The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1837-11-14
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reach the pens, fell victim 10 zeal and heat, and
was snatched away by an untimely death. While
the Committee condole with the owner of the
pork, on the unhappy fate of this martyr of pa
triotlc devotion for the of agriculture, they
trust he will find consolation under the sadness
of the bereavement, in the virtues Of the sur
yvors, and in the eulogy pronounced by the
Chairman Of the Committee of Manufactures
Had our departed friend been present, the first
premium Of six dellars would have belonged to
Mr. Salisbury. But the statutes of the Society
require that Pigs should be not less than four in
number. The laws are sacred: they cannot be
dissolved by any corrodng acid of construction
Ii is, therefore, recommended, that instead of
PREMIUM II gratuity Of equal amount he tender
ed to Mr. Salisbury, with the assurance of our
sincere sympathy; and that any member of the
Society, who may he invited by that gentleman
do attend the funeral obsequies of his pork.
Misfortune seldom falls SINGLE that bitter fruit
is borne, like tho grape in clusters. The gloom
thrown over the day was deepened by another
melancholy incident. An amable Pig of Mr.
George Jones arrived on the common in good
health and spirits; but finding every pen filed
retired to private life, and died on his return
home, as is supposed, broken hearted with grief
and modification at being excluded from place.
Capt John Barnard, of Worcester, deserved
the second premium. of four dollars; it is given to
him according to the deserts Of his Pigs.
When the Committee have finished the dis
cusSion of the claims of the competitors for the
sums stated in the printed bills, they have scarce
ly commenced the examination of the merits of
the nobes company of swine, that ever graced
the annals of our histoty.
Mr. George IL. White, of Worcester exhibited
prodigious white sow, of the Bedford lineage,
looking like two single creatures rolled into
one. phe female was elegant: all females are.
Unlike the fair daughters Of oar race, she had
no slenderness, but II boundless circumference
Of waist Estimated, 10y the modern standard of
political economy, this animal was a monster, an
GcclmuLator of fat, Il monOpOltst of lean, an I'M
wieldly corporation, depGSite bank of pork. TIE
Committee might have doubted of the constu-
tonaly of such an animal they took a wiser
course. Accustomed to resort to those gentle
men of the cabbage tribe, who in imitation of
the Philosophers of Laputa take observation of
personal dimensions with kind of quadrant to
fix coats and long tailed bills, for information of
external proportions, they procured men and
measures from the shop Of a friend Of the tailors
craft. IT resulted from the survey of William
Brown, that the length was five feet eleven inch
es, and the breadth one foot ten inches, the Cir
cumference five feet eight inches, and the dead
weight while alive about half of thousand
gounds. This gentleman gave his professional
opinion, that ten yards Of Lowell prints would be
reTlired for a fashionable gown to clothe
the lady, exclusive of an equal allowance for
sleeves.
From the State Lunatic Hospital, came sixteen
sober Hogs of great dignity of manners. The
evil spirits exercised from the walls of that noble
asylum of misfortune, by the powerful spells of
the mild treatment and rare medical skill of DIR.
Woodward, have not been suffered to enter in
TO the swine They were the best conditioned
and the best behaved of the whole convention.
One of them had permitted his body to grow
over his head so much rs almost to obliterate the
chief end to quite create resemblance to ball,
and entirely to confer the capacity of motion in
any direction. The Committee would willingly
give reward to the Commonwealth for her fine
swine; huf, as Massachusetts, requires no en-
couragement in good works, they recommend
gratuily of two,CIollars 70 he paid to Mr.. Ellis,
the careful attendant out of the reserved profits
derived from unclaimed premium still in the
treasury
The Pig Of the Secretary, Edwin Conant. Esq.
stood, but not alone. The excellent recording
officer furnished enterta aiming biography of
The talent of pork committed to his care. The
subject of the memoir he furnished was born in
Worcester, on the 10th day of March 1877
Sumptuary laws, his owner stated, had been
rigidIy applied to him, that, of meal he had but
three meals in his life Since the middle OF
September. he had obtained the occasional, but
unirequent luxury of a boiled dish of very small
potatoes and declining pumpkins. During his
life he had refused to eat above half bushel Of
corn, possibly because it was not offered for his
acceptance. His decease may be expected about
THANKSGIVING time Peace to ssparerls.
George w. Richardson, Esq. of WorcestereX-
hbtcd pig of such exquisite proportions, that it
afforded unaloyeu satisfaction to contemplate the
prospect of the judicial profession and of pork.
Mr. Edmund +. Dixie presented an animal,
long deep, broad, and thick. He claimed no pre-
ni m; the best one whice could he given will be
hereafter found in the rich treasures OF his bar
rel, aud the luXurics spread on his table.
There said to be persons in the world, SO
unconscious of the fitness of things and the hur-
monies of creation, to be insensible to the per-
lection and beauty Of hog. The square round
ness of figure, the compact thickness of the form,
the bright intelligence of the eye, the Grecian
straightness or Roman curve of the nose, irresis-
tibly, command admiration, If any person
would cultivate refined and delicate taste, let
bin visit the styes of Mr. White, Mr. Dixie, Mr.
Richardson, and the recording Secretary, and
delight his senses with living models Of excel
lence.
The Pig of Mr. Oliver Adams no where
within our jurisdiction. Great disappointment
was felt at the absence Of the swine Of Mr. EN-
DRY Perry, Professor of Music, as from the skill