Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-30
CONFESSIONS OF A GU TON.
fAbridced from traits of Travel.

CONFESSIONS OF ILO iON'
abridged from traits of Travel.]
NV father was plain sort OF man-liked
DIain speaking, plain FEEDING, and so on. Dat
he had his an,ipa,hies- land among them was
roas, mig. Had he lived to our times, n
nigh, pr oh .blv have been won over by a pop
ular ESSAY on the subject, which describes, IN
pathetic phrase The manifold delights attending
on hat dish,-the fat, w ich is no fat-the lean,
which is no. lean-,he eyes melting from their
sock.,s and other tender touches Of descrip-
llon. Be this as il may, my unenlgh'enfo Pa
rent would never suffer roas, pig upon his Ia
BILE. aud So il happened that, at l6 wears of age,
I'D never seen one But on the arrival OF
that anniversary. was indulg'd by my mother
with a most rxnuisits and tender two months
Dorker 10 all its sucking innocence, and succu-
len. delight. as the prime dish 10 tha; annual
birthday feast 10 which was accustomed-
in NV own aparlmen!-aI doors closrd-no
inrress a,lowed-no in,ruding domes;ies-no
prretIy companions To divide my indulsences-
no ewes TO stare at me- or rob me al a portion
Of III, pleasure with which cal in, as II were,
in vision, The spirit Of every anticipated prepa-
ration, while >avory fragrance was wai'ea 70
nv brain and seemed 10 hos, over my lmagin~
aion in clouds Of incense, al once Voiup'u"us
aud invieoraung All, this Is he true ENJOY
men, Of feast O"thr present occasion, sal
in the full glory OF nv soli ude --subiimriy In
dividuaI, as the Grand Lama Ut Tribe, OF the
B other Of he Son and Moon. The door Was
fas rnrd;- the servant evaporatrd-a lar pro
portion Of pre- para'o'y foundation. soup. fish
&c hsd been laid ill., secundum ar'em the men
sa p,in,n, In S orr, VS. Just DESPATCHED. wnen
Ip,nliy raised the cover from the dish, where
3 l., 4, a
brown symmrtry 1t form and hue, enyel"ped
i'm a vapor Of rich d iciuusnesS, and Hoa ing
in gra,v OF indrscr b b perfection! Af-r
those delightful moments Of daiance (almos
deorer to The epicure T. an he very luIness oil
of actual indulgrncrl we're well over--afier
nv pal lie was prepared ~ preliminary inhsle
ments of e odorru, essence, seizrd my knife
and fork and plurgeo in med'a> res. N"'er
shall forge, IL. havor Of the Fl 81 morse!-lt
vas suhiim But Oh il was, as may Say,
the last; fuI losing IN the EXCESS at over ENJOY
ment, all presence Of mind and management OF
mouth, Iattarked without economy OF me h
cd. nv inanima,e victim | rUsned, As II were
upon nv prev slasheG right aud left, through
crackling stuffins, body aud bones. | flung a.
side the knife AID fork sriz IN my hands
the passive animal with ndiscri,ninate voraci-
,y-tnrust The Whole rib, and limbs at once III
| to NV mou,h-crammed the delicious ruin by
wbrle sic down my threat, vnli at l.s, my
head began to >wlm-m ye,eS seem starting
| from their sock ts--a s"ff eating thickness
seemed gathering in NY thrna'-a tnlIntss OF
| b. ain seemed bursting through my skuli-my
veins 5, emed sweiled into gigan &c magni'ud"
Il los, all reason and REM ubrance, and fell,
in that state, fairl, une me table.
! fms reader is what we COLL, in common
phrasr, a surcit iiut wha language may des-
cribe us consequences, OF give JUS expires
sion TO the sutfesings i! leaves brhind The
! first awakening from the aroPi-cuc trance, AS
he lancet OF The surgeon gives you h'nt lha'
you are alive, wren the only taste upsp the
tongue, the only object in The eye, the only ia
yor IN the noslril, is the onoe-loved bui now
deep loathed dish The deadly sickening with
which one turns, and twists, and closes ones
| lids, and holds ones nose, and SmocSs one
lips, to shu, ou', and suhr and shake off he
detested sight. aud smell and sstr; hu, IN VAIN,
| in ain, in vain Blu lei me- not press he point
For,y,,wo years have passed since that mtm :
orable day-forty thousand rec ollec,,ons oil
: of uha, inf.rnal pig have flashed across my
brain, and ias enrd on my palaie, aud fu.nlga
ted nv olfactories; and there they arr, eve Y
one as fresh-wha, do say9-a million tim S
more fresh and in,olerable Than ever! Faugh
i, comes again.
But II such were some Of the local and par.
,icular waking miseries Of my excess, what, oh
what tongue may give utterance 10, what psi
pourray, me in oIrrable terrors of nv dream
lug hours? For many m uths Of my pro
trac,ed md painful rr,es' abIishmen dream,
Eeyery nigh,-not one re pie for al least SOC
weary and wasting days-quntidisn repr'iions
uf visions, each one more hidrous than The iul
mer.. dr. amt, aud dresmt, and d'esml--n m
what? Oh pig-pig -pig-no,H;ng bu, pig
Pork, in all its multiplied and muiiform mo-