THE LAMB.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4342, 24 March 1882, Page 3

THE LAMB.

Tho lamb is a juvenile sheep of either gender, as the ease may be. Give the lamb chance, and it will blossom into a sturdy ram, or owe may be certain into a matronly sheep.

Spring lamb is not bo called from its ability to epriug, as is the epring-bo.ird, the spring-gun, or spring-steel, opring-water, spring-tide (I don't 6eo where the spring comes in if its tied), but is a facetious term of tho butchers.

In tho matter of " spring lamb," put not your trust in butchers ; if you do, after this warning, write yourself down a mutton-head.

If the butchor will trust you, however, why, that's a hurse of another colour. Tuko tho spring Jamb, if it takes all tMo spring to boil it.

The lambkin bo mado a household pct — there was " Mary's little limb " of world-wido celebrity, you know. Many other lamb 9, no doubt, wore quite as docile, notably one — Charles Lamb.

Concerning the docility of some of tho lambs of various spiritual flocks, I canno say. I kuow that the lambs' tongues wickedly nnd wantonly wag at times. And yet, for all, I H<n fond of lambs' tongues.

Tho lamb ia a barber by profession— a " little shaver," y°u know. You never mistrusted this perhaps, on accounting of his spoiling barber ba-ba. Lambent flames are lambs in love, of course. Never try to put them out, but lot 'em flame. Tlioy wont set firo lo your pasture. You must, bo past your prime to think they would. Let the Itmheau and lomlcl flam'?, I say.

Btvmuso lambs gambol on the green, it doesn't follow tnoy would gamble on tho rod and black — does it ?

It a lamb comes rouud your house weopmg in distress, let tho lamontcr and bo comforted ; cosfot wouldn't, speak woll for your humanity if you turned it away, you know. Tho lamb it not carnivorous, as aro railroad magnates, and, consequently, is not a beast of prey. Rray, toll mo did you over boo a lamproy—you will got in on me, porlmps, by saying ho oats flesh in grass, all being flesh grass. It's too thin, though. I don't know as I have anything more to nay about tho lamb. Tho fnot is, the lamentable to stand this sorb of punitive essay as well us tho ram is, and knowing that, I now lot tho lampaei. Pi.i Slokum.