1906 ❖ SHEEP B--b---b--band--of FROST ISLAND

 EIGHTY-FOUR BANDS OF SHEEP

Frost Island
on the steamer route with sheep for Henry Cayou.
Frost Island was named by Charles Wilkes during
the Wilkes Expedition (1838-1942) in honor
of the boatswain of the expedition's Porpoise.
Detail from Metsker's Map
of San Juan County.
Undated. 

The recent sale of John B. Lanterman's sheep on Frost and James Islands to Henry Cayou reminds a friend of the former of a little story about him and the sheep referred to. Mr. Lanterman has a little impediment in his speech but it is no impediment to his good nature or quick wit. He is fond of a joke, even if he is the victim of it. He was passing Frost Island on the mail steamer some months ago when another passenger noticed the sheep grazing on the island and made some remark about them.
          Ascertaining that the sheep belonged to Lanterman, he asked him if he had many of them and John replied:
          "Eigh--eigh--eighty-four b--b--bands." With some expression indicating considerable surprise the inquirer said: "You must have a good many."
          "Q--q--quite a f--f--few," said John, b--b--but f--f--few," said John, b--b--but t--t--there's only o--o--one sheep in a b--b--band."
          San Juan Islander 20 Jan. 1906