The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-06-28
Mrs. Mulrooney's Pig.

A rather rough specimen Of the Emerald
Isle, appropriated t. himself Pig belong
ting to a neIghbor named Mrs. Mulrooney,
and thought no more about II, until having
met with ali accident which was likely to
prove fatal, he sent To his father confessor,
to whom he unbosOmsd all the secrets Of
his mind and heart The venerable Faith
er Confessor, preparatory to granting ab-
solution, requested him to task his uIemo-
~ IN order that there might be nothing
left on his conscience that would impede
his progress t. happy state in the other
world. Pat, after some reflection, very
seriously said
We'll, thin, yer Reverence, shure Tiers
Ist one little thing forgot e. till ye.
Now what is II, sand he.
"Shure borrowed plg from me neigh
Dor, Mrs. Mulrooney
81 don't mean that ! want you t. tell
me If you can remember any SINS you have
committed, and you have not told me.
"Shure yer Reverence, that's jlst what |
am thryIng 70 Do.
Yes, MY son, said the Father Confess
or. "but to borrow Is not SIN.
"Ah, but yer Reverence. shure | never
returned the plg
II suppose Mrs. Mulrooney loaned you
the pig, SAID the clergyman. IN a ques-
tonlng tone.
Faith, yer Reverence she knew nothing
about It at all at all
How did YOU borrow H. then, If she did
not loan It to YOU
''Shure, and Place yer Reverence | went
to the sthy and took II.
And you didn't tell Mrs Mulrooney
you we're going 70 take her pig f'
Faith, an yer Reverence, To tell the
truth, did not
Don't you know, my son, that that il
stealing T.
An il that what you call it, yer River
ence, said PltE
Yes, my son, that IS breaking the eighth
commandment, and unless you make resti-
I tuition by restoring the pig, Or the value OF
/ Il, you cannot enter heaven.
4 This assurance Of the Reverend Father
| troubled Pat good deal, and, after sew
eral scratches Of the head, and good many
piOus moans he said
Yer Reverence, the dlvIl a pig or the
value Of one could meself restore, for
/ havnt got pInnie to jingle on a mile
stone.
That's too bad, said the venerable
4 father
Then what Will you say when YOU meet
u Mulrooney, face To- face, on the last day Z
] Pats features nov frightened up little
and raising himself on his elbow, asked,
with real Irish naiveness
An, yer Reverence, viii Mrs Mulruo-
ney ). there /"
Yes
An will the pig be there. toor
Yes, said the clergyman, graveiy.
Bedad, yer Reverence, shure an Ill say
Mrs Mulrooney, there's your pig.
A NEw VAR>IsH The Chinese are SAID
to make a yaruish by beating together
fresh blood and quIckIme which Is exten
sively used as a coating for wooden article,
which they wish NJ make completely water
tight Won Scherzer, who trst nteroduc
ed this subject to the notice of Europeans
says he has seen the Pekin wood chest,
that had been Vanished with 1T, which
after Journey over Siberia to St. Peters
burg and back, were still water tight. Ever
baskets of straw, used for the transporta
ton Of OIL. are made tit for the purpose by
the use Of tins varnish Pasteboard coated
with it becomes, both in appearance and
hrtuuess. ike wood Articles requiring u
be absolutely Impervlous are vanished
twice or at the most, three times by the
Chinese The preparation has been tested
in various ways both IN Europe and Aus
trala; and, although it gives the vessels
covered with it arDugh, ugly, red appear
ance, its use Is recommended as a SURE
means Of making wood impervious 10 water
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