The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-12-17


full-grown.
The man was so overjoyed ut the idea
ofgetting some money that he promised
to bring the animal at once, and when 1
reached home at supper time found the
pig, the Irishman, and the three sons of
the latter, all in tangle of ropes, sticks
and profanity at my gate. 1 paid the
man the money agreed upon and opened
the gate.
"Where do ye want the dhivil ?"
asked the man.
"Just put him in the yard" l re-
piled.
The animals late owner gazed at me
so strangely that my wife whispered he
must have been drinking, and begged
me to get rid of him at once. So open
ed the gate, the pig started in the oppo-
site direction, the man and two of the
boys tugged at the ropes and the other
boy piled a stick vigorously, the profan-
ity recommended, and Cynthia clapped
her fingers to her ears.
Lets be afther h'istin' him." said
the Irishman finally. Then he grasped
one of the pigs ears, one of the boys
took the other, another seized the tail !;
then they lifted the pig bodily over the
low fence, while the third boy shut the
gate. Then they loosened the ropes,
gathered their sticks and departed, and
Cynthia and were left alone with our
tnnocapcinn yNa do hoofs In
template him from the parlor window.
Both of us kept silence for moment or
two, and then l remarked that he was
not beauty.
Very true" said Cynthia, " but you
must remember no one appears at his
best when suddenly placed amid strange
surroundings.
admitted the truth of this plea, but
was unable to perceive from what por-
ton of the anatomy he could exhibit
beauteous line, even when surrounded
by his chosen friends and every luxury
that heart could reach.
He was as long and lean as a Con-
federate blockade which l had
once seen brought into a northern port,
and when he was attending to business,
which he speedily did under the attrac-
tions of a defunct cabbage, his legs raked
forward as sharply as the masts of the
aforesaid vessel His head, by its shape
and size, reminded me forcibly of q
baby's coffin. His eyes were small, but
alive with suspicious inquiry, and his
ears were as long as those of rabbit.
The bristles on the back of his neck and
upon his shoulders seemed, in the
cleaning of eventide, nearly as long as
peacock's plumes, and his ribs were as
prominent as the hoops of barrel. But,
as Cynthia remarked, there was almost
innumerable places about him where fat
could be deposited.
When he had finished the cabbage he
espied us, and approached with the air
of modest interviewer Gf the readers
imagination can picture such an indi-
vidual as possible). He stood under the
window looking up,and suddenly thrust
forth his snout.
Goodness ~ exclaimed Cynthia,
starting back step or two, and getting
behind me, what's that 20
What's what, my dear ?"
That funny, dreadful thing on the
end of his nose. 1t looks like the new
moon, only it isn't quite as big"
That's his snout," replied, he
seems to be able to elongate or withdraw
it at will, doubtless for some wise pur-
pose in the economy of nature"
Let's draw the shade," said Cynthia,
shuddering. I'm sure I'll dream
about that dreadful thing"
A good supper enabled Cynthia to re-
cover her selfpossession, and we spent
the evening in calculations of our prob
able profits upon that pig. 1t soon be-
came evident, however, that even the
most hopeful figuring would not enable
the animal to make up the deficit which
our exasperating account-book showed,
so we determined TO buy several addi-
tional pigs, and to do so before any one
else should be as shrewd az Cynthia in
determining what breed to select from.
We arose early next morning to look
at our new treasure, but the pig seemed
to have been up several hours before us.
Cynthia had scarcely reached our cham
ber window when she exclaimed
Why, who has been digging our po-
tatoes 'Tis too bad, Sam--some one
has been stealing them during the night.
Saa how irraOuIarlv thaU haua dino, -