Year: 1877




sheep. They all knew me, and the COWS


old Broad and Shorthorn and Brindle


would low a good morning when | cam


to their stables. One cold day we foun,


that during the night twin lambs hat


been born. You know that sheep vii
often disown one of twins, and thi
cold morning one poor little lamb Wa
pushed out of the pen into the yard
was almost starved and almost frozen
and father told me ! might have it if


could make il live. So took il into
the house, wrapped it in blanket, anC
fed it on peppermint and milk all day
When night came / could not bear tc
leave it for fear it would die, so mother
made me up little bed on the settle
and I nursed the poor thing all night
feeding it with spoon, and by morning
it could stand. After this we brought
it up by hand until IL grew TO love me
very much, and would stay with me
wherever ] went unless it was tied.
used before going 10 school in the morn
ing TO see that the lamb was all right
and securely fastened for the day. Well,
one morning when my brother Nat and
we're all ready, the lamb could not be
found, and, supposing that it had gone
out to pasture with the cows, we started
on. | used to be great singer, and the
lamb would follow the sound Of myvoice.
This morning, after we had gone some
distance, | began 10 sing, and the lamb,
hearing me, followed on and over
took us before we got to the
school-hOuse. As it happened, we were
early, so / went in very quietly, took the
lamb into my seat, where it went to
sleep, and covered itup with my shawl.
When the teacher came, and the rest of
the scholars, they did not notice any
thing amiss, and all was quiet until my
spelling class was called. / had hardly
taken my place before the patting of lit
tie feet was heard coming down the aisle,
and the lamb stood beside me ready for
its word. Of course the children all
laughed, and the teacher laughed, too,
and the poor creature had to be turned
out of doors. But it kept coming back,
and at last it had to be tied in the wood
shed until night. Now, that day, there
was a young man in school, John Rouls-
ton, of Boston, who was on visit to one
Of the boys, and came as a spectator. He
was very much pleased over what he saw
in our school, and a few days after gave
us the first three verses of the song.
How or when 1t got into print l don't
know"


Thus she ran on, telling Of the care
she bestowed on her pet until it grew
to be sheep, and she would curl its long
wool over a stick and it bore lambs un-
til there was a flock of five all her own
and finally how it was killed by an angry
COW. Then she brought out pair of
her little-girl stockings, knitted of yarn
spun from the lambs WOOL the heels of
which had been ravelled out and given
away piecemeal, as mementoes. No one
can doubt that she, whose youth was
rendered famous by love for an unfortu-
nate animal, has lived life of benif-
cence and charity. With a heart over
flowing with love toward all Gods crea-
lures, she has indeed lived to care for
the needy and destitute, and be moth
er to the motherless. And now, in
green old age, she is surrounded by those
whom her warm heart long since taught
TO cling to her and follow as the lamb in
youth.-Sprinqfeld Republican,