The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891, January 01, 1887, Page 36, Image 29

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    V THE WEST SHORE.
IVUv He then glanced to the backpart can lick anybody that says we are;" and
of th, wbf re the three Wilson the insulted ndger shook his fist under
U,ya were Ud. He smiled Phari- Ben's nose.
m he bought of himself as " You are one, an I can prove it ! "
a wrapl Umb, and the Wilsons as sam- cried Ben, drawing his coat and expoa
ple goat -for had he not seen all of ing his new yarn suspenders.
tli Imyi out rabbit hunting only last Then followed the usual dares and
.Sunday? counter-dares, which ended in an open
After th uaual song and prayer a re- attack on the part of the lamb. Joe
on followed More the sermon. The was a little larger than his assailant, and
four infant walked out of the house, soon had him at a decided disadvantage,
ell i-l.-awd with their new experience. Pete then came to the rescue, and this
Pn 11 the way to a fallen tree, some precipitated a general conflict, in which
tlioUnce away, where Joe Wilson and both lambs and goats indiscriminately
hit brother. Bob and Bed, were seated, pulled hair, gouged and kicked.
Bn turk hi hauiht in his xckeU, as- How the battle would have ended, no
turned an air of imjmtance, and scorn- one will ever know, for Brother Peters
fully exclaimed: and Parson Meacham had viewed the
"Joe, you're a goat ! " conflict from afar, and hastened to sepa-
" Yea, an in Boh an' Bed ! " chimed rate and reprove the pugnacious young
xa ridgers. There were one or two bloody
"You're another!" exclaimed Red, noses, and one or two home-spun suits
indignant j ; for, while he had not heard had been badly torn, but no other mate
the .Sunday achool leanon, he was con- rial damage was done.
inc.l that the new epithet was not in- Both, lambs and goats have long since
I'M a. a compliment, and the ocea- been gathered into the fold of the church.
.ou demand! a crushing retort Brother Fetors is still in the Sunday
l""DU"ud Johnny, we're school work, and when his labors call
bU, UmU- we are-hain't we, Bill ? " him into a new field, or to a missionary
had : I y 7- !rlJ. Wh eXperienCe meetin& he is 8 to Ml
a owL ,D thef I"' " We the f tbe battle f the lambs and
Un t P.u no more n you fellers, an' I goats. Andrew B. Appleby.
UMK. AND HOW IT IS PRODUCED.
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J"- .her, . cT Z 2r of Cla' those rect-
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oua quantity of building material! ZTl nonkedthsof the bus
cam but t j " .T n" of America; but the source
for e,.ry cue. , U ci rT M me tho bar-
cxoauM luu mLw ouf ' wta ol hme uaed in cement, plaster and
w "methingof which few WOUhl