, 1886-11-04
A PIC N : POKE.
An Inexperienced Young POr.er GetI In
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lazy on .ua-.ay morning Il vourg
d nT weigh --- ii. - ninety TOun Is. IN
G.. ". o. -Cr4s-.a-- 1, eat, follow cc his r"~s
.- e.. al .E.-l .et-a 'erween tul UlG Bon
B.. L.. aII4E -L-.iI.ng dwelling un 5 uJI
f5 s.-s.t t. pace v;nre he entered was
ua. .-ra t'..g ats 81 SIX inches wide and
gr...:aal.v la,rarei o about three inches
III t.:e r.lr # IKE houses. Here stool the
lbiar..re p i=r-a sw..i barrel fllei with
potato reniiu-s. Green corn hUs';s and other
e.,ih-rF temIf,n, - "a Eo-cine palate
some. aing really ofaI Ia =, Is the glrls saT-
Ihn hungry pi- Wen ir- gle sW!L DaTrel-
g-.a, as lar Is n e.uiI Int failed 10 reach
.,, Tor tue C,..T.. ...i.sRt Of the walls 4
t.Eh Luurc i'r. 'ap narrow spac". Il
Ua, n Le.ui- aul gallant pig, how
ever, AMI L. male Cepcrate efforts
To reach the pr =. W.,h snOUU Uplifted and
uos,riis diialed = Ee delicious Cdor Of To-
Eent:ag fat, cabbage -e"ves and c1i"2
grrU .Js-witu dor-ai t.riStIeS erect Is tnO~s
ui any othe~ f-e---.I ;sJrhupine-ho iaGSed
sd PLUNGED ara w.. ana squeez Il ani
snurjed All cavcTtci-CIi no was WCdgcj,
jGlnnel N 50 tightly that 10 move an inch
backward or forward wa simply impossible.
Then the proud heart within tu3C pTInCeiE
pig qUails1. What previous pig had darei
AMI done, that would he boldly tackle, but
when il came 10 moving houses from their
foundations he fiunkol-he wasn't CON
tractor OF tlat Orier. Meantime, howev r,
he hai contracted q headache, and III lieu OF
the snort defiant there welle1 ont the squsaI
suppiiant. Beginning like the Ear off melody
OF the meadow lark, 1t rose quiSAiy 10 par
value with the ear-3Inrcing, hoUei-ScraDing
shrek Of locomotive coming into town
Uhrcc-quartcrS OF a second behind Schedule
time
All the people living in that block wers
on hand, and each man submitted a pre-
scription. Several OF them were tried witt
out in any degree tending to unconstipats
the pig. He seemed proned TO swell, like a
poisonel pup. And stu he squealed
Word was sent to the corporation house
and Chief Pennison appeared with the en-
tire effective force of the fire department.
Pete Fitzgerald tried to poke the pig cut
with hook and ladder pole, but the thing
could not be done. The pig squealed, how
ever. Bill Flakerty, VINO although tough
and siHewy lad, is rs slim a. I founder
wedgei himself In sideways until WITHIN
reach OF the animals tail. The gallant fire
man ielt 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 it so. 1t took three
quarter inch rope AMI two stout men to
pull Fireman Flahertv out Of the hole. And
still the pig squealed onl
An attempt was then made to pass q noose
around his neck from the roof of one OF the
houses, which was accomplished, but when
ever they tried TO tighten the rope to draw
She pig out the MOOSE would slip over his
head. All attempts to dislodge him failing,
the tired residents in the vicinity retired to
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to sleep. For the pig slept not-he still
squealed-matly, drearily-soma people
said damnabiy.
Early Wednesday morning the efforts TO
rescue the prisoner were renewed. He was
growing gradually weaker, and must be
dislOdged before death ensued, as the hot
Weather would soon entail putre faction and
q reduction of rents in the neigh borhood
Two large property owners were sent for
late III the afternoon, and they advised ths
employment OF carpenter TO cut a hole
through one of the buildings oppos the
FORK vein, an1 stope him CT in that WY.
Superintendent Sam Jones suggested a
Burleigh drill and a giant powder car
fridge, and Skibbereen Afghan said: Il
don't think yeZ'H want the dhrill, sir, but
the carthridge would do very well.n For
fear Of injury to the houses the explosive
idea was discarded.
JAKE Steffen, the butcher, said hs didn't
th.ul that pig would have any spare ribs
about him when ne got out d . at scrapa.
The prospect looked blue FOR tie pig. The
sun was going down, and the, 'ie was Vel,
lank with hunger and hoarso from squeql-
ing At this juncture 4 stranger arrived
Oh the ground who proved to be the man OF
the hour. Selling long scantling he went
TO the rear of the builiing and 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 tie space 10 admit n man
at tha5 end, catching IL Ly the leg and re-
leas ng it from its long imprisonment. As
soon as his rescuer let go the pig ran grunt-
ing away in search of provender to I'LL I'D
tho large vacancy made by the squeezing
process he had been undergoing for nearly
forty hours,