The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-01-18

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"1f hain't got pig In this box that's got
four eyes. with two OF EN- lookin' crossways
tho slickest kind. besides havln' such incl
dental attractions a. eight logs. four oars. aud
two tails. I'll make you philopony present OF
II. Two got the pig ana It's hid right In this
box. It's hid right In this box. along with Ito
four eyes. eight legs. four ears. two tails, and
all. II any OF you ladies and gentlemen has
got Ave cents worth OF curiosity you can got
rid OF II By walkln' right up and seein' whether
I've got this pig hid In this box. or whether
5ught to 20 back to my native hills branded
prevaricator. Five cents ladies' and gentle
men. Halt dime"
The spoaksr's fAos Was very red and his voice
very husky. 1t wss . cold day at the corner Of
hinetta lane and Sixth aveaus. but the red.
faced owner Of the four-sysd PIG Was airily
clad. It was painfully apparent that II he had
found many lve-cont blocks OF curiosity lying
around loose In his travels. he had utilized
them IN getting something warm inside In.
stssd Of ontsids. The audience eroup ped about
him and HE box Was smell. Il was prodigal in
e. sst. Y m q: curiosity seemed
Perhaps. ladies aad scntlsmon.' said the
PIG Ms ona two g. a:
two on YOU Far from IL Eve Every ono Of ff them
there's giass one among 'em you can have il
for watch charm. II you hain't avoldln the
ss 2" 81 sna ssSs
msn. do look like a man that would ft wooden
Z 10 p .s 81 .Son Be
thank you. Pass your eyes right In there.
The .red.fsced man drcw up a slide at one
end Of the box, SuN reporter dropped his
eyes 70 tho opening It left The four-eyed pig
half gallon jar OF spirits. Its appearance justi-
fed the descriptions Of its owner.
1! seems 70 me It would suit tn the puSliS better
n. sosi ,A :h Ds sGss ii. s ss
Eoln' TO give us syervthin9. Il she's. kind
onehtn't to kick becsnse she forso. tho little
kind. but she's got to draw the line somewlleres.
Ilg Win n a; many extras ~ this once Hot
that his two. legged and two.oyed brothers,
burdened With re and big appetite for swiil.
Ehsro was this isl fortunate porker born ?"
.Foaasylsany." said the red lncsd an. and
found him. Il WAS over in Northampton coanc
sns Rh.r on h
farm corn stalk that was twelve feet four
s and Sns s IL ss ]
vines that had bushes nine feet seven lnehes.
h 10 tip ns raised the price could d
grow such rippin t6ings.' A man came
along and had almost bought KohIer's
another farmer, do. but come to the front
with = cornstalk fourteen feet. eight inches
nins feet from the ground each ear sixteen
inches long. Schweizers farm went up $50 an
psse "nS at the ,ss srs
Frey got jealous at this. He couldn't ind no
giant corn nor potatoes nor raspberries on his
place. and no couldn't put up tho price of his
land. was lookin' round to buy q snug farm
Just then. and heard that Frey.'s place could be-
skips oyer. and what docs find but his nibs
d Si I round with his farm marked way up
NJ. e. have their
have so th na he o o"s
ioar eyes and two ewes crossed at that Ttthe hey
No. W!iGesyi' 1says; Is your farm dom rigs
One come last night says he.
Ihen Is,pose; you won't take six thou
Ten Thousand? 2 says he.
e. HRavy. says ~ give you seven,
I'm give you eight says.
Ten says he.
ri give you nine saws; and that's my
Ten thousand dollars. says Dayy. and not
cent less. buys tho eight legged pig farm
so walks away. / got u piece down tho
road. and then somethin' struck mo to go back
and give Davy another hack. / led him out be-
hind the COW house and says:
Davy. saysI will YOU tSke fifty cents for
the eGht-egged pig?
he thought minute and then says:
Yes. by gum. wjil.' says he.
And that's how got this four eved pig with
eight legs. four ears. and two tails with two
eyes crossed that I've got hid away 10 this box
ladies and gentlemen! Don't crowd, please!
You Gun all see it for half dime"