The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-04-14
pOETRY Y.
REPORT on SWINE.


w. MITCHELL, Esq, 'Chairtnsn Of the
,mmit.se on "shesp and SWINE" read
,ming report at the table stTaunton, Mass
.eHtiy, which appears in New Bedford
,rcIry, ftum which the following extracts
J made: -. ,,,, ......
"ws find the hog hath, since the world began
Been much s,sndsred, faithful friend OF man;
The learned tr,ducers on the bipsd side
Sheer st the pig they do not dare to ride;
In their sarcastic way they call him fool,
Because when shssrsd he yields more cry than
wool. 49,.
With all the sense the critics skull contains,
Think you hogs-head wouldn't hold h,s brsins'
h you must throw him pearls, 'tis you who waste
knowing that scorns better suit his taste.
IT'S true that Empress Of coquettish girls
Queen Clsopatra soaked and clipped her pearls;
The more abs.smious pig, Of frugal cheek,
Was never guilty Of % mad freak.
You think him greedy, since he loves 70 dine;
I own the charge-but tell me, 10 the swine
The only creatures fond Of feeding found'
Are aldermen for abstinence rsnowned'
You ssy hss stubborn-thas he will pursue
lu.t any path that's not desired BY you;
Eublime injustice! Worthy vo'sr!-say"-
O, did you never, on election day,
With slI your country's welfare on your head'''
Fearing the knavs whs limited you were led..'
Because A asked you. give to your votei
You scorned dictation. don't revils your shoat.
IL he anclesni Ys gentle danes who lsve
Your fsirsr forms in Nswports annual wave!
He seeks no SEA aldo with the summers heat;
Il that proof TO you he isn't nss'i
Know this 10 valor's better part in him,
He cuts his throat when he attempts to swim.
You know he's stupid, since you fail to find
Some traces in him Of the march Of mind;
A. Il hs unles.srsdi Think how "Bacon" 'shined,
And don't forge, the tales Hoce left behind.
W,uld there were space in this brief lay oi
mine
To sing tho history Of distinguished swine,
A neat biography adorned with Plates
With choicest cuts. 1.-THE pig in all his states.
But time forbids; my verse car only stay
To breath the important lessons OF the dsyi
Lo! countless pigs respond in thrilling aqueals
Ts the grand truth this century reveals.
The ia,tsst hogs in Epicurai sly,
With crisped cracklings to our words reply'''
We'll hint no more, nor covertly alluds...
But boldly speak is...PiGs WERE MADE FOR FOOD
o, be it ours In these degenerate days,
Ourselves and pigs from prejudics toraiss:
ie, Mahomsrs sons, with ihsdel salasui,
Decree ,ha, Turkey don't agree with ham;
Let Hebrews, vending renovated Clothes
Avert from, Bacon the Caucasian nose,
And vow, the iSthSf Of eur srinr race
Had kept till now his Eden dwslling.plscs,
Had he, content with vegetable food,
His spars.rib and her apple.sauce eschewedi
j L., Cincinnati shut, a, gcid.n noon,
Her shops impervious to the rays OF Juhe;
With wicked lard illumc her daily toll,
And vow that sunbeams aren't 30 cheap IN oil
But Bristels pigs are sacred to the fork'
Well save our bacon, nor make light Of pork
So NAV your Mondays larder still display
The Juicy ham, befit,ing washlng.dsyt
90 the crisp eausage sets its final seal
of full ENJOYMENT in the morning meal.
Yetif your tender palate should decline
To 70 the whole, unmitigsted swine,
Remember Sprat-Jack Sprat-of whom you've
heard,
Who left the pinguecus and the lean preferred
While his fair partner, much averse to waste
tKipd coalition Of connubial taste!
aike the lean wick combined with unetuous ol
Lich,ened his iabors and partOok his toll:
Between them both the ample dish wss cleared
Till no. speck upon its face appeared
Thus when short .conings bother US with dout
IT'S woman, lovely woman, helps US out. '
Yet, a. the true reformer's eager eyes
Detect the clouds that DER his pathway rise.
Nor turn too curiously strain,
Till fully weighed the futures ioss and gain'
Grant me one word Of prudence ere end,
To check the pOrker's too impetuous friend.
Dear to New Englsnd's heart those rur
scenes,
The Sunday bacon and the Sunday beans;
Tha, noontide board at which the genuine blu
Discuss the sermon and tho parish news;
And "moubls yoa"--thsir grave remarks
tween--
rFor few more. and just bit oflean."
OF at that solemn banquet may you prove
For pork and preaching your untiring loves
Blu, o he wary Of that Sabbath mesl,
Lest ,hsss you fall through DER abundant 10
For If you mean, with renovated force
To struggle out the afternoon discourse,
And hope at psalm time promptly 70 arise.
Reaching ''ninetesnthly" with anwinking ey'
Lsguminous repletion shun. o shun,
And let your first plate be your final ons.
Consider well what Pythssoras means,
Warning his hearers tobewars Of bsans;
Dis,ust the second helping. cold or hot,
DsatAs eldest brother, slsep, 10 in the pot.
In vain the text invites to watch and pray"
Tbs narson,y periods point the othsr way.