The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-08-20
A Hog in Course of Sprouts.

s"N'Nh' ia'ohbiiiSc, ubtuoi, CNl-
IDENTIFY seen the "crittcrs put through:
Conscience sakes but haint they got lot
| of pork hcrcY" said looker-on In Quincy
market to,hcr day
"Porky ~ echoes decidedly Green Noun.
tain bipcd at the elbow of the first speaker.
Yes. vow it's quite astonishing how
much pork is sold here, and ct up by somcbo.
dy," continued the old gent.
TT up says the other, whose physical
structure somewhat rcscmblei fat lath, and
and whose general contour made il selfcyidcnt
that he was not given to frivolity, jauntily
fitting coats and brcechcs, Of pcriumcd and
fixed barbcrality cxtravagancc
"Et upY" he thoughtiully and earnestly re-
peated rs his hands rested in the cavity of his
trousers pockets, and his eyes rested OH the
first speaker.
you wcrnt never in Cincinnaty, I gucssf"
No, Inevcr was, replied the old gent.
Never was! Well, Ical'clatcd not. Nov
or been in pork houscy"
Pork houscs" says Yankee. "Well, rcck.
on not-don't bcgin--t'aint nothn' like--not
a spcck in puddle to pork house--a Gin.
cinnaty pork housel"
I've learn that they carry on the pork
business pooty stiff out there" says the old
gentleman.
"Pooty stias Good gravy, but don't thcyy
our Yankee.
"You might" cautiously answered the old
gent.
"Taint Squire Smith, of Maoun. n.Pcelier?"
"My names Johnson, SIR"
johnson! Oh, in the tin busincss?"
"Oh, no, I'm not in business at all, sir"
was the reply.
"No! Oil" thoughtfnlly echoes the Yam.
kec. "Wall, no matter. thought p'rhaps
ycou were from up aour way Pm from near
Maoun- Peelier, State of Vermont
"Ah! indecd!"
"Yu-as."
Fine country, I'm told" says the old gent.
Yc-a.a-s, It's" was the response of the
Yankee, who seemed to be revolving son,e-
thing in his own mind
Raise great deal Of wool-iine sheep
conntryt"
"'Iis great on sheep. But sheep aint moth
in to the everlastin' haog craopl"
Think not, chr" said the old gent.
=" swow ten pucker IL haint seen more
pork in Cincinnaty than would bust this build.
in clean open!"
i :" You don't tell me so ?"
by gravy, deu, though Yeou haint
never bin in Cincinnatys"
"Never."
i "Ncver in pork-housc?"
"Never."
"Wall, ycouvc hcarn tell of Ohio, rcck
ON 7"
/ "oh yes got daughter living out there,
was the answer.
Yeou don't say SOP"
"I have, in urbanna, or near it," said the
old gent
"urbannyl Great Kingl why, I know ton
men living aout there; ones tradin'--t'othcr's
kccpin' school; maybe ycou know 'oin---Samp.
son Whcclcr's one, jethro Jones' tothcr, Je.
thro'sa cousin Of mine; his fathcr--lo, his
mother---inarricd--my name is Small---Appo.
gee Small, and was jist talkin.--
About the hog crop, Cincinnaty pork.
houses"
| Yc-a-a-s: WALL went aout West last fall
stopped at Cincinnaty--tcu weeks. Dreadful
nice place, by gravy they do business there;
beats salvation haow they 20 1t on steam.
boats---bust ten day, build six!"
us 1t pcssible!" says the old gent "Bu,
the hogs"
/ "Deu beat all, went up Ia tho pork.
haouses; fust thing you meet Is a string -
bout mile long of big aud little cru,rs,
greasy and sassy as sin buckets and bags full
OF scraps tails, cars, siianks and ribs of haogs
Foller ui' this line and yeou come to the pork
haonses, and yeou 90 in. IL they let ycou, and
they did nae, 80 went ia an almighty large
haeusc-hig rs all acut doors, and feller steps
10 me and Says he
! "Scou'rc y stranger, s'posey"
/ ''Ycou dor says l.
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and said Mas.
WALL" says lac, 'ef yeen wan, 10 go over
the haoasc, WI seud teller with you"
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