Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1875 — Lost Sheep. [ARTICLE]

Lost Sheep.

Some of our city divines who have been taking their vacation in the rural districts, where the humming of birds and the bleating of lambs are heard rather than the clanging of street-car bells and the noise of the pavements, will appreciate the following bit that comes to us by. late steamer from England: A curious incident occurred in a large and well-attended church in Clifton on Sunday evening. The preacher’s subject was the “Lost Sheep,” and during the sermon it so happened that a real live “ lost sheep” strayed from Durdham Down, close by, and got itself entangled in the iron railings that surround the church. Thus it was that as the preacher made allusion to the “lost sheep” of the parable the real live sheep at the church door answered “Bah!” in a very loud but piteous tone. “Which of you,” said the preacher;” having an hundred sheep ” “ Bah! bah!” replied the woolly captive outside. The audience, as it must be at once perceived, were placed in a position of considerable embarrassment, not to mention the poor preacher, especially when he continued: “For I have found the sheep;” and the creature at the door, replied,, still louder, “Bah! bah! bah!” The audience struggled hard, and the preacher alsd. Thev managed not to roar, and As just escaped (by the skin of his teeth) breaking down, —Editor''» Drawer, in Harper' t Magazine for September. —Graders at the corner of Mission and Sixteenth streets, in San Francisco, lately unearthed a keg containing gold in scales and nuggets worth about $40,000.