Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-12

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SIXTEEN HEAVY HOGS.
"This is the Pride of Bordentown.' {"
Mr. Martin. Of Martin e Co., IA West
street, said. as he tenderly laid his hand
on the Carcass of hog weighing 1856
pounds The others are not babies as
you can see; but this fellow lays over the
deck" "7r
The hog thus pointed out was one OF
tour that hung in front of the store un-
der drapery of national banners In
addition to being s.dressed" m butchers
parlance, he was adorned with strings
of variegated sausages. a necklace of
red, white and black, giving him a
charmingly appetizing look His three
companions we're by no means babies,
7S8 pounds, and third 67O pounds.
Each had necklace OF sausages, and the
| hero OF 1872 pounds was crowned with
greens in lieu OF laurel Their broad
backs were to the street, but many who
passed by entered the store to gaze into
the faces Of the monsters.
These four hogs are part of lot of
sixteen, fattened by Jos. Carter, of Bor.'
dentown. N. j. Mr.. Martin explained;
''and we bought all of them. Their
weights are, S35, 1872. 7s8, 695, go, 6S3,
626. 6I9. sos, $50. $50. 8I2, GOA, 666,
$50 and 526 We have another hog,
whose growth we don't know, that
weighs TAI pounds.--The totnl weight
OF the lot Of sixteen is, 10. POI pounds, or
an average of 6431 IA pounds each"
How do they feed the hogs alter they
lose their sight, and get SO fat they can't
stand up" -. s5,
We'll, up there in Bordentown there
IS considerable rivalry in hog fattening,
and hogs are cared for about rs we'll a.
race horses are downin Kentucky. Mr.
Carter has men watching his hogs day,
and night In cold weather they are
blanketed, and ut all times they are fed
as often .as= they want Iood. Balls OF,
corn meal, which has been scalded, are
forced INTO their mouths. and as long as
they are able or willing to swallow them.
the supply is kept up They are allowed
little cold water to drink but not much.
About the breed of their hogs the Bor-,
dentown feeders are very reticent.,
When they get good 'iattenlng cross
they make II great secret OF it, and al
low no one not III their confidence to ap.
proach- their hog pens"
t n. M. 8. PINAFORE." .s
The Pittsburgh (Pa., Leader gives
sketch of the opera under the above.
name. written by w. $. Gilbert, AN
English dramatist, and the music
u,nisheh by Arthur Sullivan, an
English composer. Fret brought out
in til IS country ia Boston, it NJ once
became very popular there, and when
taken to New York it was performer
III half dpzen theaters at the same
time, while it is being sung by travel !.
ing operatic rrOupes all over the coltn.
try. The Leader says: atsf19
The Objec OF this coDical. naatical. !.
operatic ,lritie. op subject of such
ponderosite as the queens navee, iS
no show the hoiloWuess of official preF
tensigns and the b0pbast that boist-
ers up rauk and station aud to laugh
| down ignorance and stu pidity In liiRh
places. The deck Of the Pinafore be-
comes the battle-ground Of cOmical /,
engagement between hard-fisted sail-
nrs' service aud official bombast and
emptiness. The action on board is
brisk, aud is continually Interrupted
with the bursting bombsheHs OF
laughter. The farcicai element 10 ai.i
| WAYS present in y variety. Of QQisaai
and happy surprises. Itstalks aboAt,
on deck in the lord high admiral-al-.
ways accompanied by his sisters, and
1 Ihis cousins, aud his aunts and .thea
whole, "gans" of his female relations.
IHe'is a siickfer for naval eIiqdette,
'if you please;" tellshow he .rpsesto !
ibe "tle ruler of the queen's uavse,"
and presents he crew with song Of,
Instruction. acting or singing forth
tffat "the- British tar is = soaring
souF' whose "emergetie fist should be .
ready to resist n ,iiciatorial word"
lie loves the eaPsaaaA asagifter aud
she loves a cuhmOIi sailor. To win J
the girl hs tells her that love levels
all ranks and stations. She takes him
at his official word. ofiiciaily' cx-'
ipresstd, and instead of soaring up to-
him She tops down into the arms of
the sailor, whom she has previously
reJected because of incnmpatibilifyo Of
rank and staiion-a result of the ad-
MIRA 9 official blunder. Official '.pomp
aud circumstance and r INK aud sta-
tion are played with like shuttle cock
ami battle-tioor. Babyfarmiug But
|
ton on board the Pinafore. W hen she
sings: ~
| Two tender babes Inursed, lss-l-
One was of low condition,
Ihe other upper crust '--s-
regular patriciun,
l. A many years ago.
Oh. bitter Is my cup!
However cOuid do il? ~
mix d those children up,
|; And not creature knew It. r II
Well, the up-shot of the mixing Was
thut the patriciau became the sailor,
aud the babe of low condition the
captaii-starting. Then the admiraf
decides that the sailor is really the
captain, aud the captain is the sailor,i
aud SD changes their places on board
according to birtb-more startling.
Ehe ndmiral declines 10 marry tkn
depose'i captains daughter because
of her low degree, and Officially gives
her to the sailor now elevated 10 the
cptaincy. The ex-captain now rurne
to ButIercnp, who had farmed him
as baby and got him mixed, aud
being widower, he tells her:
''I shall marry a wife sGs
In my humble rank Of hfe,
And you, my own she
must wander to and fre,
But wherever may go -
lshall never BY untrue to thee. s.
All. W nat never?
Captain: No. never!
All: What never?
Captain: Hardly ever! $50
All; Hardly ever be untrue to thee.'' -
Aud that's where all oft.repeated
joke hits hardest.
The whole business is a setting up
and knocking down of rank and sta.
ton, aud laughing at the wreck. The
poor sailor who loves above his Sta
In ba INo, l., l.. - II
ton, is proud of being au English.
man. He sings:
~ am an Englishman, behold msi''
Then others chime iu;
He is an Englshman, t-I
For he himself has said It,
And it's greatiy tn his credit '
That he 10 an Engl glIshInan;
For he might have been RoOsian,
y French or furk or Proosian,
Or. perhaps, an Italian;
Rnt IN spite of all Compilations
To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englislmun-
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