The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-04-19
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that look comparatively easy. but which a
trial demonstrates calls birth . man
mes, Serious efforts. We have always 10
bored under the impression iha, q 90
poand pig could be srsbbcd by the hind
leg aud carried oii with comparative ease
by man OF ordinary size. THIS crude
idea. however, has ioosencd ~ grip on us
during the last few days. Last Thursday
We smbled up TO pig iikea member oi
the ManLai,an Ball Club getting on deck
for strike, and reached fos bis hind leg.
just then be had TO take step We bad
not expected him 70 make, and the leg
was not there sny more Severed more
reaches we're made. but thsy al fell short,
aud what was the most supfisius part OF
II, the pig, which Was 80 absorbed in its
roofing that be never looked up, always
happened to move just 1t abe right time
10 be missed. While regarding il ~ .
coincidencs. tfor the animal did not even
know We we're there, We stsle up so quiet
ly.l it was Que OF those annoying co,sci-
dencss that is not easy to arcount for, II
We we're writing treatise on coincidence
We should give tins prominent place.
Presently We got the animal in corner
aud, in order to be sure. 1ell down op il
bodily. Again one Of those Internal chance
movements took place. The pig took two
steps to gather potaIoe, and we fell fiat
on the place where the pig had been.
Then be looked round ior the first time.
aud, perceiving us lying there, grunted
his astonishment and trotted away.
He was go astonished At seeing man
lying there on his stomach, splitting gravel
out OF his mouth, that he went off aud
stuck bis head in barrel to give his
brain a rest Then we Slid up quietly,
and by finely cslcuIaled crypigramus us
movement snstched him BY che bind leg.
This was probably what caused the barrel
to rise mp suddenly and hit us on the nose.
The wrestling match seemed to begin at
this point First we got collar and.
elbow hold on the barrel and stood it on
its head. Then the pig got grapevine
lock and threw us over the barrel. Then
we got Cornish grip 90 The animal aud
threw him, and were 10 turn downed by
the barrel. Then we got d half Nelson
Greco Roman lock on the pigs neck, but
it got out with half turn and somerssult
and grabbed us by the seat Of the trousers
Claim Of foul disslIowed by female referee
on the front steps, on the grounds that the
pigs tail bad also been grabbed in the
turn Then the pig with new style of
wrestling heretofore unknown TO us, turn
ed us somersault. II . pig b)indfolded
by barrel could play this sort OF game,
it occurred TO us that there was no telling
what be might not do with his head loose
This idea, and the fesling that he might
put his head out Of the barrel, or the bsr
rel.hesd ont. or get us out OF our head,
had most demoralizng effect. Sudden
ly, by coup de main act, we stood the bar
rel on end, with the pigs hind quarters
in the air, and thought that we had the
match won; but the animal wiggled down
in the barrel, and as we lowered ii on its
side to prevent his weight annoying him
any further he made an extraordinary
NOV ement. He smashed out the barrel
head, and. as we had him by the leg,
dragged us after him into the barrel.
When we let 60, to prevent the nails In
the barrel from tearing our new clothes,
we found ourselves in the barrel and the
pig in q field about half mile from the
house. A woman who had been sitting
On the steps to act as . referee, gave the
match to the pig