St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-25
FUN WITH A CREASED PIG.
The ancient Custom of Catching a Creased
P0rker in Nevada

The Ancient Custom of Catching a Creased
Porl;er in Nevada.
Virginia City Chronicle.
The announcement that creased PIC
would be liberated at the Carson skating
rink attracted large crowd. A young
porker, well loaded with fat from the ribs of
some of its late relatives, was turned loose
in the rink 1t is estimated that 500 people
we're in the rink, about 400 of whom were
the fair sex. They wanted to see that the
pig got fair play. The pig was liberated
amid breathless excitement, and, after look
| ing about for few moments, laid himself
| fiat down and refused to move. The presence
of so many ladies overcame the animal. and
he experienced the usual stage frig bit Incl
dental to first appearance.
The bashful pig was borne away by a
skater, who soon disposed of it to Chinese
porker sharp for 81.
Mr.. Cagwin attributed the cheap falling
down of the pig to lack of sand, accounted
for by the fact that it was not thoroughbred
and that it hailed from Churchill county
On Saturday afternoon he secured thor
oughbred Berkshire, dead game from the
snout down. He and Sommers attempt to
grease il. Sommcrs held the pig while Gag
win smeared on the lard. The pig slid under
Sommers and he tried to hold him oy locking
his legs around him. The lock didn't hold
and the pig got away, but Sommers didn't
lose the lard. He kept it there right on his
clothes. Then Cagwin held the pig while
Sommers creased it. The pig got away the
same way again. and Cagwin held on to the
lard just as bravely as Sommers.
Then they got Medar to keep hold of one
| OF the pigs legs. Medar said when he
couldn't hold forty-pound pig he'd quit
painting carriages. They got the pig WELL
| larded, and then it began to climb up onto
Medar, and the three men threw it down on
| its back and lay down on it to hold it. The
pig got away, however, and each man ac-
cused the others of letting go holds. They
didn't let the pig get away with any lard,
| though, but held onto it with their clothes
every time. They looked like buttered
crackers.
Then Medar got the pig in corner and
grabbed him by the hind leg, like Carson
editor grabbing cold leg of mutton on
lunch counter. The pig broke for the door
and Medar was pulled after him, stretched at
| full length, and larding the clean earth as
he slid along. Medar was dead game, how
| ever, and held on like Reno to public
building. A lady was passing and the pig
| struck her just at the ankle and she went
down all over Medar. The pig disappeared
around the bank corner, upsetting Evan
Williams, who was just coming out. The
Infatuated woman disentangled herself from
Medar and began to belabor him with para
sol.
Here was where Medar lost most Of his
lard, it having been transferred to the new
grosgrained silk of the young lady he met on
the walk-by chance-the usual way.
This is why there was no creased pork at
the rink last night. Sommers and Cagwin say
they like the creased pig chase, but the sport
requires too much preparation.
johnny Sweeny, the live man of Carson,
is trying to make terms with Sam Davis
who is noted for his grip on pork-to give
champion exhibition, and the elite of the
capital are in state Of joyous anticipation.