The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22
A Hog in a Course of SPROUTS.

I
capital sketch. Falconbridge," its au-
thor, has evidently seen the "critter" put
through:
Conscious sake but hain't they got a
lot Of pork here p said looker-on in
Quincy market t'other day.
/ Pork echoes a decidedly Green Noun
tain bipod, at the elbow of the first speak
cr
Yes. | VOW it's quite astonishing how
much pork is sold here, and ct up by
somebody continued the old gent.
'Et up?' said the other, whose physical
structure somewhat resembled a fat lath,
and whose general contour made it self
evident that he was not given to frivolity,
jauntily fitting coat and breeches, or per-
fumed & fixed barberality extravaganza.
'Et up?' he thoughtfully and earnestly
repeated, as his hands rested in the cavi-
ty of his trousers pocket, and his eyes
rested on the first speaker. You wern't
never in Cincinnaty, [ guess?'
NO, never was, replied the old gent
Never was Well, [ calc'lated not
Never heen in pork house-a Cincinna-
ty pork house?'
I've learned that they carry on the
pork business pooty stiff out there says
the old gentleman.
'Pooty stiff? But good gravy, don't
they? Pears to me knew yeou some
where?' says our Yankee.
You might cautiously answered the
old gent.
'Taint Squire Smith, of Naoun Peel
ier?'
My names Johnson, sir
'Johnsonl Oh, in the tin business?'
'Oh, no, I'm not in business at all sir
was the reply.
No? OH thoughtfully echoes the
Yankee. wall no matter | thought pr
haps yeou were from up our way. IN from
near Maoun Peeier State Of Vermont
'Ah! indeedn
'Ya-as.'
Fine country, I'm told says the old
gent.
Yeas, tis,' was the response Of the
Yankee, who seemed to be revolving some
thing in his own mind.
Raise a great deal of wool-fne sheep
country?
IT'S great on sheep, but sheep amt
nothing to the everlasting hoag craop!
Think not, ch.' said the old gent.
4 swoT tcu pucker if hain't seen more
pork in Cincinnaty than would bust this
buildin clean open?'
You don't tell me so?'
by gravy, l deu though. Ycou hain't
never been in Cincinnaty!'
Never
Never in q pork house?'
Never
Wall, yeou're bearn tell of Ohio, I
rockon!'
oh, yes got daughter living out
there was the answer.
'Yeou don't say so?
Have, in Urbanna, or near it, said
the old gent,
Urbanny Great kingdom why, [
know ten men living eout there; ones ira
din'-t'othcr keepin' school; maybe
yeou know e'm-Sampson Wheelers one
Jethro Jones t'other-Jethro's cousin
ofminc; his father-no, his mother-nar
ried-my name is Small-Appogce Small
and was just talkin-
about the hog crop and Cincinnati
pork houses
Yea as. Wall, | went aout West last
fall and stopped at Cincinnaty-ten weeks.
Dreadful nice place, by gravy; they do
business there; beats salvation haow they
90 in on steamboats-bust ten day,
build SKI
Is it possible?' said the old gent
Dut the hogs
'Dcu beat ALL I went up to the pork
houses; fust thing you meet is string
bout mile long Of big and little crulers
greasy and sassy as sin; buckets and bags
full Of scraps, tails, ears, shanks and ribs
Of hoags. Foller up this line and yeou
come to the pork houses, and yeou 60 in,
if they let yeou-and they did me-so [
went to an almighty large house-big as
all out doors-and feller steps to me,
and seq he
'Ycou're a stranger, s'pose?'
'Yeou do?' scz [.
'Yo-a-a-s, s'pose So and [ Up and
said / was.
WALL sez he, eff you want to go over
the haouse, we'll send a feller with yeou,'
SO [ went with the feller, and he TUX
me awy back, daown stairs-aout in
lot and everlastin' sin? yeou should jist
seen the haogs-couldn't count 'em in
three weeksr
Good gracious' ? exclaimed the old
gent.
Fact, by gravy! Such squailin, kick
in and goin on. such cussin' and hollerin'
by the fellers pokin' 'em in at one eend
Of the lot & punchin' on 'em in at t'other
and sctch smell Of hogs and fat, bris-
sells and hot water, [ swan teu pucker L
never did calclate on afore? Wall, as
fast as they driy' EN- up in by droves, the
fellers kept craowdin EN- daown towards
the pork haouse, there two fellors kept a
shootn' on 'om down, and hull gang of
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