Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-22

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Early % Tnssdny nauFning . Young
porkeT weighing n5ous uiaefY poaods
N qaes4 Of sone1hing 20 e1f follow-
ed bic nose into IN open space BE-
tween tie old Boston house and "a
aeioiniag dwelling On South 3 street
he apaoe wheref he eu1ered wns rot
more than I've oralx inches vide and
gradaallY narrowed % sboak thres
inehes Il the rsar 81 the ho1ses.
Here stood the objective polnl--a
swiH barrel filed wiih potato peel-
iBgs. green corn husks and other edi-
bles lemplin9 % The p0rcine palase-
somefhing really ollAl nice, &c the
girls saF, TIE hnnKFy pig went for
the swiM barFel-wenf as far as be
c0uld-but failed 70 reach il, for the
conyergement Of the walls Of both
houses left two narrow . space. II
vas . heroic and gallant pig, bow
ever, and be made desperate efforts
70 reach the prize. With suouf up-
lifted and nsstriIs dilatsd BIZ the de-
lici0gs odor Of fermenting fat. cab
oage leaves and coffee grounds-with
donal oFistlea erect &c those Of any
other fretful porcupine-he lnnged
and plunged, and Wheezed and
snOrted and cavoTted-till hs vas
wedged, iammed In 90 tightly that 70
move An inch backward OF forward
was simply impossible.
Then the proud heart within that
princely pig quaiied. What pFevi-
Gus pigs hzd dared and done. that
would be boldly tackle, but when it
came 70 moving houses from their
foundations he fanked-he was
not q contractor Of thai order.
Meantime, however he had contract
ed g headache, and IN lien of the
sRort defiant there Welled out the
squesi supbliant Beginning like the
far of melody of the meadow larks
il rose quickly to par value with the
esr-piercing. bowel scraping shrek
Of locomotive coming into town
lhree-queFteTs OF ; second behind
schedule time.
All the people living in the block
were on hand, and each man submit
ted prescription Several Of them
were tried without In any degree
tending 70 ineOnstipate the pig. He
seemed prone to swell, like 9 poison
cd pup. And still he squealed.
Word was sent to the corporation
house and Chief PennisOn appeared
with the entire effective force Of the
IRE department. Peter Fitzgerald
tried 70 poke the pig out with hook
and ladder pole, but the thisg could
not be done. The pig squesled how
ever. Bill Flaherty, who although
= tough and sineWy lad, Is as slim as
. founder, wedged himself in side
ways until within reach Of the ami
mails tail. The gallant fireman felt
about. but the stupid pig, uncon-
sci0us that it was q friendly hand
that was groping ssteFn, curled up
bis tail like . corkscrew and kept it
30. II took q three quarterback
rope and two stout men TO pull fire
man Flaherty out Of the hole. And
still the pig squealed onl
An attempt was then made to pass
moose around his neck from the
top of one Of the houses, which vas
accomplished, but whenever they
tried 10 tighten the rope to draw the
pig out the moose would slip over his
head. All attempts 70 dislodge him
failing, the tired residents In the vi
entity retired 10 bed about midnight,
but found Il impossible to sleep.
For the pig slept not--he still squeal-
ed-madly, drearily-some people
said damnably.
Early Wednesday morning the eff
forts 70 rescue the prisoner were re-
aewed. He was growing gradually
weaker, and must be dislodged be-
fore before death ensued, as the hot
weather would soon entail putrefac-
ton aud q reduction Of rents in the
neighborhood. Two large property
owners were sent for late in the af-
ternoou, and they advised the en-
pl0yment Of q carpenter to cut q hole
through one Of the buildings oppo-
site the pork vein, and stOpe him out
in that way.
Superintendent Sam Jones suggest
ed Burleieh drill and q giant pow
der cartridge, and q Skibbereen At
bAou SAtu NOu tHiuh lSL II
vast the drill, sir, but the cartridge
would do very we'll" For fear of
injury 10 the houses the explosive
idea was abandoned.
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 yet, lank with hunger
and hoarse from squesling. At this
juneture astrangaz arrived on the
ground who provedato be the man Of
the hour Selling & long scantling
be went TO the rear of the building
aud pushing 1t through the aperture
forced the pig over backward, and
by turnisg him oFer that way several
times finally gol it near enough 70
the entrance of the space TO admit &
man at that end catching It by the
leg and releasing II from itslong Inn
prisonment. As sosn IS his rescueF
let 60, the pig ran granting away IN
search OF provender TO ill up the
large vacancy made by the squeezing
process he had been undergoing for
nearly 40 honfa