Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-17
the Doctor saws wheu he is facetious,) to pick me

VERY r;oh,.' said Mr.. Josiah. But | am
afraid Won would have little choice In that res
pect.'
.Ye are wrang Mr.. Cowersew, said the Doc
TOR. .they are ave washed well outside and H.
oh, Doctor, no joking, this is serious mat
ter.'
ma, there's no Joking observed the old lady
They are well scraped wi heather rnge. ~
"A what, MADAME
"A nivefu'(K) o. heather, wi the wallk you
get even to the most extreme corner OF the con-
Germ
No doubt, Malam, if you are permitted
Permitted, MIR. Josiah! and gin buy pig.
NAV no do what chuse VII it? or WI ony
ither face of clay for which gave ready GUNNER
~ Ye have, sir, great character in England Tor
cleanliness; and | am sure that Mrs Flower
dew never has a pig in her aught(m) but she
washes it inside and out, as clean as the driven
snaw.'
Nay. in that" said Mr.. Flowerdew, Il can
assure you, you are mistaken, before the P's'
reach US !,
.Weel, wcel; other folk do it, and that is the
same thing. So. when Bell comes hame, says,
hand me down the with the virgin Money
and tlrap twa desert spoontuls into the pig
MOUTH
Into its mouth Madam:
.Ay, to be sure, SIR where would you have put
it? pigs mouth was ma glen to 1t tor naethlns-
or Jelly will do as well. Ma, Eve tried your
large bergamot preserved pear; but whlles(n) the
pia's neck is no that wide to admit OF a pear OF
size, and its fashious(o) squeezing it in
No doubt, Madam, and dangerous
sYes. sin the neck break; but.when We nell &
meddle WI pigs, We maun mind We deal WI slip
perry gear.
Very true, Madam
well, then, my lass carries the pig to the COW.
and there she gently miiks pint and halt Of
warm milk in upon the honey, or jelly, or pear,
as it may be-
into the PIC, Madam
.Ay, into the mouth ct. Surely that's nae a
kittle(pl matter?
.Now. Madam, as l am an ordinary sinner,
that is an operation that would puzzle all Lancas-
shire. Into the mouth?
We'll. Pm astonished at you, sir; is there ony
mystery or sorcery in Bell hauding pig WI, the
tae hand, and milking COW with the tither'
Il really. Madam, III my innocence VI heart,
thought that the pig might have rum
Run o'ers Ma doubt, so it wud; gin ye filled 1t
DER fu So hame comes the pig
.Of itself, Madam
Sir, Dear Sir, you speak as if the pig could
Walk
81 beg you thousand pardons, Madam. truly
forgot the milk and jelly. 1t would be extraor-
binary ii it could
VERY, Sir. So the lass brings me my lame
sAh. that's another reason. Well, may be
drawn to thread if could divine why you pre-
ferred a lame pig.
.Ye medina going to Rome to learn that; lame
pig is aye fendiest. (q)-So begin to steer and
steer the milk and jelly
steer and steer, MADAME
sAy-mix a weel up theeether.'
sAnd may entreat to know with what you
stir it?'
WI spoon to be sure: We wadna haze me to
do it wi my fingerss'
Goodness forbid. Madam! would use, ifever
EMPLOYED in the manner you mention, spoon
with a most respectable long handle
it's better OF leSgth, certainly sir. Naething
can escape you then. Weel, the next thing we
do is. to gently put the pig afore the fire to SIM
mer.'
TO simmers'
Yes, sir. and there stand or it reeks again. (r)
But you must not let 1t get er hot; IT would Durn
the milk
sAnd the pig too, Madam"
OH that's naething. We dinna fash(s our
selves wi the Pr. What were they made for?'
.Why, truly. Madam, thought until this day,
that knew something of theri history, but find
1 have been wofully ignorant
sWe Gamma reach perfection at ance, as our
gudeman says. (who, by the bye, is, and has been
this last half hour. as sound as tap And so, al
ter the pig has simmered and simmered, We in VII
the spoon again.
again, MADAME
.Ay, Sir; ye wadna haze it all i'll mess at the
bOttomi'
Far from it. Madam, as far as possible
SO ye maun gle it another stir or twa, till 1t
sings
'SSngs, Madam? And does the pig make no
other NOISE during all this operation?'
Scarce ony other, gin it's good pig; but all
depends on that. I've seen lame pig, that,
afore the heat had touched its sides matter of 5
minutes, would game off a crack
Il don't wonder at that IN the least, Madam
.sYou would wonder if your English pigs had
half the value Of the Scotch
Possibly, Madam
.Of a verify continued Mrs. McCrie, there
was pig played me ance maist mschancy
trick. We see, expected party of our Pres
hal pal for