The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
Sheep Essay.


NAL with more wool than goou
sense. A young sheep is called
lamb. The word> lamb is taken
from Wall street where they are ham
died extensively aad without
gloves-according to the Morgan
method. A lamb learns to walk at
an early age and becomes so prof.
Gent in few days that it only
touches the high places when in ac
ton. There are two kinds of sheep.
The white ones seem to be in the
majority in this section of the
country, but the black ones are more
eagerly sought after when they go
astray. They feed on grass, flowers,
garden vegetables ETC.. in fact, al
most any green substance except
the loco weed. This particular weed
causes the dead timber in their
brain shack to wobble and produces
a disease known to the medical pro
fession as Locomotor-Ataxia. The
visible effect is extreme melan-
choly and a tendency to SD e-step-
from the herd and wander away
until they collide with wolf or
coyote. The proper way to drive a
sheep or lamb is to get the direction
they wish to 90 and then follow in
the rear as far as possible. How
ever. they can be driven in large
herds by patient hcrder and a
good dog. A successful herder
could let our friend Job deal the
cards and soon make his stack Of
patience look like soiled duce in a
new deck. In appearance, sheep
are the emblem of innocence and
humility. They will stand in a
humble attitude for an hour or two
until they see the herder start for
fifteen cent lunch counter and then
they will take for the tall grass with
the speed OF jack rabbit. AS a
rule sheep are not quarrelsome, but
when they see another herd they
start right in to mixing up" and
usually end up in corral. A Sleeps
bump OF inquisitiveness is abnor-
mally developed. They will climb
q hill two miles high just to gee
what is on the other side and
they always forget to return unless
reminded of the high altitude
Sheep have their wool clipped and
take bath once year, whether OF
not they need it.. Wall street lambs
are clipped so close quite often that
they never fully recover from the
effects. The wool is packed in large
sacks and shipped east where it is
used by the republicans as high
tariff argument during the presi-
dental campaign. Sheep are be-
looming Americanized. A female
sheep does not consider large fam.
lily the proper thing. If eve hap
pens to have twins she will invaria-
bly, donate one of them to, some less
fortunate sister or permit it to be.
come bum regardless Of sex, Sheer
will often ''butt in to an important
conversation in such a rude manner
that it is very impolite and annov
ing. Sheep are early risers and pre-
4 fer to view the glorious sunrise
from the highest point within walk
ing distance from the bed ground
They have a good appetite at al
times and never require a tonic tc
to aid digestion. However, theil
sleep is often disturbed by visions
of some sweet morsel that they
could not carry ibefore dark on &C
count of storage capacity. These
visions become so realistic that they
will wander from the bed ground at
all hours OF the night until awakened
by the sweet voice of the patient
herder. When sheep require g
new set of teeth and in other ways
outgrow their usefulness, they are
sold and converted into mutton
The Meat Trust handles mutton as 6
side line and in such a careful way
that mutton is regarded as a luxury
by the consumer. Sheep never live
to enjoy very old age, midnight
lunches, irregular hours for rest an6
the high price of mutton has tend
ency to cut them off in the prime Of
life. At the age of six or seven
years they hand in their pelt to thu
tanner who passes it along and i
eventually returns in the shape Q
buck skin gloves and sold to the IN
nocent herder as the genuine articl
at $l.7b per pair.
4 ELLIS BAKER.
Casper, Wyoming, Derrick,