The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-04-23
MISCELLANEOUS
From the Mem Eng,ssnd Farmer.
AMUSING STORY

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account of the Early Days of the PORCELAIN
Club IN Scotland | thought at least that il
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. With.
in the last century probably about ninety veal
ago. person in the parish of RuthweI, in
Dumfries shire, called the Gudeinan O. the
Brae," received a young swine as a present
from some distant part, which, from all the in
formation could get, seems to have been the
first ever seen in that part of the country. The
pig having strayed across the Lochare into the
adjoining parish of Carclavioc, u woman who
was nerding cattle on the marsh, by the sea side.
was very much alarmed at the sight of a 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.
seeming glad it had met with a 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 y
A man called Wills Tom, an old schoonaster,
said if he could see it he would "cungere the
dell, and got bible and an old sword. 1t i'm
mediately started up at his back and gave loud
grumph, which put him into such fright that
/ his hair stood upright on his head and be 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
g the Gudman O. the Brae's grumphy," he hav-
ing seen it before. The ARRAY was settled, andthe
! people mostly reconciled, although some still
entertained frightfnl thoughts about it, and burst
not not go over the door to a neighbours house
after dark without one to set or cry With them
One Of the crowd who ha6 some compassion on
the creature called out, give it lock Of straw
to eat, it will be hungry"
| Next day it was conveyed over the Lochare
! and it seemed to find It's way home. 1t beng
near the dusk of evening ii came grunting up
to two men pulling thlstles on the farm of Cock
| pool They were much alarmed at the sight
! and mounted two old horses they had tethered
I 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 assis
lance, 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 different course,
came by Cumlongan castle and made their way
home, where they found their families much
alarmed on account of their absence. They
said that they had seen a creature, about the
size Of a dog, with two horns on its head, and
cloven feet, roaring out ike a lion, and if they
had not galopped away it would have torn them
to pieces. One of their wives said g Hout man,
it has boon the Gudeman of the Brae's grum-
ply it frightened them a. at the Blackshaw
yesterday, and poor Meggie Anderson nalst
lost her wits, and is ay out O. ane fit into anther
| sin syne."
The pig happened to lie all night among the
corn where the men were pulling thistles, and
about ay-break set toward on it's Journey for
the Brae. One Gabriel Carton, mounted on a
long tailed grey colt, with load of white fish
in pair of Crees swung over the beast, en-
countered 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 snecring, with his tail on his
riggn, at full gallop. Gabriel cut the sings
and dropt the creels, the colt soon dismounted
his rider, AM going like the wind, with his tail
up, never stopped till he came to- Barnkirl
point, where he took the Solway Firth and
landed at Bowness, on the Cumberland side
As to Gabriel, by the time he got himself gath.
cred up, the pig was within sight, he took to
his heels, as the colt was quite gone, and reach
ed Cumlongan wood in time to hide himself
where he staid all that day and night, and
next morning got home almost exhausted. He
told dreadful story The fright caused him tc
imagine the pig as big as a calf having long
horns, eyes like trenchers, and a back like q
hedge hog. He lost his fish, the colt was got
back, but never did more good, but as to Gabri
ell he soon after fell into consumption and de
parted this life about year after.
About this time also vessel came to Glen
caple quay, little below Dumfries, that haC
some swine on board, most likely for the ships
use one Of them having got out of the yes
sci in the night, was seen on the farm o
Newmain's next morning The alarm wa
spread, and a number of people collected
The animal got many different names, and a
last il was concluded to be u brock. Some 30
pitchtorks, some clubs, and others cid sw ords
! and hot pursuit ensued the chase lasted
considerable time, owing to the pursuers losins
heart when near their prey aud retreating
Robs Geordy, having rather a little more cour
age than the rest, ran g neck or nothing" for
clby upon the animal, and run 1t through
with pitchforll, for which he got the name O
'Stoat hearted Geordy' all his life after Their,
is an old man, nearly hundred years of age
still in the neghborhood where this happened
who declares that he remembers the Gudemal
of the Brae's pig, and the circumstances men
toned and he says it was the first swine eve
seen in that country"
CLOSED Lirs. DR.. Bond, German physi
cian relates a melancholy case of young per
son. aged twelve, of scrofulous habit, aud de
bilitated by sedentary life and poor nourish
mcnt. His malady commenced with an ulco
on the gums, which was treated with variou