The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-08-03
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u tai he'd hesn dsla,.d shd Hn~ f'u'd
mts,.ftsa n.ihs itew ny derivation, ~Nh
n fh, cafutps - sus ; ciln sofm ihresi.
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I.s.tit,d atd dee,d,oly hrme'is. A.
rrsty tsa rpsAr w ~ Mind 10 fpply '"r
io-,stap =, the dtt houte tha' looked
promising
A. ~s. ~ sgfe,,ble su'p'ise = heT, on
,uefgias from bt = voods, ! I "a d n'sr
a h.td home ~ farmhouse, 'urrtn u s'd
~ "a suhdsnii.l tui dinss, 10 pits''
snt ,siley that stretched away lpio the
esiirring hadoss.
A miidie.sg.d som.n, vi h whs' Sc W.
Cd 4, me par,iculsrls sweet, n hard face,
opened the door, rpd eheeriully hade me
welcome. The head u the hausc, Who
coon came n, also greeted me with hos
p,tslfy.
Tie wass heavy, muscular mar, with
Ioviai tee. IN which we're pals OF keen
srsy eye,. soon die yered him to be
retired irover.
whsn he learned that the buying, selling
and laadllng Of stock had also b. en- lsrge
pSrt Of my fathers busire's he seemed TO
take = new Interest 10 me and lster Va The
evening he told me the follosirg story OF
his orn adventures, stopping now and Then
to sneak 10 handsome collie that lay at
his feet
There were no railroads In this part OF
the state then and the almost invstiable
method of transporting stock was To take
The animals on foot over the old turnplfe
10 Cststill--s tedious journey, occupying
several DAYS. And 1t required considerable
SKIN ard shrewdness to deliver drove In
tact st It's destiaation,
| hsd made the trip several times, while
still a yuurg nsp. ss what might be called
first assistant. One tsv, soon after my
return from an unu,uslly successful ur.
ney, | WAS summoned to the office Of one OF
the largest firms 10 the business,
There wasa little talk ore way or an
other. but the upsbot Of II was that ! was
ask, a TO take one hundred aad ninety-three
sheep through to Cstskil. was much
surprised aud not little elated TO be thus
singled out by the firm, for there were
plenty OF ol ier men whom they could hsve
secured
In the drove there were to be few mer-
mos, CHOICE ones, t~enty,tbree OF them
Nv employers mentioned this fact 10 gniet
way two or three times, and ! soon discov-
cred that for some cause those merinos
were Of more value In their eyes than all
the rest OF the d owe. They were beauties,
and i, armed later that they were destined
for wealth. specialist in this breed.
u,h haaa ~ tho 49, -i--'
Questions. aud vent over the route with me
on paper,
was to have two helpers-Tim Tracy,
A freckled, keen.eyed young chap OF seven
teen, and my dog. ] didn't want any
more.
slsays had knack with animsls, et'
peclslly doga, and had raised and trained
Bets myself. She was worth dozen two
footed heloers. | never saw but one dog
smsrter than Bets and Prince here, her de-
scendsnt,
The old droyer stroked the collie's head
with a smile. for the handsome animal had
risep and was looking-it really seemed re-
proschiully--st his mstter. There, old
fellow, you needn't mind II there was one
animal inst a trIna smarter than you, for y
was your own ancestor
L. was along Ia the fall when we started,
he went on. ard the weather at first WAS
6-e. hut II was about time for the storm
that is said to come near the autumn tqui-
nox.
For several days we got along finely, the
sheep prov ng an easy lot to handle. The
| merinos, doustiess obtyi some law 81
coossnguiniy ktpf well punched, and u.s.
uslly mis HI b. foued about the middle Of
A.. mack. which suited me frst rate.
studied all ID, Sc sheep sharply, but e.
necislly the mel. os. To msty people
an, on hook shout the same, while 10 9th r.
they have individuslity and oiatirguishing
features much like people. Fortunately
for mo, | belonged tn the latter clsss. Ia
abort time X e~ could identify my sheer
where. even II mixed with another
q OK.
There we're various places alorR the
route where droyers and their herds could
secure comfortable keep Thus FAR VIC
had N sde connexions exactly as planned
Tten came tremendous STORM sup
% se the = q ,inoctisl. Nv stars, how 1t rain
I'd! We lost one day entirely, then pushed
on again. We we're al Xiyus to get sh'ad
for VIC were IN the worst section OF oui
rou.c. a Wild, lonely country, part Of which
bore none too good reputation.
Bu, to our disappointment We learned
soon sfter loon, that the bridge across
FIskv Greek lad been torn out by ths
A ,f,a. ard that the creek itself Was utterly
ur fotdsbl, -aud would be for some days
| 20 come.
This wass s'sgserer. Bow,ver, we were
'oid hat by making d"tour OF sewers
| uIl.. ". c0uld cross the creek at he~
hricge hlster up tbat bad wiib'tood ,h'
a ,od. Mr., over, we vere assured that w
G Old do, bhs. obteii hdging Tor oursel
yssssa -. u,. for ou- animals overnight
~lth Old s.n Chrl.ty
dirn't lrr~ The C. urtrv. bstiher OF "
kew ~, arg sbou' 0ld Mr. CiI''v,$rc
xe dldn'i want 20 "a. But there se'mtt
nothing sl. To Dc +; 0gr business was TO ge
shead. We vent.
And, sitter all, We VEN 10 pretty Rocs
.pirits. So far ee hsd d1re sail. Not
.hcep iisd ilf,d ou'; oDt one vas s'ci sht