Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-11-26
BIOGRAPHY OF A poRKER

Extract from Mr. Pools's Report sua.
milled in The Essex Agricultural sncis.
iy at its recent festival:
Lynn, loo, has her share of swinish
honOrs derived from the extraordinary
merits Of a single individual IF the racs.
Of whom the committee have in their
power TO present a biogrsphcaI sksrch
We are indebted 10 Mr.. John AllaY, Sd.
dnder whose patronage this individual
was reared aud educated, Tor some par
ticulars Of his life.
Of his origin we knew but little, ex.
cepl that be was the son oi his mothsr,
who died suddenly when he WAS a few
months old and left him 40 early orphan.
lie became remarkable for his rapid
gfOwlh and the excellence Of his appe,
lite, and soon arrived at the middle ago
OF swinehood when his poIkship appear
ed living epitoms Of good nature aad
good living. He continued to expand in
size until he became a Daniel Lambert
ofthe racs,and possessed great iceigh in
GWinish society. He was a solid charrc-
ter, snd his specific gravity was only E.
quaiIed by his gravity of demsanSr, in
deed there was nothing waegjsh about
him-but his tail lie now became
worthy member Of the l. o. Of Fat Fell
lowS,and attained 10 their highest degree.
His colpulsAcy prevented him from trsv-
ellng, and although he had never been to
roam, (ROme,) he was fsmjliar with lhe
rich stores Of ancient and modern
Grease. The stale Of tho money mar
keis gave him ne concern, and he cared
little for the rise and fall Of s:ocks-ex
cept cOrnstGlks which he always appear.
cd anxious get dswn He early ac-
quirsd disgust for politics, by observing
the greedness with which seme parlisghs
have thrust their snouts iAls the public
swiIl pail. He sveR thought that some
aspiring individuals had much better have
sIye in their eys than The White House
at Washington. In his political views
there seemed TO be something ik4 in-
consistency. lIe was in favor Of prolac>
tIOnr and was rayoH0us advocate of
home consumption. lie also favored
large cOrp0rStions. and al the same time
wss strong advocate for reIrenchment.
and delighted in cutting down celIeries
lie was never a candidate for any public I
station, and il is believed his mosestp
would prevent him from accepting the
offer Of any Office, from that oC commit
= ee ofSwne down to the President Of the |
United States
Notwithstanding he was ten feet frsm
extremity to extremity, the event proved
that he was not loRg for Ibis world, snd
in his last extremity no friend was found |
to save him from he hand oftle assassin.
He was rapidly decreasing in size until
his departure, which was in November
last, at the age of2 years and six months
A the post mortem examination of bis
remains, il was found that his enormous
bulk had reached The weghl OF more Than
l20O'bs. What proaigaiiy Of fatness was
here! what mass meeting Of pork con
csnirated ina single individual! The
county Of Essex challenges the world to
produce his ,quaI. Mr.. Alley informs
us, with apparent sincerity tha, he sub
sisted mainly on raw Indian mail and 10
atOes-but the committee had supposed
i mere likely that he had lived on green
urllo soup and pound cake, with an &C
meal ofbOiIed salmon and can.
Vass back ducks.