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next thing we do is this, to gently put the pig
before the fire TO SINNER
To simmer =
Yes, sir; and there it stands or !, reeks
again. But you midst no, le. j, &C., DER he,
il would burn the milk
And the pig, too, madam
'Oh! that's naething. We dinna fash
ourselves wi the pig. What were they
made fort
why, truly, madam. I though, until this
day. that knew Something of their history
but find have been wofully ignorant
we Gamma reach perfection at once, as
our guide man says (wha by.,hc-by, is and
has been this half hour, as sound as a top.)
And so, after the pig hai sin,mered. yo in
wi the spoon again.
Again madam y
ny, sir; ye wadna lee j, all in . mes, a,
the bottom 2
Far from it madam as far a. possible
So ye maun gic i, another stir or ,wa, un-
Ill i, sings
Sings, madam And does the pig make
no other noise during all this operation =
Scarce any other, gin IFS good pig -
but all depends on that. I've seen lame
pig that before the heat had touched It's sides
matter of FIVE minutes, mould have game
of in a crack
Il don't wonder at that; in the least ma.
DAM
You would wonder; If your English pigs
had half the value of the Scotch
Possibly, madam
'Of verify continued Mrs. M'Crie,
: there was pig played me ance a maist
mlschancy trick. Ye see, ! expected par
~ of our presby,cry TO denner, and had sent
our Bell out for the mais, capacious pig she
could grip; and had poured in the guam
tam suf, as the ncdiciners say, Of het mil.
on the gooseberries was making po;se,)
and a. wentweeI hut when thought it was
done to hair, out lap a het azle our Bell
~" hizxy y sprang to the tae side the pig
gaed the tithcr--a' wac ruined.'
And the poor pig what became Of it,
Puir, inde ed l, #asna worth the mind.
ing: its head was dung in, and it ga, a
sma' fracture on the side but as i, was bon
ny 10 its color, and gently in its max, Bell
syned i. ont in clean water. then rubbed i,
up wi d,lster, and clapped It on the. shelf
in the kitchen. where j, lies to tins blessed
day. in peace and quiet, as may say. In my
opinion. sir. the pig hahna Gecn righ, made
Not right made, madam =
Not right made, sir. You look surpri-
sed. Think you "ny body can make piy!'
Far from it, madam
: 1t would surely fash you and me, In, ia.
lousing, Mr.. Josiah Flowerdew...
Admitted, madam, admitted. But, nv
dear Mrs: M'Crie, | have jus, one other
thing to ask: You have told me--(here
Joshua gave sludder)--t now the milk and
honey gets in. Now. madam, may / be al
lowed to ask, how you get the sylabub OUT.
How we get i! out! Lord, sir, you sur
prise me Just the way we pu. i, IN. How
would you get it out Sure there's nae
magic in that"
May. madam, dom, pretend to venture
upon any specnla'ions or the point. There
are many reasons. no doubt, why the pig
would easier let it out than in and | am
quite willing to prefer the mouth. But, af.
ter il is out, pray. madam, who eats the syl-
labub Tor. pray, madam, do you also eat
the pigs
'Ha. ha that's guide. Lord sir, the pig.
as hard as a stane
Ged, madam, you are right had for
got the frying. But as to the milk and Jelly,
or the bergamot pear, after the pigs, for
whose intestines are they devoted =
'Sm?'
Pray, madam who devours that I. point.
ing with his finger to the horrid potion be.
fore him.
You, sir. if you will do me that honor.
Me. madam Me! Good night, ma
dam. Pray don't waken the doctor. | am
particularly engaged. Nay, madam. no, a
norscl--l would as soon Dol, harbecued
toad, or mouth a curried hcdge.hor(-I do
ensreat you to keep it for the mex, presby,e-
ry. lftl~y resemble our clergy in the south,
they are more familiar with pigs than am.
Well. vel! y Mr.. Flowerdew was heard TO
excIaim. as he, in a manner, tumbled down,
in base, from top to the bottom of the stair,
have often heard that the Scotch were
dirty; but. by all the stripes in a yard Of
ginghan,, they were born barbarian y
Mr.. DOursirw exclaimed the doctor,
awakening. Where are you Here's my
wife with the syllabub. Where are you, Mr..
MOorskrcw7'
I'm off i answered Mr.. Josiah 4; and i,
is said by his friends, tina. during long life
Of some seventy years, no persuasion could
induce him ever again to visit Edinbnrph.-
The lame Pig he would mutter TO himself,
The jelly and no, milk Heaven save me
from such calamity +
20 signifies rsndchild.
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