New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-08
PIG AND cHOWDER MIXED
BUT NOT IN THE WAY THE FRICKE AS
ISOLATION PLANNED.

FIRST THE Yorker WAS EMPTY AND THE
KETTLE FULI--THEN THE CONDITIONS
WERE REVERSED. AND FINALLY THE
MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
WENT HOME IN THE FIRST
STATE OF THE PIG.
The William Fricke Association went to Grant
City, Staten Island Sunday to eat a clam chowder
and catch n CREASED pig. The association was or
ganlzed in 1892 by the Democrats Of the First
Ward. They elected william Fricke to the presi-
dency and cunningly named the organization after
him. thus slyly providing for the mutations OF
time. Now that the club has declared for sound
money there is still no necessity of changing its
title.
Grant City is place well endowed with natural
and artificial attractions. There one may pitcn
quoits play tennis. eat clam chowder or chase
creased pigs well at any other place In the
Middle Atlantic States. 1t seems pity that the
carelessness Of Irish cook should interfere with
the happiness of the deserving members OF the
William Frcke Association The natural perver-
sity OF the pig had something to do with II. but
the cook was mostly to blame. Another year the
William Fricke Association will know better than
to keep an empty pig and a full chowder kettle in
the same room.
These are the conditions that prevailed half an
hour after the excursion arrived at Grant City.
The chowder was filling the kettle to the brm with
It's delicious self. Nearby lay the pig. very hungry
and extremely well creased, and with naughty
little twinkle in his eye" outside on the green
sward William Tim and Benjamin Eggers and
John Herring and James McGillen were winning
running high jumps, hundred-yard dashes and
gold headed umbrellas In the pavilion some of
the women and William Fricke dancing to
the excruciating strains Cstrains' is Just the
world Of one ACCORDION and n jewsharp The dove
- L1r.. Lraa no
scene.
jim Donovan. the cook gazed upon the inspiring
from the door OF the cookhouse. His soul
stirred within him, and he moved to
come out and join the gents" and pass the time
of day with them. He did His stay was brief
but 1t long enough. When he returned he
found new ingredient in the chowder 1t was
the pig. This is mistake. He found a new in
gredent in the pig. IL was the chowder.
Donovan too astounded to modest the
pig His thought was How shall break it
to them How long he stood there thinking hard
thoughts he knows not. lie forgot to look at his
watch. He aroused from his stupor by
hand laid upon his shoulder. 1t President
Friclsc, come to ask how the chowder would
be ready Donovan could not speak. He simply
pointed to the kettle, whore the pig just
quilting the last pint OF chowder. the last savory
onion. the "onliest' toothsome clam. Then Dono
van fed.
In the moment of his grief the President
joined by James Cassidy, the chairman of the Com
mttce of Arrangements. who had arranged for the
chow6er and for the creased pig, or, more properly
speaking who had arranged the chowder for the
creased pig. Cassidy took in the situation at a
glance, after which he turned white with despair.
.W What We do?" Kissed se CASSIDY Ass t''1''''
"You tell EN-" said the President family
"You tell EN-" said Cassidy weakly.
Then followed a period of silence broken only by
asleep in the cGrnsT ,sqddeay tassdy's [aes grew
gether." And they did They gathered the joyous
jewellers on the greensward. and when solemn
hush had fallen the assembly they said in
mournfu chorus: Ladies and gentlemen, the pig
has swallied the chowder" Gloom fell upon the as
sembled multitude. Then there a rush for the
pig. He dragged from the cookhouse, let loose
upon the lawn and adjured TO run. He refused 10
bulge an inch. No pig with his stomach filled with
aromatic clam chowder can reasonably be expected
to run. be he ever 80 well creased. The Committee
posed taking 1t of the hide of Donovan. But
Donovan had vanished with his hide AT this point
the pig repented and After him, full tilt.
rushed President Fricke, Cassidy end three other
vvial company took the next train that went to-
wards New York and grub"
That pig knew how TO run It was two hours be-
fore they caught him. and the fields were wet with
rain The beast weighed nearly eighty pounds and
it was hard work to get him back, for he was most
unwilling Covered with perspiration. triumph and
pavilion whence they had started four hours before
Here another disappoin tment awaited them. Some
nameless scamp had stolen the prizes provided for
the winners of the athletic diversions already men
toned
1t was late at night that disconsoate party of
five stepped from the ferryboat Whitehal-st
First came President Frcke In his arms he car
ried the pig SO it that the William Fricke AS
creased pig caught. So it was that the chow
der was eaten.