New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-28
BEING A LAMB.
HOW II BEHAVES.

From The Montana woolGrower.
About 1--WE minutes after the lamb Is born he 10 %
hIs feet The unsteady earth under him now he9vH
TO the right surgcs up and then down. and II Whit
and IL twirs with him while he staggers and struggles,
and twists one leg around the other like vine arosf
tree: or else he spreads those members all out usN
they look like the forks under weather yane; ns
ulmbles down for the ftieth time, and for the ftess
time renews tho fight to that footing in ths
great world from which only can he reach the sus
Fin her crazy anxiety TO help, knocks him down. Sept
ON him and does-withOut leaving out possible eI
m sHs that might help the ntss
fellow 10 get the desired nourishment
saws the SYMPATHETIC stranger The COMPOUNDED pair
Of IDIOTS :" frets the impatient shepherd who does not
to drive them until the lamb hnds MIX ana ses
In half an hour his milkcan is full; his sides bule:
the mos most rigid i' test for admxture Of And
the shepherd slowly urges the old eve toward home,
the lamb goes reeling and rolling along like an old
tar just ashore rom years voyage T., ,.. .. a..
About the first error the lamb makes IN Ire is 70
many are the manoeuvres that must be gone through
with to make the new arrival follow the right party
air when he comes TO place where he should 60
down hill His ten minutes experience in ife has
and G In n broad dayeht he steps of the top Of hill
80 s sFsns rs te %eS he the seP 3
the stairs yet twenty feet away. Tho result
Is great surprise to man and lamb In each instance
The lamb picks himself up, and continues down inc
hill he soon comes to the conclusion that everything
IS down hin in this fe and not on dead level ,va
TO continue downward, and as result runs his nose
into the ground and looks surprised again. He now
or man 10 starts PsU to 20 up stairs in total darkness when
he thinks the stairs are still twenty feet away.
Our lamb Is now getting very suspicious. He was
pushed over and growlod at for following the dog
when he thought i was his mCher the shepherd tSGd
down hill when he saw nothing unusual in the looks OF
the ground and up hill again under similar circum-
shadow cast by neIghboring Hill. This is the most
appalling thing he has yet seen in life. He stands
IN the bg sunshine twelve b ah s ahead ove Of 1
terrible lInei 1t must be, worse than
se4 G GSy that a soTs or up h that nnGs
surely looks much more frghtful than any of these
things HIS d %Sser n Is v g nd & anS ss
on the edge and bawls at the top of his powers,
The shepherd With his big O S comT of 70 the to ssSSa
on the end of number nine boot.
He trots along af1sS his mother S for few yards ards
shadow to sunlight. 1t looks tough the situation
the to WITH 70 sRa and I'd only
it very simple and easy and 63neiudei that ,hinGs
to fnd out that things which seem easy in life lead
often disaster, and forbldding things often pre-
At this time he IS about one hour old for whole
hour he has been running his respiratve, sircustve
and locomotive powers as an Independent being, and
carriage drives rapidly along the road. His quick
eye sees IT. he thinks perhaps It is his mother. and
after H S it II is wonderful what an hour has done
for him In the way OF development; he runs faster
than the she pherd. faster than his mother and Is IN
imminent danger Of getting under the horses feet or
the wheels of the carriage.
IL is here that the dog comes in play. II he under
stands his business. He up alongside OF the
lamb pushes It over with his nose. jumps upon Il
and holds It down upon the ground with his until
the shepherd up. The shepherd takcs the lamb
and stands II upon its feet so that II can sec its
mother, who has come up TO within few feet; He
holds II until 1t its mother move and then
lets It go. The old eve lcS of the face Of sadder
and wiser lamb-lcts him have another dose or nquh
nourishment. and together they get home
There is only thing that IS 500 times as funny
and provoking by turns as lamb. and that oOo
lambs together when they about month old:
The shepherd sits down and watches the 500 lambs all
IN bunch by themselves. playing running and
frolicking and he laughs. when he has tried. and
tried vain. TO get the same 500 across bridge or
into he sits down again. but no does not laugh
this time.
A young lamb has no way Of telling which eve Is
It's mother and the mother only knows which lamb Is
her own by the scent Hence, while very young 10 ID
a bad plan 10 have too many together for the eve
may be confused by many lambs or become partially
Indifferent and the lamb perish for want OF care.
When a few weeks old. however. they know each
other by the sound of the voice In band of 1000
or 5000 ewes, a eve may call her lamb and tho lamb
win answer from the other side OF the mock. They
win go as straight to each other, right through the
whole band. they would II they were the only two
animals for mile around.