The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-08-20
SHEEP OF NO AVAIL
AT LEAST FOR THE PURPOSES OF
A NARCOTIC.
" ANY One Doubts II, and viii Tai.
the Risk of Asking Mr.. Butter.
wick About It, He viii
Be Convinced.

pulterWlck had a At of sleenlassro..
one night lately, and after vainly 49,,
ing 10 lose himself in slumber no 49,,
pehed to remember that he once raaa
IN an almanac that man could force
himself to sleep by imagining that he
Sd" Hook of sheep jumping over n
renee and by counting them as tbey
jumped. He determined to trv tho
experiment and closing his ewes no
lancied the sheep jumping, and he.
gan TO count He had reached his
i4oth sheep, and was beginning 70
aoze off, when Mrs. Butterwick sud.
denly said: 'u''
Joseph"
We'll, what?"
l believe that yellow hen of ours
wants to set"
v, dont bother me with such truck
as That now! Shut up and so 10
sleep" ~ "
Then Butterwick started his sheen
again. and commenced to count. He
got up TO 40, and was feeling as II
ne would drop off any moment when
Just as his 12lst sheep was about to
axe tnat renee, one of the twins he.
gan to cry.
Blame that child" he shouted at
Mrs Butterwick, why don't you tend
10 1t and put it to sleep. Hush up.
you little brat, or I'll spank you!"
When Mrs. Butterwick had quieted
IL, Butterwick, although a little merry.
Gus and excited, concluded to try II
again. Turning on the imaginary NUT.
ton. he began once more. Only GA
sheep had slid over the fence when
butterwick's mother-in-law knocked al
the door, and asked If he was awake
When she learned that he was she
said she believed he had forgotten to
close the back shutters, and she
thought she heard burglars in the
yard.
Then Butterwick arose in wrath and
went down to see about It, He ascer
tanned that the shutters were closed as
usual, and as he returned to bed he
resolved that either that woman would
leave the house for good in the morn
ing, or else he would.
However, he thought he might as
well give the almanac plan another
trial, and setting the sheep in motion
he began to count. This time he
reached 24O. and would probably have
| got to sleep before the 300th sheer
jumped had not Mix's new dog in the
and begun to express his feelings in 6
series Of prolonged and exasperatine
bowls.
Butterwick was mad. Dropping the
sheep, he leaped from bed and begar
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 o.
Daniel Webster and induced the do,
to retreat to the stable to think abou
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 t.
jump the fence he began to count
and after seeing the eighty-seconC
sheep safely over, he was gliding
gently into the land of dreams wher
Mrs. Butterwick rolled out of bed anC
fell on the floor with such violence
that she walked both the twins ant
started them crying, while Butter
wick's mother-in-law came downstairs
four steps at time, to ask them i
they felt that earthquake.
The situation was too awful fol
words. Butterwick regarded it for {
minute with speechless indignation
and then Selling pillow he went over
to the sofa In the back sitting-roon
and lay down on the lounge. He fel
asleep in ten minutes without the as
sistance of the almanac, but he
dreamed all night that he was being
butted around the equator by Cots
void ram, and he woke in the morning
| with terrific headache and convic
ton that sheep are good enough fol
wool and chops, but not worth a cen
as a narcotic-New York Weekly.
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