Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-11-08
HYDE PARK, VERMONT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1865.


a dinuer party that gave to some of my
friends. Katrine was pure city bred, and
had never seen such looking milk before
in her life; size supposed it spoiled, and
into the swill-pail it went
We had had our porker about month,
and he had grown with marvellous celebrity.
The condition of affairs in my back gar
den occupied very large share of my at
tention; for though small, it had been
literally stocked and diligently cared for
and there was quite rivalry between my
nelghbor Jones and myself in this matter
Jones boasted of very superior erudition
in these things, and being a gentleman of
leisure he had more tine to look after
them than had but struggled hard
not TO be distanced. There was no dis
putting the point of Jones' Isaoellas being
rather ahead of mine, but ia most re.
spects felt myself his peer. September
showed our garden rich with with
an abundance of tomatoes, cabbages, on.
ions, beets beans, and so on, while the
appletree, and the two plum-trees, and
the grape.vines all hung heavy with their
load. ..-
One day our porker got out of his pen,
and went roofing around in the garden
with tumultuous exercise of his sudden
freedom. OF course those women never
saw him it was washing day, believe.
rhe havoc he had made by the time ]
came home at night was thrilling to wit
ness. Nobody could tell how long he had
been out of his pen; but judging by the
devastation | witnessed he must have
been out since morning Tennyson's verse
in MAUD" may give faint indication of
my emotion as stood in the back door
that evening:
The roots of my hair were stirred ...
, And my pulses closed their gates with shock
on my heart"
! There was nothing to do now however
n but to put him back in the pen, AS hi
had grown porker had developed very
. ugly expression Of countenance, and as
c looked at him now, with his tushes pro
truding in most villainous way, con
t fess he was not cheerful sight for tim
r id man. Howeve', got a big stick ant
e went at him with loud "shoos" and ex
travagant Furnishings of my weapon. FL
n eyed me quietly out of his vicious little op
Il tics. and whisked his curly tail defantly
soon found there was no driving hin
| back to his pen. He lodged me in th
s. most exasperating manner. He double'
9 and twisted in a way to set at naugnt al
er my calculations. was no match TO
Ie him. Jones came out while was exorcis
rs ing myself with the porker, and laughe
at me over the fence. .-... ........, =,
Sc "You don't 60 at it in the right way
Dobb," said be. y'aa If.
r Perhaps you would like to try
yourself, Mr.. Jones'" | said, with som
in considerable dignity of manner and a yer
n red face ...F Nu #
Take him by the tail, said Jones i
&c reply. Get his nose aimed toward tf
pen, and then pull his tail. The mol
you pull one way the more he'll pull tt
ig other, and he'll be in the pen before yc
of know it." .... t.H
/ Susan, who was standing on the bac
to steps looking at me, laughed so hearth
u that [ felt quite g2od,humored agai
Sc. and asked Jones to Just come over ar
ht give us the benefit of his greatly superi
wisdom.
Ter After some banter, and the handing
al a splendid cluster of grapes to Susan,
lse climbed the fence.
,ie "Now Dobb," said Jones, "we'll form
| line--you and |, Mrs DOtb and the SC
us want girl" r3f .a"'h
/ "I beg to be excused, Mr.. Jones' sa
les Susan, with very timid glance at Il
of porker. lrir.. ..uHol hrr q.
of "My dear madam" said Jones, gallar
ly, there's no danger at all. am
,n- earnest, it's q pigs nature to yield to ovt
Did whelming numbers We have only
to form line and close down upon him in
got sort of crescent, and he'll give up I
struggle at once, as you will see'' %. .'.
the So it was undertaken. Porker stood
or, the fence, eying US with a deep expressi
of interest. We moved down upon hin
i'm. he wheeled about snorted, aud snorte
,so and then made a dive at u.s. or rather