Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1904 — "Po’ Li’l Ram!” [ARTICLE]

"Po’ Li’l Ram!”

A ram, famous In a West Virginia village for its propensity to butt, was enraged one morning, says the Philadelphia Press, to discover Uncle Billy, an aged darky, asleep In the pasture. Uncle Billy sat with his head bowed low and his bald spot shining in the sun. The rant eyed it from a distance. Uncle Billy nodded, and the bald spot of liis head bade defiance. Tlhe ram stood up and waved n challenge with its horns. Uncle Billy nodded in acceptance. With a sharp “Ba-a-a-a-a!” the ram charged and launched itself like a catapult at the offending pate. A little later it picked itself tip from the ground aud wandered away to the farthest side of the pasture to ruminate over the collision. Uncle Billy looked lip drowsily. “Ifo’ HT ram!” be murmured. “He don<| wandered Com de fold and foun’ sorrow and tribulation!”