The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-06-25
4 rv0ossp CrrynnATI0N.

the cenfennlai year, Win us NhuE"th'
ted memories and traditions. is evidently
to bo IAN era Of good feeling In which
many if not MI OF the asperitics oi the
past. of whatever nature. will. for tue
time being. he absorbed in the kindly sem
timcnts and pleasant feelings cngendered
by the suspicious present. Centennial
celebrations aud ceremonies and iestivi-
ties promise. for the next wear or ~, 10
be kept mp with unilagging industry and
interest.
We have seen an invitation. issued by
William Emerson Baker of Ridge Hill
Farms. Wellesley, Mass. TO the laying of
q corner stone of a new piggcry on the
18th inst. Judging from tie style of the
invitation aud its contents. Mr.. William
Emerson Baker is n gentleman possessed
of wit. wisdom and wealth. This tetc,
says the invitation, sis intended to rccog-
nizc the Rights OF the Hog Species TO
historic honors. inaslnuch a. the or
ganization of the Massachusetts senate
was the direct consequence of litigation
about hog in 1886. and the declaration
of war with Great Britain in 1872 result
ed. according to tradition. from hog It'll
CATION IN Rhode Island in 1871. The cor
ncr stone Piggcry party l. therefore an
appropriate oddenduDi to the Bunker Hill
celebration" The invitation proceeds to
inform the reader that each person ac-
x,...t,l1 h.., IN IA.
ute something either in prose or poetry,
pertinent to the occasion. and the Use OF
a thirty feet windmill was Offered to per-
/ sons who might feel the need of it in grind
ing ont Hog Latin or other classic dog
gercls or piggercls."
Among the ceremonies OF the celcbra-
ton was the dedication OF the Rhode
Island ISL Pig Monument" and of the
Massachusetts Senatc-Porcinc Nonu-
mcnt.''
| The tradition connecting the Rhode Is
land pigs with the war of 1872 is thu. re-
corded
BY the carelcssNc-s of a boy in Isl u
garden gate in Rhode Island was left
open; two pigs entered aud destroyed Il
few plants. The day was hot. the pig,
fat. and when attempts were made 10
drive them out, the characteristic obsti
macy of the animals occasioned such vi
Olcnt exercise rs to cause their death
\ quarrel cnsued between the Owner
of the pigs and the owner d
the garden. which, spreading among
their friends, resulted in the election u
the Opposition candidate Howell, by on,
majority to the United States Senate, bl
whose vote the motion to postpone, unit
the next session, further consideration OF
the question OF declaring war. was de
feated by one majority; and, by the vot,
following ii, war was declared witt
Great Britain in 1872, although Howell
was opposed to and voted against 1t.
The Massachusc,t, Senatc-Porcine Mon
ument was TO commemorate that histori
hog found cstray in the street, Of Bosto
in the year 1886. and the consequence @
the protractcd litigation u to the Owner
ship of this hog, is recorded in history "a
follows:
The trial-court decided in favor of lI
puplic cricr. Captain kcayuc. The gen
eral court was then pctitiOncd by tn
plaintiffs counsel. in favor OF re-openin;
the Gaze, but a majority of the nine mag
istratcs, forming one part of the lcgisla
ture, voted against the proposed measur,
while willis, A. majority n.lmr o. the thirty a,ePm,e
both magistrates aud deputies was r,
quisi;c, this deadlock of negative action
in the general court caused ~ great pul
lie clamOr ina>lnuci a. there existed
tender sympathy for the Widow Shcl
man, the plaintiff and her friend Stor
was stirring man.
The Governor joined with eight of III
magistrates, and published Il dcclaratio
concerning the merits of the Hog Que
ton Finally, in 1913, Major Gen
! Gibbons aud Major William Ing wer
appointed by the court rs mediator
They were both deputies from Boston
members of the same church, and Of III
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Con
pany.
This was the first great lawsuit !
, Boston, and IL a sequence Of the ncgIti>
action in the General Court cOnccrnin
it, was the rebellion against the magi
trates--the Crown appointees, and III
organization of the Massachusetts, Sci
ate.
The detailed programme OF the te
Wis W NC lViHiS''u w Su'~NS va ''''h Z"
rival at the Farms. There is no doul
but that the affair was n complete sic
cess, the historic lore on the hog que
ton possessed by Mr.. Baker appearin
to be fully cquallcd by the will to max
his guests enjoy themselves. and IL
erewithal-namely, the money-to c
feet his object. Centennial literature III
brought forth nothing more humoro'
than this invitation. II is a handsou
specimen of modern printing in the hig
: est style of the art, embellishcd by e
: cravings Of some dozen or so porke
whose pictures would rejoice the eye an
the mind of the grangers hereabouts.