into = hole.
Later q pony rabbi, va. driven into .
hole. aud Joe dug |, Gu, and gave !, TO
the dog. Abou, noon the boy, prepared
10 return home. Joe insisted ,ha, there
"a. no occasion for such haste.
Las, year Mt. welsh bad two dog.
and . different hsrdsr. The hsrdefs
name ~As L.mper. One day Mr. wsleh
wen, 20 carry hi. man some grub, aud
there va. no one In the cabin. Every.
thing looked As II L,mpsr had teen gone
for days Pretty sooa the dog Shep came
10 camp. His master said. "Whsre
are the sheep. shsp'" Then shsp ran =
long way and broush, in the sheep. lie
~s. proud dog. Coz be had every one
Ahd there 90. the little old lonksy thai,
Guy drives. With Lsmper' Goa, on hi.
back All ,hi. time poor L,mper was
dead down In the valley. aud bad been
dead four days and the f.i'hfal shsp
and the .o.e.llsd stupid donkey had
hsrded the ,heep-over three THOUSAND Of
,hsn-tor al ths, time.
Bye.And.bye over come another herdsr
named KsiAp who bad been hsrdins f't
Mr.. Par .nd aid he.-"l ,hink some.
thing must have bef.llsn your herdsf
b,e,use | have no, seen him for .svef.l
days" So IL ~.s agreed 10 search for
L,mpsr. and Kemp led Mr. weleh away
of mile. on the prairie. Bat whenever
Mr.. Wsleh started 10 20 toward the val
ley Kemp would no, 10 th., way. A,
noon Mr.. wslsh pretended he wanted TO
s,, some dinner. bu, he really wanted 20
Be nd Of k-mp. When the latter ~n
gone Mr. weleh wsni down 10 the valley,
and there he found LsmPer dead. With
hi. rain coat on. and An open umbrella
near by. aud the dog dead At hi, feet.
II Looked a, IL both had been killed by
lightning.
Nov NJ. wsleh noticed that Lam.
per-. ,oagus was ,hru., ol, Of bis mouth.
and be aid 10 himself. This man wss
.,r.nsled OF else hi, ,onsue would not
be prouudins in ,h,, way. No man has
time 70 pa, bis ,ongus oai -hsn be Is
killed BY lightning" Mr.. wsleh was .
phy.ieian.
Then Mr.. weleh h..,ened 20 town aud
20, the coroner aud jury. bu, the jury
..id the man va. killed by lish,nins.
Mr welch said he knew better; 90 be
20, the County Commissioner. to le, him
send fot detective. The detective pre-
tended be ~As = sheep hsrdef aud 90, Ia.
TO the confidence Of Kemp aud one day
Kemp told him after long time. how be
bad qu.rslled With L.mPer abOu, the
sheep range. Kemp bad been = high
kicker In /. eircu. lie kicked Lampsr
under the chin. he said. and broke bis
neck. and .f tsrs.rd ehoked him. AZ.
ter thu, he dressed him up ia hi. rain Goa,
80 q. to make /, sPPen he bad been
killed by lightning
Kemp siterward told the whole truth
10 court. and va. sea, to jail, where be
now Il. often wonder how long the
douks, .nd Shep sould have h-rdsd the
sheep II the osnsr had not come. The
donkey could 60, grass. but poor sheP
was AlmO., starved.
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