The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1849-11-24
WINNsBoRo, IS. c0 SATURDAY. RIh1


4 x. was on lhe Sophomore Rollsi4s,
! young man of uery nodera,e fortune.
4 distinguished for his extraordinary ial.
ents, md his cs:lremes 5disipcliaatieHet,i
submit to the college discipline. The
fare in Commons had for some time
past been descending from ordinary To
poor, frompoor to bad to positive indie.
cency, until line stomachs of the victims
hwere as empty as their pockets, and
there were symptoms Of mu,iny preva.
fleul. .,ss ..l.
Then clouds were dark on many brow
Fear sat upon tlieir souls,
| Is, Aud, in bitter agony, !. b. 5s. ,slg q
| They claspcd their buttered rolls.
W Fol. famine all bu, stared them in the
fface. ln3this extremity, X. hit upon q
scheme TO satisfy his appetite aud love
offun, and al the same time the expense
\ of the college. The President Of that
day was somewhat ofa farmer, aud was
never SO happy qs whenin possession Of
some rare ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~.
Some friend had lately presented him
with q sow of a peculiar race; whether
twas 'suclia pig as fertile China breeds
| known not, but on itand its progeny oil
nine pigs, old PreS. placed a higher
value than on any len Ibis studen,s.--
Leaving it to the vulgar herd to steal
turkeys, set snares onncighboring sheds
for pigeons, inveigle confding poultry
into secret places, and there make way
with them, cct.. X. ,urHedShis attention
to'thoso animals. Onaccount oftheir
peculiar connection wit!ihe President,
these interesting creatures we're permit.
ted to ranble al large in the enclosure
which contained all the college buildings.
Our hero arranged his plans in tho
room in the third story of one of largest,
halls, and soon put them in execution. -
Every evening about dusk he would scat.
tersome Indian corn on the ground i'm.
mediateiy beneath his window, and then
watch for bis gume. Ere long .lhetune.
fol nine,' ,Sitll their tendermamma di..
-cn2csed LIE dannai,- -ond neaeae-l-.lss
devour il. Then carefully opening his
window, X, lowered a sack in the nature
of a casing net, inwhich was placed
some corn. Hardly had il reached the
earth when the brisily troop emulously
scented the bait, aud one fat, greedy
little creature blindly rushed upon its
fate. -.
| Ah! hapless porkcr what can now avail
Thy backs stiff bristlos, or thy curly tail Z
| Ah! what avail those eyes so small and round,
Long pendant cars, and snout that loves the
[ground7
In twinkling The cord was drawn
and the prey ascending; (sic itur ad
astra, as K. classicalIy remarod,) } whilst
the development of the sack slincd its
feeble criss. Oncein in K.'srpom, all was
snfe. In a trice he was only bu,chernd
and cleanscd, Secun,dem artem !: tho ofl;il,
&C., being got rid ofas only students
can dispose of such thing and The car.
cass al a proper season being suspended
by cord from The manieI, was duty
roasted and pnrtakcn of by a select few,
But tho mysterious disappearance Of lile
little pig was moi viewed with the same
leviiy by the Prex.: Due search was
made on all sides, and rewards off red {;
bot no one suspected K, for, during the
whole affair, with n blindnes not unusu.
al, the owner never lei his suspicion
rest on the starving students, but timug.
ined that The proprietor of a farm in the
neighborhood, jealous Of his ngricultu.
ral eminence, had nsligated The iheli.--
This was all tha: was needed 10 embroil
the Faculty in u feud with this worthy,
whose suferings from college depreda.
tions had been far from light. In the
mean lime, however, another pigling
had disappeared, and yet apolher ilad
gone TO look ofter his brothers. In short,
in a few weeks, the old sow, with Two of
her progeny, werc nll that Iemainnd /;
Land, tinally, on The loss ofianoibcr, old
| Prex. took 10 his bed, which ne vowed
he would never rise from trusting, we
Isuppose, 10 meet his friends 10 another
world. 81.
Now, while all tho faculty and towns.
people were on tho qui Diue about the
i'pigs--whiie expecia,ion8stoud on lipioe,
land people every day would peep over
l,he palings and regard The remnant of
Itiepigsty with bcommisera,ionnoi unuiin.
/ glcd with curious awe; there was q cor.
taincunning tutor whohad his suspicious.
Perhaps the oily appearance Of *. inre.
cilatios coupled viii lis scanty appetite
in Commons, Ind aroused attention. Ye,
| that could hardly be either, since K,
with comniendablc beneyotcnce, had 70.
/ solved that the contractor should make as
little money aa possible, and therefore he
Invariably destroyed oil Tho commons he
could lay bis hands up6n. But ono nigh,
! the ruler hid placed himself aa spy
upon the movements Of tho two suryiv.
log swine. He sawthem snif faDxiously
under KS window, seemingly 10Th 10
quitthe spot. Little did ne wot that the
aickering blaze 10 KS henrih illnmina,
ted the greasy coun,enances Of select
crowd who were feoding on cold pork.
! The next night he repeated his watch,
pasuccessfully as before. The lhisd
limo his espoinage was crowned with
success. At safe distance no had
dogged his charge to .hesr accustomed
4 haunt 1, q suspicious incident In itsef.rA-
But what his amazement when he saw
the sack descending. Tho obscufil,