DEAR MUTTON.
The Temuka Leader Bays •* — We learn that Mr Gideon Rutherford, of Kakanui, has lost under peculiar circumstances a prize ewe, for which he had refused 100 guineas a few weeks ago. Mr Rutherford was away from home, and tho honsehold, running _hort of meat, made an application to the shepherd for some mutton. The shepherd directed the boy to a paddock in which he said he could find some sheep, and told him to catch and kill one of them. The boy did aB he was told, and selected the 100-guinea ewe, which he hatvery soon prepared for the pot. Mr Eutherford on returning home discovered what had happened, and his state of mind maybe easier imagined than described. He had named the ewe " Perfection/ and would not. have taken any money for her. The boy left unceremoniously, and has not been heard of since.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5270, 29 May 1895, Page 4
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