The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-29
THE PIG THAT soUEALED.

Tne following, from the Western
Plowman. is published at the request OF
"a friend and reader OF the NEWS. The
article is not To DC construed as having
any local or personal application.
Tue earliest sermon of which we have
very distinct remembrance Tecounted
the history OF a certaia family of pigs,
with succinct account of several sue
cesses and mlsfUrtuues. To impress the
imJ oa tant points upon our young mind
our ties were used TO persoDate the
members OF this III ustrious family, and
by their aid the important intelligence
was conveyed TO US thar, this lilIle pig
went 10 market: this little pig
s;uId at home: this little pig had roast
meat; This little pig LAT none. The
heart rendi g ptlsiuon IF line last little
pig WAS described la an agOnizing cry
on IA higher key which portrayed his eX-
crutiaitng suficrings consequent upon
disappointed ambiliun At this early
period Of cur life The mosal OF this
plainiiye history did not strike us with
any particular lurce. As near is We can
remember, we treated the matter with a
ieviIy of demcanOF utterly at variance
with the feelings al sol, mnity which
the occasion demanded If We remem-
Der rIgbIly, We smiled II the notion of
the iIrs. pig going 10 market; the
smile broadrncd into a grin at the
idea Of the second pig remain
ing at hone; the grin exploded
into smoker ON receiving the IN
teiligence that the thiid pig had roast
mear, aud The ta'1 iht ihe fourth pig
had none was considered still more iun-
ny. But the climax az ihe ridiculous
la the situation was re H-hrG when we
learned that iIie lif,h pig squealedl
There are MANY yer-seus II this pig
legend, but in one rrspec c. there is no
poiut of differences The elimination
is the same in every case--;he little pig
squealedi History repeats itself, aud
We have seen this litllc drama enacted
IN mn infialtc number of versions. We
have SEEN men go tn market with their
talents and their qualifications, good.
bad and Indifferent. Some Were reward
ed with the ronst meat OF success, and
others assumed the role OF the fourth
pig and got none. BuL at all times
could lie h. ard the dismal sqgs al
from the unfortunate ones waose
hopes had besn blasted by the
disas' rous issue of Snne unfortunate cn.
icTpIis;.. Perhaps the typical little pig
in lis siingsie for acorEs had eucoun-
terr'i some greater hog aud had been
obliged "a yield IT, the victor his spots,
bull Whatever The ciii>.-. hrrvidrnily felt
that there was one Wy la @hich he
could relieve his mind--lhtrc was one
source of consolation al ways open-he
could squrall
Rrader. have ynu Lever encountered
the social squealer, the gloomy indiVid-
ual who Is always suffering under
grievance? Sometimes II is II personal
matter Thai is the cause of his disquiet.
and sometimes pnliiics md the general
condition "r the coun ~ provoke his
high tone d vocal utt,rnnces. But have
you not Motto d that The squealing is
done t. The greatest extent by |
iittie pigs of society? Those who have |
gone into the market and |
turned their talents into money have
No cause for squealing, while |
those who have remained ut home, and |
hose whose diminuiive proportions |
make their every issue terminate unhap- |
PLY. cannot hope To better matters by |
hose cries of distress. This is world |
Of action, and lay action, not noise, are |
wrongs righted. The chronic grumbler. |
he moral dyspeptic, the gloomy misan-
.hrope, are all types Of the unfortunate
little pig that squealtd because circum-
stances were not adapted 10 his personal |
In the Legend we have thus
iwelt upon the sqesliDg pig constituted |
lnly one fifth of the domestic |
group. Let us do what we can To de.
.rease this proportion in the human
iamily.