Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-04-12

vcXatious kind of curiosity as to its con
tents. found some strange things in 1t
sometimes, viewed as articles Of food:
one of Fred's boots, for instance; pair
of scissors, or teaspoon. Once, when
found q silver fork in the swill, | remon.
strated with the servant girl, q stupid
creature, who had succeeded to our in
telligent Bridget when the latter got mar
ried.
at is not so much that care for the
silver, Katrine," said l, "but l don't
want the porker choked to death in his
prime"
NV wife discharged Katrine, in an i'm
patient moment, soon after this, because
the girl threw into the swill-pail four
quarts of rich, cream-covered milk, that
had been procured with great trouble
from the country, to make a prize pud-
ding for a dinner party that / gave to
some of my friends. Katrine was pure
city-bred, and had never seen such look
ing milk before in her life; she supposed
it spoiled, and into the swill-pail ii went.
We had had our porker about month,
and he had grown with marvellous celeri-
ty. The condition of things IN my back
garden occupied a very large share of my
attention for though small, it had been
literally stocked and diligently cared for,
and there was quite a rivalry between my
neighbor Jones and myself in this mat
ter. Jones boasted of a very superior
erudition in these things, and being
gentleman of leisure he had more time to
look after them than / had but strug-
gled hard not to be distanced. There
was no disputing the point of Jones lsa-
bellas being rather ahead OF mine, but In
most respects l felt myself his peer.
L. 4, Il
an abundance of tomatoes, cabbages,
onions, beets beans, and so on, while the
apple-tree, the two plum-trees, and the
grape vines hung heavy with their load.
One day our porker got out of his pen,
and went roofing around in the garden
with a tumultuous exercise of his sudden
freedom. Of course those women never
saw him; it was washing-day, | believe:
The havoc he had made by the time L
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 lndl-
cation of nv emotions as ! stood in the
back-door that evening
1.-THE roots of my hair have stirred
And my pulses closed their gates with shoek on
There was nothing to do now, however,
but to put him back in the pen. AS he
had grown, porker had developed very
ugly expression of countenance, and as
looked at him now, with his tushes pro-
truding in most villainous way, l con.
fess he was not cheerful sight for timid
man. However, / got big stick and
went at him with loud "shoos" and ex-
travagant Furnishings of my weapon
He eyed me quietly out of his vicious lit
tie optics, and whisked his curly tail def
antly. soon found there was no driving
him back to his pen. He lodged me in
the most exasperating manner. de
doubled and twisted in way to set at
naught all my calculations. L was no
match for him. Jones came out while
was exercising myself with the porker,
and laughed at me over the fence.
"You don't go at it in the right way,
Dobb," said he.
"Perhaps you'd like to try it yourself,
Mr.. Jones'" | said, with some dignity OF
manner and a very red face.
"Take him by the tail, said Jones
calmly, in reply. "Get his nose aimed
towards the pen then pull his tail, The
more you pull one way the more he'll pun
the other, and he'll be in the pen before
you know it,"
Susan, who was standing on the back
steps looking at me, laughed so heartily
at this, that l felt quite good humored
again, and asked Jones to come over and
give us the benefit of his superior wis
dom After little more banter, ana inc
handing of a splendid cluster OF lsabellaS
to Susan. he climbed the fence.
"Now, Dobb," said Jones, Wen
! f,, - U,o ,,o, and I and Mrs DObt
and the servant girl.
II beg to be excused, Mr.. Jones,
laughed Susan, with timid smile at the
poker
'My dear madam" said Jones, gallant
| ", there's no danger at all. am quite
| in earnest, l assure you. 1t is a plg'i
nature to yield to overwhelming numbers
! We have only to form a line and clost
down upon him in sort of crescent ant
he will give up the struggle at once, a
you will see"
So it was undertaken. Porker stoo(
by the fence, eying us with a deep ex
preston of interest. We moved dow
upon him: he wheeled about, snorted
and then made dive at us, or rather a
me. and whish! he went right between
my legs, so that sprawled on the groun'
most ungracefully. Susan and the SCI
want girl ran screaming into the house
and Jones was over the fence in no time
The result of it was, we sent for Petel
1t had grown somewhat dark, but Pete
made short work of the job. He got
rope, and took in his other hand the bi
stick had been fourishing; then he wer
up to porker, fetched him one tremel
dous blow over the probOscis, and Will
poor piggy was staggering and seeing
, million Of stars, slipped the rope over on
{ of his hind legs, and had him INTO u
/ pen in trice: o.
come round tomorrow if you are not e
| gagged, and gather what's left OF the We
! etables."
! He did so. There was good deal lei
after all. Porker's havoc was greater
b. appearance than in reality, Peter store
4 the cellar with abundance-among 9th
things. with a nice lot of superior bea
i in the soft pods, which lay there till tn
got mouldy, and were fit for nothing b
swill.
|. | remember, as if it were but yesterda
Il the morning those beans were fed to- o
A pig. | was going out of town to be go
r three days, on business of importance lsi
e a supply of the mouldy beans fed to I
# porker and then / departed. To say d
/ not think of my pig while was awe
Le would be to state an untruth. did TIL
of him. Though lost to sight he was
I memory dear.
Il am seldom away from home, and &C
sequently am missed when am away
N and my welcome on returning is wont
?; be of the most affectiOnate descripti(
, But on this occasion, greatly. to my s
1 prise, Susan was not in the front hall
8, greet me. / waded through the child
@, into the back part of the house, VIII
sr Susan was. / fancied she looked at
Ie with halffrightened air, but l took
as fondly to my arms, and was ABOUT
printing rapturous kiss on her lips wi
le my eye CHANGED to go out of the windC
:" and suspended the kiss midway OF
ed livery. The door of the pig-pen stC
wide open, and there was peculiar
m peot of desolation about II.
n "Where's our porker ?" asked, p'