The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-06-28

however, but turned the conversation to
the subject Of something else after COM
plimenting me on the sheep and saying.
with q sunny smile, that they were the
most bucksome sheep she had ever seen
altogether.
Was she guying or chatting me in my
old age? Great Hickory Ellum, if had
thought she spoke lightly would cheer
fully have charged her transient rates
while she was herei
These sheep have presence" about
them which has driven away new sad
die horse Of mine, and we have to tie
the horse radish also. They eat the grass
and then go partially up the trees and
eat the foliage off.
A sheep cannot even succeed itself in
the same room. Mr.. Morris lost % by
dogs at one time. That shows that even
the most vile and worthless dog may be
Of use if he will get up and stir himself.
I sold my sheep yesterday to Bill
Baldwin, the butcher. I got $40. SO out
of them, and he had to drive them
away.
thought when got them that they
would come up to the library door
standing knee deep in the blue grass
and show off to those who came to the
villa to see us, but they only came up
to the house on cold days when they
were melting, and they would shiver
and look cold, and their little chins
would culver, and they had never been
taught to use their handkerchiefs, and
I am glad they're gone, for I soon al
most hated them, and they are as much
Of a poetic fraud as fool pigeon is.
Sometimes think the best works of
nature know of are purely artificial
But farm life probably gives me that
idea
We had ON the place here for a good
many years kind hearted COW named
Leydie. She was here before I bought
the farm and was beloved by all She
was the kind of COW represented in our
earlier literature as being in the lot. -
She raised up quite a family, some
Of whom went west. No one could real
~ say word about Leydie, but age
finally overlook her, and I called Bill
Baldwin, the butcher, aside three years
ago and told him that Leydie had passed
her meridian as milkster, yet that she
was delightful character and the soul
of honor.
''Those things are all right, said he,
''in general way, but they do not add
to the value of steak. Rev. Lyman
Abbott is one of the ablest divines in
the world, but with the Upper Congo
diocese q stouter man would be more
popular.
1T is SO with Leydie. She has never
stepped aside from the narrow pathway,
and yet doubt her worth as an article
q food. Still he took her home with
him, aiming to feed her up little and
/ then take her life.
Every day when he came with his
steak and chops one of us would ask,
with tears which we could ill conceal,
lis this some Of Leydie?'
NO." he would say in low voice.
''This is some Of Eli, that sterling old
stag of Mr.. Ledbetter's You remember
him doubtless. Every one knew Eli most
as we'll as what they did Leydie.
Time passed; months grew to years.
I thought several times that Mr.. Bald
win had lied to us and slid Leydie of
ON Us without saying anything, and 90
we would not be panied SO much.
Once tasted neat malleable steak
that reminded me of Leydie. It was only
last week. Three years had passed away
since we sold Leydie, and said to Bald
win this morning: Z.
"You did q kindly act to say nothing
to us when you fed us with Leydie' per-
son. It was delicate, nice, thoughtful
thing for you to think of, but caught
you now" said. II selected her yes
terday. There was something about Ley
die that one could never forget. We
had some of her yesterday. William,
did we not?''
''No," he said. ''You are wrong
You know . good deal, but now and
then you do not know so much as you
think you do.
81 have always told you the truth
about Leydie. Every time you have asked
me about her have told you the truth.
"When bought Leydie of you, saw
that she would close out my business
for me in about four days if I killed
her, with that long wasted, sort of
bastile countenance of hers. People
would White Cap me. Therefore sent
her over on Roam mountain to Craze,
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