A New York paper relates the following story, which certainly goes far to prove that a sheep can do some close thinking:
    ‘A. H. Clark has a sheep which during the Summer, was pastured with some calves in an apple orchard adjoining the house. There were several trees in the orchard well loaded with early fruit, the trees being about six inches in diameter. One evening Mr. Clark heard considerable noise in the orshard, and upon investigation, found the sheep and calves quietly eating apples under one of the trees. In a few minutes all the apples were eaten, when to his surprise, he saw the sheep back off several yards and then butt the tree with full force, bringing down a quantity of fruit. This the animals proceded to eat as before, and when the supply gave out the sheep replenished it again. So persistant was the sheep in his novel mode of shaking that Mr. Clark was obliged to protect the tree, lest the continued butting of the bark should cause permanent injury.
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