The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-13
SHEEP OF NO AVAIL
AT LEAST FOR THE PURPOSES OF
A NARCOTIC.
VI ANY One Doubts It, and Will Tai.
the Risk of Asking Mr.. Butter.
wick About It, He will
Be Convinced.

.
ing to lose himself in SIMMER h. -,
peneu 70 remember that he once read
70 an almanac that a man couId foroa
nlmseif to sleep by imagining tbat he
sd" mock of sheep jumping over
renee and by counting them ao ~,
Jumped. He determined IN try ~
experiment and closing his owe, -
lancied the sheep jumping. and he.
San 10 count. He had reached bis
l4oth sheep, and was BEGINNING ~
uoze on when Mrs. Butterwjck srd,
denly said: "''A SUI
Joseph"
Well, what?"
I believe that yellow hen of ours
wants to set" 0ui
y. don't bother me with such trpcL
sleep" ~ anu 90 10
Ihen Butterwick started his shoe,
again, and commenced IN oo,,n+ ~
got up to 120, and was feeling az ~
ne would drop OF any moment when
Just as his 121st sheep was about r.
IaKe that fence, one of the twins ba.
gan to cry. 80 '
Blame that child" he shouted a.
nis, butterWick. Why don't you tend
to 1t and put it to sleep. Hush nm
you little brat, or III spank YOU"
Mhen Mrs. Butterwick had ouietad
IT, Butterwick, although little nary-
GUS and excited, concluded IN trv Il
again. Turning on the imaginary nut.
Uoh' ne began once more. Only "a
sheep had slid over the fence when
butterWick's mother-in-law knocked AZ
the door, and asked if he was awake
When she learned that he was che
SAID she believed he had forgotten to
close the back shutters. and she
thought she heard burglars in the
yard.
lhen Butterwick arose in wrath and
went down to see about il. He ascer.
tanned that the shutters were closed as
usual, and as he returned to bed he
resolved that either that woman would
ieaYe the house for good in the morn. |
ing, or else he would.
However, he thought he might a.
wei give the almanac plan another |
trial, and setting the sheep in motion |
ne began to count. This time he |
reached 240, and would probably have |
got to sleep before the Booth sheen
Jumped had not Mix's new dog in the |
next yard suddenly become homesick !
and begun to express his feelings in a
series Of prolonged and exasperating
bowls.
Butterwick was mad. Drowning the
sheep, he leaped from bed and began
to lombard Mix's new dog with boots
soap dishes and every loose object he
could lay his hands on. He hit the
animal at last with a plaster bust of
Daniel Webster and induced the dog
to retreat to the stable to think about
home in silence.
1t seemed almost ridiculous TO re
sumo those sheep again, but he deter.
mined to give the almanac man one
more chance, so as they began to
Jump the fence he began to count.
and after seeing the eighty-second
sheep safely over, he was gliding
gently into the land of dreams when
Mrs. Butterwick rolled out Of bed and
iell on the floor with such violence
hat she walked both the twins and
started them crying, while Butter |
Uick's mother-in-law came downstairs.
'our steps at a time, to ask them if
hey felt that earthquake.
The situation was too awful for
words Butterwick regarded it for a
minute with speechless indignation,
ma then Selling a pillow he went over
o the sofa in the back sitting-room
md lay down on the lounge. He fell
Isleep in ten minutes without the as
distance of the almanac, but he
lreamed all night that he was being
)utted around the equator by a Cots.
void ram, and he woke in the morning
With a terrific headache and convic.
ion that sheep are good enough for
WOOL and chops, but not worth a cent
S a narcotic.-New York Weekly.