Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-05-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
FROM THE NEw-ENGLAND FARMER,
AMUSING STORY


NJ. FeSSenden,-The enclosed is from
Henderson's Treaties on Swine, and is an
amusing account of the "Early Days of the
Porcelain Club in Scotland. I thought
at least that it would entertain you, and is
at your service to use at your pleasure
Yours, &c.
"Though swine were kept so early in
the south of England, it appears from the
following anecdote that they were little
known in the north of England and south
OF Scotland.-Within the last century
(probably about ninety years ago, per-
son in the parish Of Ruthwell, in Dunn
frles-shire, called the "Gudeman O. the
Brae,' received young swine as a pre-
sent from some distant part, which, from
all the information | could get, seems to
have been the first ever seen in that part
OF the Countrywide pig having strayed
across the Lochare into the adjoining pa
IRISH of Carclavioc, a woman who was
herdlng cattle on the marsh, by the sea
side, was very much alarmed at the sight
OF living creature, that she had never
seen nor heard Of before, approaching her
straight from the shore as if it had come
out of the sea, and ran home to the village
of Blackshaw screaming. As she ran, it
ran, snorting and grunting after her, SEEM
ing glad it had met with companion.
She arrived at the village so exhausted
and terrified, that before she could get her
story told she tainted away. BY the time
she came to herself a crowd of people had
collected to see what was the matter, when
she told them, that "There was dell
came out of the sea with two horns in his
head (most likely the swine had pricked
ears) and chased her roaring and gaping
all the way at her heels, and she was sure
it was not far off," A man called Wills
Tom, an old schoolmaster, said if he could
see it he would "cungere the DELL" and
got bible and an old sword. 1t immedi-
ately started up at his back and gave a
loud grumph, which put him into such a
fright that his hair stood upright on his
head, and he was obliged to be carried
from the field half dead. The whole crowd
ran some one way and some another; some
reached the house tops, and others shut
themselves up in barns and byres.--At
last one on the house top called out it was
/" the Gudeman O. the Braes grumpy,
he having seen it before. The affray was
0e.sisa, and tho peoPio nlvstly reconciled,
although some still entertained frightful
thoughts about it, and burst not 90 over
the door to neighbours house after dark
without one to set and cry with them.
One of the crowd who had some compass
sion on the creature, called out, " give it
lock of straw to eat, it will be hun
cry"
Next day it was conveyed over the
Lochare, and it seemed to find its way
home. 1t being near the dusk ofevening
it came grunting up to two men pulling
thistles on the farm of CockpooI. They
were much alarmed at the sight, and
mounted two old horses they had tether-
ed beside them, intending to make their
way home. In the mean time the pig got
between them and the houses, which
caused them to scamper out of the way
and land in Lochare moss, where one
horse was drowned, and the other with
difficulty relieved. The night being dark,
they burst not part one from another to
call for assistance, lest the monster
should find them out and attack them
singly; nor burst they speak above their
breath for fear of being devoured. AT
day-break next morning they took diff
ferent course, came by Cumlongan castle
and made their way home, where they
found their families much alarmed on &C
count of their absence. They said that
they had seen creature, about the size oil
dog, with two horns on its head and
cloven feet, roaring out like lion, and il
they had not gallopped away it would have
torn them to pieces. One of their wives
said "Hout man, it has been the Guide
man of the Brae's grumph; it Tighten
ed them a. at the Blackshaw yesterday
and poor Meggie Anderson 'maist lost
her wits, and is ay out O. ane fit into
anither sin syne.'
The pig happened to lie all night among
the corn where the men were pulling
thistles, and about day-break set forward
on its journey for the Brae. One Gabriel
Carton, mounted on long tailed grey
colt, with load of white fish in pair OF
creels swung over the beast, encountered
the pig which went right among the horses
feet and gave snort. The colt being
as much frightened as Gabriel, wheeled
about and scampered off snorting, with