Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-13

| The Frankfort-on-the-Main correspon
dent Of the Geneva Swiss Times, under
date of the oath Of June, tells the follow
ing good story:
A gentleman of the breed, black and
white, with nicely appointed feet and
nose, happened to be driven down the
fashionable Bockenheimer Chanssee on
the afternoon of Saturday.
An unmistakable butcher boy fol.
lowed, with switch in hand, telling plain
ly that the gentleman in question and
his companion, for there were two OF
them, were not on their way to spend the
afternoon in the Geological gardens OF
Leven's museum, but were bound for the
Bockenheimer slaughter house; an un-
pleasant reminder of the exigencies OF
mans APPETITE, when he has just risen
from German table 'hote, and the fact
about to be described occurred during
that heavy interval of the afternoon, be-
tween three and four o'clock One of
these pigs walked along in the tired
fashion of a gentleman overdone with
work or food, his gait une peu saccade;
the other moved about au naturel, as
pigs are wont to do, when all of sud-
den the first dropped down on his side
and tainted away, upon which the other
set off on a brisk trot, and the butcher
boy after him. And here begins the pa
thetic part of the story, rejecting, as it
does, on the genuine good-heartedness
of the Germans, and German ladies es-
pecially. In an instant the fallen pig
became the center OF sympathizing
knots of people. The large iron gates
before which the animal lay would, with
out doubt, have been opened to receive
him. A lady did ring the bell for the
purpose, but the inhospitable gates re-
maineJ closed, for the villa behind them
was not inhabited. The crowd gradually
increased, which, Of course, increased
the curiosity of the passers. The ladies
among the number absolutely refused to
move on till assistance had been pro-
cured Achl dGs Grme 7hieri" was
repeated from one to the other, and one
lady ventured to wipe his snout with her
pocket handkerchief; true, he was an un-
commonly nice looking pig. But relief
was at hand. Let the lady pass"
some Of the outsiders cried out, and in
an instant the knot of people parted
and let in beautiful young lady, Gle
gantly dressed, and the deepest marks
of sympathy in her face and movements,
which were, of course, directed to the
suffering creature. The lady carried
china bowl with water, and her maid
followed with a jug and bottle Of essence.
Both were forthwith applied by the two.
Whilst the mistress bathed his head, the
maid douched his body; the judicious
mode of handling showing clearly that
the lady, though so young, must have
had great experience in the art of assist
ing the sick and wounded; probably she
had, during the late war, belonged to
the noble order of the Freiwillige Kran-
kenphegerinnen.
We suppose this to have been the case,
for her address was great, and soon pro-
duced the desired result. The animal
showed signs of life, and at length came
to with sundry grunts and twitches.
"Achl Gott sci Dankl' said the tender
and beautiful young lady, and blushed
deeply as she said it.
But the sufferer had by no means en-
tirely recovered. He would not yet
stand, and must be driven home. At
this juncture a Prussian helmet made
its appearance, of course to bring ad-
order into the occurrence,
which was speedily done. A cart was
brought, into which the pig was hoisted
by order of the policeman, and to the
evident distress of the ladies, for one
man caught hold of his tail, and another
of his throat, causing him, to judge by
his squeals, great pain and discomfort.
The ladies showed themselves inclined |
to demonstrate, but deeds are better than
words in such critical cases, and one
lady darted across the street into one of
the lordly houses opposite, and came
back with basketful of soft hay, which,
IS nobody else offered to do it for her,
she pushed under the animal body with
her own soft white hands. The cart
lrove off at the polieeman's order, and
he ladies retired to their houses-three
If them were without their bonnets, and
Ieemed to be suddenly reminded of the
act-probably to discuss the incident
,ver their afternoon coffee, an incident
hat deserved to be recorded in the
chronicles of the society for the protec-
ion of animals. We may add that this
.ct of the Freiwillige KrankepAege oc-
urred under the very shadow of the
Geneva cross of the Swiss Times office
n the Brockenheimer Chaussee.