Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-10-22
A PIG IN A POKE.
An inexperienced Young Pori>.r Gets In
Tight Place.


Virginia Chronicl-l
Early ON Tuesday morning a Young
porker weighing about ninety rounds, in
quest of something 10 ear, followed his nose
into an open space between ths oil Boston
house AM an ad djoinmg dwelling on South
b street The space where Inc entered was
not more than five or six inches wlde and
gradually narrowed 10 about tnres inches
IN the rear II the hoas's. Here stood the
objective point-a swi barrel Ellel with
potato peelings green corn busSs and other
edihles tempting 10 the forcise palate
something really offal nice, as the girl' say.
The hungry pig went Tor the swill barrel
went as far as he could-tut failed To reach
1t, for tbs convergcu.nnt OF the walls of
both hou 6 lett too narrow a space IL
wai L Le uic and -allant pig how
ever, and he ma e deperate efforts
TO reach ihe rr ~. with snout uplirtei Gnd
nosirils diiatcd by the delicious odor OF fer-
mcntiug fat. cabbage caves snd cJiies
erou lds-witn dorsal bristles erect as thoss
Of any Other frctfui porGupine-he lung,d
and plulgel ard wheez AMI squeeZ d AMI
snorted an. cavOrte It'll he was wedgei
jamme in SO tightly thas 20 move an inch
backward or forward was simply impossible.
Then the proud heart within that prncely
pig qualleL What previous pig hat dared
and done, nat would he boldly tackie. but
when il came to moving houses from thee
foundations he hunke he wasn't con
tractor OF that or Ter. Meantime, however,
he mai contracted a hea iacne ami in lieu of
the snort defiant there welel out the squeal
suppcant. Beginning !ik the FAR oil NEEDY
OF the meadow lark, II rois quickly To par
value with the ear-piercing, boael-scraping
af mt
tnr,e-quar s-rs OF : seco1i behini Sc edule
time
All the people living il that block were
on hand, and each man SUI mitted a pre-
scriptio1. Severa. Of them were tried with.
out in any degree tending to Unconstipate
the pig. He seemed proned to swell, like a
poisone pun. And stu he sqlealsi.
Word was sent to the corporation house
and Chief fennison appeared with the en-
ilre effective force OF The fire department
Pete F.tz ye-a!d trisI 10 poks the pig out
with "a hook AMI ladder pole, but the thing
could no. b. done. The pig squealed, how
ever. Bill Flaherty, who although a tough
and sinewy lad, Is gs slim a. founder
wedged himself IN sideways until within
reach o. the animals tail The gallant fire
man felt about, but the stupid pig uncon-
scious that it was friendly hand that was
groping astern curled up his tail like a
corkscrew ami kept IL 50. Ii took "A three
quarter inch rspe AMI two stout men TO
pull Fireman Fiahertv oct OF the hole And
still the pig squeals1 ont
An attem pt was then made 30 pass a moose
around his neck from the roof Of one OF the
houses, which was accomplished. but when
ever they tried 10 tighten the rope to draw
the pig out the moose would slip over his
head. All attempts to dSlodge him failing,
the tired residents in the vicinity retired TO
bel about midnight, but found it impossi bic
to sleep. Fer the pig slept not-he stil
squealed-ma ily, dfsarily-Some people
said damnably.
Early Wednesday morning the efforts TO
rescue the prisoner were renewed. lie was
growing gradually weaker ami must be
dislolged before death euyuei, as the hot
weather would soon entail putrefaction and
a reduction Of rents in the neighborhOOd
Two large property owners were sent for
late in the afternoon. nj they advised the
employment OF "A carpenter 30 cut a hole
through one of the buildings opposite the
PORK vein. and stope him out in that way.
Superintendent Sam Jones suggested a
Burleigh drill and a giant powder car
fridge and a Skibbereen Afghan said: Il
the cartridge would do very WELL" For
fear of injury 10 the houses the explosive
idea was DISCARDED.
Jake Steffen, 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 vet
lank with hunger and hoarse from squeal-
ing. At this juncture a stran ger arrived
ON the ground who proved to be the man Of
the hour. SEEING a long scantling he went
TO the rear OF the building aud pushing it
through the aperture forced the pig over
backward, and by turning him over that
way several times finally got it near enough
to the entrance OF the space to admit man
at that cad, catching il by the leg and re-
leasing il from its long imprisonAent. As
soon as his rescuer let go the pig ran grunt-
ing away in search of provenier to fill up
the large vacancy made by the squeezing
process he had teen undergoing for nearly
forty hours.
New One ON Mark Twain.