Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-11-08

and Jones was over his fence in less than
no time. .a.s,
The result of it was we sent for Peter. .
1t had now grown somewhat dark, but
Peter made short work of the job. He :
got rope, and toox in his other hand
the big stick | had been fourishing then
he went up to porker, fetched him one
tremendous blow over the proboscis, and
while poor piggy was staggering and see
ing million stars, slipped the rope over
one of his hind legs, and had him into
the pen in trice #a
Peter" said I after that, "you may
come round tomorrow, if you are not en-
gagged, aud gather what's left of the veg
etables." ..,a .,. al .I,
He did so. luo J ..
There was good deal left, after all.
Porker's havoc was greater in appearance
than in reality. Peter stored the cellar
with abundance--among other things,
with nice lot of very superior beans in
the soft pods, which lay there till they
got mouldy, and were fit for nothing but
swill. ..... ....
remember, as if it we're but yesterday,
the morning those beans were fed to our
pig was going out of town to be gone
three days. on business of importance. /
saw supply of the mouldy beans fed to1
the porker, and then departed. To say
that | did not think of my pig while |
was away would be to state an untruth. !
did think of him. Though lost to sight he
was to memory dear
E am seldom away from home, and con
e sequently am missed when am away
f and my welcome on returning is won't 10
r be of the most affectionate description.
But on this occasion, greatly to my sur.
prise, Susan was not in the front hall to
: greet me. l waded through the children
into the back part of the house, where
Susan was. | fancicd she looked at me
with half.frightened, air but took hel
| fondly to my arms, and was about i'm
J. printing a raptnrous kiss on her lips wheI
my eye chanced to 60 out the window, ano
suspended the kiss midway of delivery
4 The door of the pig-pen stood wide open
and there was peculiar aspect of desola
n ton about it. ....... .........
j.. Where's our porker ?' asked, post
poning the kiss
=, "Our porker," said Mrs. Dobb, gravely
70 "is in his grave"
! GOOD Heavens :" | cried, dead !" ant
!, Immediately went out to look at his de
or serted abode.
@ was quite calm by dinner-time, ant
u informed Susan that was ready to hea
the particulars of the sad event. ...
- "Well, James" she commenced, "yo
know you directed those beans to be fe
Il to him. :" ..g a". ...a .5 H....
no "Oh, that's it thought it would b
~ laid at my door in some manner. notwitt
standing the little circumstance that
IN was over two hundred miles away. Wei
he proceed. f' .- r a .j."
.ro 80 the girl gave him beans for dime
bo aud beans for supper, and the uext morl
or ing she went out with some more, an
then heard her scream. went ou
Il, and there he was-swelled up--oh, drea'
\, fully-twice as large as life. dear an
!. living on his side and kicking his LEI
ID family. Neigbbor Jones was lookir
=. over the fence and asked what the matt
was" ,e yH ,.-a..
% "With bunch of grapes, doubtless"
be observed .....m m.
"And when we told him he came ov
n to see the pig, and said pooh he was
a. dead that he knew what was the matt
with the pig bloated stomach; he cou
ID cure him. Have you got any brandy
ho Yes. told him we had and came in q
house and got n bottle"
=. "What that s. o. P. Brandy q C
IN claimed.
ox. "Yes, dear---of course. ,...H
10 "Good gracious And you gave tn
/, , fifteen-dollar brandy to that miserable tw
The dollar pig!'' d.'''a ao .' EVE.
:. "Ycs, but it did no good. Then neig
u, Dor Jones bled him" ,
ion "Thc savage"U fI u.t % H.
: "And that did no good either So
- last we gave it up. ard neighbor Jon
:, had his man bury it in the garden"