Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-12-01

Yah" said Peter.
A few days later the pig came. was
just leaving the house to go down town
when | met Peter with pig in bag.
81 got him." Peter remarked-very
unnecessarily, however, for the pig an
nounced the fact in his own behalf
Nothing but a pig could have squealed
so.
Where put him " asked Peter.
"Oh, put him in the barn." said ].
There is barn attached to our house,
but there was nothing in it, Animated
by desire to put the barn to some use
full purpose, | bought COW and put her
in there last summer, but she gave no
milk after the second week, and SO sold
her. / was glad had another tenant
for the barn.
But Peter shook his head That
wouldn't do. A barn was no place for
pig. l would have to have pen, he
said.
"It would hardly do to let him run
in the garden, suppose" / said musing
| ly. "Can you build pen, Peter ?"
yah" Peter said he could, and so |
sent him off after tools and materials,
having the pig tied to tree by one leg.
My family gathered about the newcomer
and viewed him with deep interest. He
was little fellow, but healthy, as was
proved by the capacity of his lungs.
I" Mercy cried Susan, what a noise
he makes He must be hungry, James. y
Susan's experience with babies encourag-
ed her to this conclusion.
/" i know what'll make more noise than
that" said my Fred, with roguish twin
kle in his eyes
What is it?" | asked to encourage
my son.
1.-TWO more pigs" said Fred.
When / came home at night the pig
was fast asleep in his pen on a heap Of
straw, and l felt quite pride in him. ]
had secret hopes Of my own in regard
to him, though 1 did not impart them to
Susan. He cost only S2-that is, per Sc
The pen cost about $40 more; and Pet
er's fare brought the sum total up tc
S1483.
| watched the growth Of our porkel
E with a high degree of interest. The
swill pail always stood by the side o
the wood house door, and, though it was
not an agreeable object in an aesthetic
point of view, could not for sometim,
get over vexatious kind of curiosity a
to its contents. | found some strang,
things in it sometimes-viewed as article
of food one of Fred's boots, for in
stance, or pair of scissors, or tea
spoon. Once when found silver forl
in the swill, l demonstrated with the sci
want girl-a stupid German creature
who had succeeded to onr intelligen
Bridget, when the latter got married.
E " 1t is not so much that | care for tn
! silver, Kathrine," said l, "but l don
, want the porker choked to death in hi
n prime"
My wife discharged Kathrine, in a
> impatient moment, soon after this, bt
cause the girl threw into the swill pa
four quarts of rich cream covered mil
i. that had been procured with great trou
bic from the country, to make priz
a pudding for dinner party that CAV
: to some of my friends. Kathrine wa
pure city bred, and had never seen sue
! looking milk before in her life she sur
posed it spoiled, and into the swill- pa
it went
We had had our porker about mont
t and he had grown with marvellous CT
lerity. The condition of things in m
/. back garden occupied large share {
my attention for though small it ha
e been literally stocked and diligentl
: cared for, and there was quite rivalr
d between my neighbor Jones and mYse
in this matter. Jones boasted of yer
| superior erudition in these things, an
l. being gentleman Of leisure he ha
Q more time to look after them than | had
it but | struggled hard not to be distancec
e There was no disputing the point {
e Jones isabellas being rather ahead {
s mine, but in most respects | felt myse
s his peer.
: September showed our garden ric
}. with an abundance of tomatoes, cal
It bages, onions, beets, beans, and so OIL
d while the apple tree, the two plum tree
n and the grape-vines hung heavy wit
i their load.
y One day our porker got out of h
y pen, and went roofing around in tn
d garden with tumultous exercise of b
a freedom. OF course these women neve
e saw him it was washing day, | believ,
l. The havoc he had made by the time
Y came home at night was thrilling to wi
n ness. Nobody could tell how long b