The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-04-08

3~G much was said about the
abandoned farms" OK New
- nj England. l formed with an.
III other young man what we
i.u..rHy achieved 10 be rather a ine
Ql8u FOR establishing ourselves com
sIaably. hc were then statesmen In
one OF The great stores In Boston. We
were upt altogether happy In oar oc-
cupJ,lOn. Cor We liked out-of-do life
A. we had been prudent enough TO
save little money. we thought we
might tool, about. buy some Old farm.
stocS Il with sheep. aud live lelsurely
aud beautifully on our mutton aud by
tlp sale OF our wool.
We talked the scheme over through.
out one entire winter and spring. ana
81 eul our two weeks OF hummer vaca-
ton driving through the noriherly
counties OF Vermont. New Hampshire
end Maine, in quest OF old farm prop
cry. Atiast we found in Maine what
tDiIed Us pretty weil-forr run-ou, APP
lrnd adjoining homCslr0Gs OF abou, 100
srres each. and we were able 10 pur-
chase an Tor $500
rs there WIS much similar farm
vropcriy ncar by. We could. if our cy-
pertinent proved success. add 10 our
territory aud increase our stock. At
tue outset. ana during the succeeding
auumn nnl winter. we purchased 100
9Bocp. which we divided into four
Cocks.
On one Of inc four farms was fair
u.s. comfortable ola house. and In the
eprins ave went ihrre 40 tive. having
engaged ms housctccper nu elderly but
vrry energetic woman we called Aunt
DnDor1h.
Our ucichhors were seven or eight
g1mllics. none wholly prosperous. some
t.0yeuly aud shifilCSS. uud they all
sept dogs
Within a radius Of two miles OF our
sheep pasture thcrcNerc, rs we soon
bid occasion 90 reckon. seventeen or
eighteen dogs. including four hounds.
aUd al exceedingly dear 10 their own
.'s. There were "olter dogs" and
"bpar dogs aud partridge dogs" and
o Grrat mauy very valuable wood
chuck dogs" Aud many OF these pre-
clovs auimaiS were fond OF making
nocturnal ralds into our sheep pasture.
Row. oar icgi1atofs have not left us
IN Earlnrfs "a TO what steps may Ic-
- BE- On, on against mlschieyous
spzs Whoever Will examine the sta
iu,p books Of almost any state viii
find articles limiting dogs strictly. and
declaring That " e. dog transgresScs the
ri.rts hc Way lawfully be kii!ed. For
Massachusetts the conclusion Is that
my person may lawfully Kill tres.
passing deg whenever ana wherever
found"
in the Grst spring after we mad TAX
sn mp our sheep farm we had 40
lnnbs when Che sheep were turned ont
10 pasture on the third day OF May. !
-Four days Eater six lambs and two
sheep wIc iniSsing. Bits OF wool.
bones aud tht remnins Of one sheep. all
found iu secluded places. showed that
some Opmai had titled aud eaten
them.
As bears or wildcats were not mum
erous IN thathocalily. we feit morally
certain chat dogs had done the mis-
chief. mud We. particularly suspected
two dogs Kept 'by a neighbor named
aictaddcn. living n. mile distant. One
was q bulldog. ihe.other q large mon.
Erel cur. one OF the tightly esteemed
woodchucR dogs.
My partner and fellow shepherd.
Ward. carried two buffalo skins 90 the
pasture. hid himself In clump OF low
hsmlockS. and watched dur nc the fol.
lowing night with a gun resolved 20
shoot gpy g9a p.Sl Cir near the re-
mains OF llicNhge1. 10 shw none. al
though tamb was killed during the
NIGHT in another part or the pasture.
when dogs 20 sheep killing they seem
10 revert 10 the ,unulng and slyness Of
their wild ancestry.
~ all these vcyotiOns had warm
f,muaihizer in aunt Deb" She Init
"a dogs on general principles. and for
che spccidl reason that on number
90 NIGHTS when the bulkhcad door
CHANGED 10 be left orcn some animal
stole iuio Che Cellar md raided her
TF1S OF coughnnts. cuStard pics and
oiFor criables.
Vow. boys. just you let me try my
Esrd on those dogs" eile said. nc the
breakfast table. "GH g.. 'ern for YOU.
When u comes night you just 20 60
bed and sleep. III answer for the
DOES"
go ahead. Aunt Deb" we said. "You
Fhali have n iamb FOR every dog you
1isnose Of"
Toward night we saw her pounding
something iu az Old mortar; and Just
81 dusk she went alone into the sheep
pasture She had. although we did
not know it at the time. pounded up
two glass bottles, aud with tho pc sder
clio 'doclorcd" the rcmalns OF the
sheep and the iamb iast killed. The
next day We discovered that the car
cass OF the sheep had been taken away.
and on the following day tiding came
shat -McFaddeu's two suspected dogs