Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-17
Humorous.
THE BERKSHIRE PIG.
An EIectioneeri,,g Anccdotc.

"Thc fact is, gentlemen" said one
Of party who were enjoying them.
selves in private room over a glass
of vino, aud talking politics, "there
are mighty few who know how the
State Of Louisiana was carried by the
Wings during the last presidential
campaign"
"How was itl' asked the party.
"Well. l'lltell YOU" said the speak
er, who-had sly twinkling of humor
in his oye. During the campaign
of rs, when the prominent advocates
Of democracy and whiggery were
canvassing tho State, one of the dis
,inguished men Of each party met by
appointment, u, small village, where
the people were nearly equally divid-
ed in politics. The Democrat spoke
after the Wing, and it was the general
opinion that the Democrat had carried
the day.
"Afier he had concluded his speech
the people were about to dispense,
when tall, raw-boned, ugly-looking
customer got up on the stand and said,
f" Gentlemen, after you disperse want
to say word or two in reply to that
last gentleman that talked At first
the crowd commenced kissing and
hooting, to put him down, but he was
not one of the kind to stay put.
"Fellow-citizens," shouted the stran-
ger, in stcntorian voice, II will in
troduce myself to you as Kentucki-
an. Shouts of hurrah for Kentucky.l
They say Rome was once saved by
the cacklin' of geese, but don't think
the hissin' of any Of you here will
save Louisiany, or elect old lack +
This speech was received with rounds
of applause and shouts of laughter.
He had won the crowd over on his.
side They perceived at once hewss;
a character, and they became anxious
to hear him.
Fellow.citizens," continued the
Kentuckian, Al want a chance, if you
will give it to mo, to put the gentle.
man that last talked to you about Gen.
Cass, through a course Of sprouts
Here the stranger put both hands in
his coat pockets, and drew out Of one
tho Cleveland Plaindealer, and out
of the other the Nashville Union, and
with a sort of serio-comico expression
of countenance said: Fellow.citi-
zcns, you mustn't DO down on me be-
cause my talk is like sawed plank in
the rough. 1t is too late now for me
to commence planin' my language
though I once had pretty smart
sprinklin' of larnin', but | have always
thought when Twas young I collapsed
q fiue, and a right smart chance of it
leaked out" He then read from the
Plaindcaler the most strenuous assu-
RANGES to the Democracy of the North
that Gen. Cass was u Wilmot proviso
man, and from the Union assurances
Just as positive that Gen. Cass was a
pro-slavery man.
snow, am not good at speaking"
continued the Kentuckian, % but the
Michigan mans position puts me in
mind of little circumstance that hap
pencl in my ncighborhood in Ken
lucky, some time ago, which | must
tell you. You all remember what a
perfect mania prevailed some years
ago on the subject Of Durham calves,
Berkshire pigs, South Down sheep,
&c. We'll, l had ncighbor by the
name Of Martin. who was an uncom.
mon clever physician and an importer
of fine stock. One day the. Doctor
stopped to gethis horse shol at neigh
Dor Birds, the blacksmith, who lived
about two miles from the Doctors
house. The doctor commenced talk
ing about his beautiful berkshire pigs
and told the blacksmith, in a fit Of lib
erality, that he would give him a pis
out of the next litter that "Su" had
"In the course of two months o.
such matter, tho doctor called atth'
shop and told neighbor Bird that 'su
had fine litter, and to send and sc
his pig. So Bird posts his man Dol
of with his wife's large willow bas
ket to get the pig. Between Bird
and Martins, Sam Smith, who was
great quiz, kept little grocery, AM