Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-11-10


mans existence, to claim, and to bestow,
those titles OF distinction, which the univer-
sal custom of New England preiixes or APP
ponds 10 all other names. They do, there.
fore, state, that, the Honorable eommittee
most respectfully waited on the Mistcrs Pigs,
the Bears Esqpires, the Honorable Sows,
and their HonOrs the Hogs
A vast concourse convened this morning,
Of all ages and sizes, from the plump child
pig, just stepped from the cradle Of infancy,
10 the extensive creature entering on the
gravity of swinebood. Never, before, has
the festival Of the society been so honored
Whether the enlarged attendance was a to-
ken of appreciation Of the bright blue sky
of the day, or tribute Of friendship to the
judges, il becomes not them 10 determine
Amid the great assembly, there were few
individuals, who, with disturbed breathing
and distracted looks, appeared as if they
had not paid their taxes, or had not specie to
discharge post office bills, or had visited q
bank director TO solicit extension OF notes
over due, or had been to law, or were com
ing back again, or were proprietors of east.
crn or western domains, or were about to
draw up report, or were candidates Tor Of
flee, or had been afflicted with some other
of the epidemic evils, which have scourged
the community. But generally there was
an air Of placid repose, as if notwithstand.
ing the excitement, calamity, and pressure
of the times, their bodies were at rest, their
minds at ease and themselves enjoying the
expensive luxury OF tranquil conscience.
In one Of the departments, there was an
animated and busy scene twenty-five un.
weaned pigs, from eight to twelve weeks |
old, exeInplified the power of suction, BY |
drawing, with unwearied diligence, through /
convenient apparatus Of hose, the fluid OF
milk from the copious reservoirs OF three
sows Of MIR William G, Clark, landlord of
the United States Hotel The ability TO in
crease population was so approved, that the
COMMITTEES unanimously bestowed on the
fruitful mothers of the three infant families
Of industrious laborers, the first premium Of
FIRE dollars
Mr. George Fl. White Of Worcester. ex
hbited prodigious white SOW, of the Bed
ford lineage, looking like two single crea
lures rolled into one. This female was ele
giant; all females are. Unlike the fair
daughters of our race, she had no slender
ness, but boundless circumference Of waist
Estimated by the modern standard OF politi
orcumnIo,oy of "a, ,nono,oJ,s, If Iaor IN
unwinldy eornoyo,;on Jsnos;,s bonk III
nor, INA conro;,,ss r,;ob, bavs donh,,d
~ ,hs acknowledgements ac s,,.h an .a; s
,ba,, 49, 80 49, ao.,,.,ond -
rss5r, ~ ,hosa aan,ian,an ~ Nv In, -, ~
,r;bs mSo IN ;n,;,a,;on nr ,hs nh;,osannass
Of T.nn,o a." ahsons, p nl a;
n.;pns " IN I I;u oS'on VI p.'se.'"' ~
.nd Iona ,n,,.a h;,ia g. ca.n",; y :. 800
'I' al'sG o.'s, ~. .','o'',a',ou " eA
80 p.oto,.'v ,h Try Ifo.u,su men at'
,",i,.,a shoP ~ u ''euu VI '''e
Mr. William Brown I'm, m. Iengtb wnsfys
feet eleven inches. the breadth one fool len
inches. the circumference fiy. fee, eight ioc h.
cs. and the dead weigh, while alive abou,
half thousand pounds This gentleman
gave his professional opinion that len wards
Of Lowell prints would be required for
fashionable gown 10 clothe the ladv. exclu.
sive of an equal allowance for sleeves
He who would lose an opportunity Of re.
newing ard pursuing INQUIRIES on the sub. !
iect Of animal magnetism The engrossinc
topic of public attention. among creatures
so peculiarly fitted 10 exhibit the wonderful
phenomena Of the science. must have gen
ius for sailing sheen; the Committee have
not. Strong susceptibli,ies were manifest.
ed by one Of the latest pps on being rub.
bed with a fragment Of rail il sunk in,o
profound sleep 1t was then powerfullv
magnetized with a section Of rused iron
hoop; as no glowing descriptions of distan,