Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-12

The Rev Mr. A had very particular 1T
ter Il pigs which friend and co-presoV'er 40
mir d greatly As ,hr breed was superior, h'
wa, off red one Of them, and informed that
The b adle would take il home as soon as
il Wa. deemed f TO travel Accordingly when
the proper time arrived, bag was proS'oeo
and Ike string; and the Minister aims"
gave his man dram as h- deXirr"usiy enscoa-
ced the little rebel, and hoisted the burden a
: cross ri, shoulders In his way 10 a ma"se
which need no, be named, the bellringer fore
gathered wi h two butchers, and paused TO up
rhsrwith them at a hedge aleh. US. The n'-
lure Of his e,rand VS. soon rol, nd as the bag
as left lying at the door. one OF n" butchers:
who is 4 BIZ Of waS, slipped out, emancipuS'
a,r6 the pig from rs an, ass Coffin, and subs =
tu,ed in us stead a I m cat. In Cat however
ls,se, w.s tighter than The pig, though tue bea-
de- ~as TOO merry 10 notice he change. The
prospect Of another dram kept his spirits high,
ard on r. aching his destination he m ntl"ned
his ezra d, opsn"d he Dag, and enlarged IT'S In
mate; and H. leader may eonc'i,-, 'boogh
we canno, describe, how the on-looSers on
and all s'arel. when in place 1T a pig hey br
held huge 7 m Cat, Ich immediately
sprung from the floor TO he dress aud giar
ed def nee on all around, The poor he'die
stood quit aghast, and The M mis- II. though
me K and placid man, found i, difficult 20 Set a
wa,ch m the door of his lips, and restrain his
tempe, within proner bounds. The sex on
W.. long in finding his tongue and when he did
a, INN, 10 explain and apologize, the other
Gu him short in moment. His m s'er, he
said, might keep his cats t. himself, or send
them TO such as required their services: and
as grimalkin was driven Indignantly from The
dress, r, the sexton received pretty broad
hin, 10 repa,k forthwith his precious cargo,
aud bundle himself IF as fast a, posi- ,e -
This the man did with ev,dtn' reluctance and
the mole So, perhaps, that suspicion began
10 cross his mind thai the bag he carried had
been wi ched by the way; bur as there was u"
alternative, he departed, sadly crost and chop
fil,n. 20 communicate his dire mishap to his
master. o. reaching he ale hous. he had
called a. 10 the marning, Ne found his old friends
The butchers, lingering near its threshold, NIX
Jus n, doubt, To max the mos' "i ht ]"k".
A, the M ssenger approached. his ruefl looks
became more aid more PROVOCATIVE ut laugh
ter; vet the wacs managed 20 pre>e We n It
gravy s. exclaimed slmost in tie SAINT breath
"Gudesak, Dsv,! What's happened what ai's
p" "A,Is me-" said Davy, throwing down
his load, "a bonnv piisky's beeaplayed the day;
the pig, del TAX i'szogly carcsse, the pig
carried, been wiIched IN a cat. he tae Min
is.er's neither 10 baud nor bind the tel her,
I'm duuhtin,' will be far war-"n' ony body
may be kiIk-oficer for me-" "Po," said his
torm.niers IS tha, all s vet j. is queer thing
SEEM TIERS nae hole IN puck that the pig should
>hs- Jumped out, & a ca, cruppen in. But dinna
let the ,coch, o. that kill yc; come Ben an
TAX glass o whisky, and well consider what
We should Say TO the Minister" Davy was ca
silly persu aded; his adventuers were recoun
ted from beginning to end, succession oi
glasses filed up every pause between, and be-
fore he d concluded I've seemed tn to face a
whole conciavs Of Ciergymen.
Homeward he s,agge' ed uno onscious that he
had been sde the butt OF fresh Joke; fol
vhile D2vy was in The spence, one Of the butch
ers bad stepped into the kitche" and placed
matters in sta,u quo, by emancipa ing the cal
and re>ensconeing the pig. Bythe time he reach
ed home he was well TO live, and drmandrd
IN immediate audience of his ,-r the
Minister came, ard WAS genly offended to
I'D David, as he called him, SD much the worse
o. i,oYor, but as tn re was no Us" OF talking Q
him while in hat plight, he ePeuei he bse
wia his own hands, and dragged mo day, OF
canle light, not eat-witoh or wiich-ca,, bul
the iden' ical grsmphy which had left his
own premises in the ming. Poor DAvy ga,
terribly laughed at, and fortified as his nerves
were with drink. he gaped and stared like q
person possessed. insisting il was all warlock.
ry together, when invi ed TO W. ness me amor
ph Sc the second. Ills ma>t.I who saw how
the land lay, ordered ham % bed without far