Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-04-23

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naught all my calculations. was no
match lor him. Jones camc out while |
was exercising myself with the porker,
and laughed at mo over tho fence.
You don't go AT it in the right way,
Dobb, said he.
Perhaps you'd like to try il yourself,
MIR. Jones" said, With some dignity of
manner and very red face.
Take him by the tail. said Jones
calmly, in reply. "Get bis nose aimed
towards the pen, then pull his tail. The
more you pull one way the more hen
pull the other. and he'll be in the pen DC
fore you know IL
Susan, who was standing on the back
steps looking al nae, laughed SO heartily
at this. that fell quite good humored
again, and asked Jones to come over and
give US the benefit of his superior wis
dom. After a little more banter, and the
handing of a splendid cluster of lsabellas
/ to Susan. he climbed the fence.
Now, Dobb," said Jones, "Wc'ii
form a line YOU and and Mrs. Dobb
and the servant girl"
II BEG to be excused, Mr.. Jones. ~
laughed Susan, with timid glance At
+ ,he porkcr.
"MJ dear mldam," said Jones, gal
/ laatly, there's no danger at all | am
quite in earnest, / assure you. 1t is Il
pigs nature to yield to overwhelming
numbers. We have onls to form line
and close down upon him in u sort OF
crescent and he will give up the struggle
at once, a3 you "iI) see"
So it WAS undertaken. Porker stood
T by the fence, cycling rs with - deep cN
preston Of interest. We moved down
upon him; he wheeled about, snorioj,
aud then made dive at us, or rather ut
me. and whish he went right between
my legs, SO that | sprawled on the
ground most ungracolully. Susan and
/ tho servant girl IAN screaming into the
house, and Jones was over the fence in
no time
The result OF il Was, we sent for Pctcr.
/ 1t had grown somewhat dark. but Peter
made >hor. work OF TIVE Job. He got q
rope, .,u.l took In his other hand The biG
stick hal boon dourishing; then he
went up to po. kcr. fetched him one trc
meudou, blow over The proboscis, and
while poor piggy was staggering and
seeing % million of stars, slipped the
rope over one of his hind legs, and had
/ him into The pen in % rice.
Peter" said / after that, you may
come round to morrow il You are not en-
gagged, and gather what's lett OF the
vegetables
He did So There was a good deal
/ LETT, ,allerall. Porker's havoc was greater
in appearance than in reality. Peter
stored the cellar with abundance
among other things with nice lot Of
superior bean, in the soft pods, which lag
there tll thej 60, moully, aud were fl
tor nothing bnt swili.
remember, as it it were but ycster-
day. The morning those beans were fed to
our pig. was going ont OF town to be
: zone three DAYS, on business of impor.
tancc saw supply of the mouldy
/ beans fed to The porker, and departed.
70 sac did net think Of my pig while |
wa, away, woall lac to state an untruth.
| did think Of hln. Thongh lost to sight
H. WAS To memory dear
am seldom away from home. and con-
sequeutly ! am sed when am away,
.nd my wc,co NE ON returning is wont 10
Le OF The most ailcc,iona,e description
but on this occasion, greatly TO my sur
prise. Susan was not in the front hail TO
greet me- waded through The chill
dren into the back part OF the house,
where SdSan was. lanced she looked
at m"wiih hnll-frighiencd air, but |
took her londjy to my AIMS, and WAS
about impriu!ing rapturous kiss ON her
| lips when my eye chanced TO 30 ont OF
the window, and | suspended the kiss
midway ol delivery. The door OF the
pig pen stood wide open. and there was
peculiar aspect OF desolation about it.
Where's our porkcr ?" | asked, post.
poping the Kiss pro tempOre.
Our porker," said Mrs. Dobb, grave
ly, lis in his grave"
Good heavens - | cried, dead :" and
Immediately went out to look at his de-
serted abode.
was quite calm by dinner-time, and
informed Susan that | was ready to hear
the particulars Of the sad event.
"Well, James" she commenced, "you
know YOU directed those beans to be fed
to him"
ooh, that's it | thought it would be
laid ut my door in some manner, not
withstanding the little circumstance that
was over two hundred miles away.
Well, proceed"
80 the girl gave him beans for din
mel, aud beans for supper, and the next
morning she went out with some more,
/ and ihnn | baar1 bar Soraan, | went
out, and there he was swelled up-oh.
dreadfnlly-twicc as large as life, dear
and lying Oh his sides and kicking lds
legs family. Neighbor Jones looked
over the fence and asked what the matter