Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-22
InE PLIGHT OF PIG.

Lured by swirl Barrel a Youthful and In
experienced POrker Gets Into a Bad
Serape.
Early on Tuesday morning syoung por-
ker, weighing about ninety pounds, in quest
Of something to eat followed his nose into
an open space between the old Boston
House and al adjoining dwelling on South
B street The space where he entered was
not more than Eve or six inches wide AID
gradually narrowed to about three inches in
the rear Of he houses. Here stood the o5-
jective point-a swill barrel filled with po-
tato peelings, green corn husks and other
edibles tempting to the porcine palate
something really ofal nice, as the girls say.
The hungry pig went for the sWih barrel
went rs far as he could-but failedto reach
it, for the c~onvergement Of the walls
Of both houses left too narrow q space.
II was q heroic and gallant pig.
however, and he made desperate efforts to
reach the prize. With snout uplifted aud
nostris dilated by the delicious odor of fer
menting fat. cabbage leaves and coffee
grounds-With !dorssl bristles erect "a those
Of any other fretful porcupIne-he Hanged
and plunged, and wseezed and squeezed,
and snorted and esvorted-till he was
wedged, jsmmed in so tightly that TO move
an inch backward or forward was simply
impossible. Then the proud heart within
that p~rincelY pig quailed. What previous
pig had dared and done, that he would bold
" tackle, but when it come TO moving
houses from their foundations be iunked-
he wasn't q contractor OF that order. Mean
time, however, he had contractedts headache;
and in lieu Of the snort defiant there welled
out the squesl suppliant. Beginning like
the fArof melody of the meadow lark, it
rose quickly to par value with the esr-pierc-
ing, boweLscrapipg shrek Of TOm Clarke's
locomotive coming into town three-quarters
OF Q second behind schedule time
All the people living in that block were
on hand, and each man submitted q pre-
seripion. Several OF them were tried with
out in any degree tending to unconstipste
the pig. He seemed prone to swell, like o
poisoned pup. And still he scuesled.
Word was sent to the corporation house
and Chief Penpison appeared with the en-
tire effective force Of the ERE department.
Pete Fitzgerald tried to poke the pig out
with q hook and ladder pole, but the thing
could not be done. The pig suuealed, how
eyer. Bill Flaherty, who, although q tough
and sinewy lad, is as slim as a founder,
wedged himself in sideways until within
reach of the animals tail. The gallant fire.
man felt about, but the stupid pig, uncon.
scious that it was 3 friendly hand that was
creeping astern, curled up bis tail ike q
corkscrew and kept it 20. Il took 3 three
Quarter inch rope and two stout men to
pun fireman Flaherty out of his hole. And
stil the Pig squealed on
The shades Of eve had fallen and the
Chronicle despatched another reporter to n.
Heye the one who had been on the pig de-
tail since sunrise. he continues the MARIA
tive IS follows
An attempt was then made to pass q
moose around his neck from the roof of one
OF the houses, which was accomplished, but
whenever they tried to tighten the rops to
draw the pig out the moose would ship over
his head. All attempts to dislodge him fail
ing, the tired residents in the vicinity re-
tired to bed about midnight, but found it
impossible TO sleep. For the pig slept not
he still squealed-madly, dresrily-some
people said ~dsmnsbly.
Early Wednesday morning the efforts to
the prisoner were renewed. he was
growing gradually weaker, and must be dis
before death ensned, as the hot
weather would soon entail putrefaction and
q reduction Of rents in the neighborhood.
]. c. Hampton and Mr.. Joseph Douglas
large property owners-were sent for late in
the s~ttsrnooE, and they advised the employ
ment Of q carpenter to cut q hole through
one Of the buildings opposite the pork vein,
and stope him out in that way.
Superintendent Sam Jones suggested q
Burleish drill and 3 giant powder cartridge,
and a Skibbereen Afghan said: IL don't
think yez'n want the drill, SIR, but the
cartridge would do very well" For fear Of
injury to the houses the explosive idea was
discarded.
A small boy Who had been looking on
said to . companion. "If thev'd just try to
drive him ahead, I think he'd be able to
back himself out yet. That's the way my
pigs does" -.
JAKE StsHen, the butcher, said he didn't
think that pig would have any spare ribs
about him when he got out of that scrape.
The prospect looked blue for the pig. The
sun was going down, and there he was yet
lank with hunger and hoarse from squeal
ing. AT this juncture q stranger arrived on
Re ground, Who proved TO be the man of
he hour. Seizing . longscantfng be went
10 the rear Of the building and pushing 1t
the aperture forced the pig over
backwards, and by turning him over that
way several times finally got it near enough
10 he entrance Of the space to admit 9 man
At that end. catching it by the leg aud re-
leasing il from its long imprisonment AZ
soon as his rsscuer let 20 the pig ran grunt-
ing away in search Of provender 10 I'll up
the large vacancy made by the squeezing
process be had been undergoing for nearly
forty hom&