The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

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d did have 10 tell him that me refebcs
tfytLtr Sass ateman st tbs shssthtI
crosstl' % me,ilf di1 wssbin for Il
thrsia hsnds He'll be atber snuuer
whst mint by ssyin se al bslong 10 II
RoAi 40 nov In stesrsd bell uiT'
kaos Al,ck the Day il We sboald I
tutuei avs1
Bot 'be srcoui day theresiler Mrs. NJ
Iobe's fears we're all set At rect A ists
wagon drew az to be fence which seps
AIDED the tram yard from tile highway so
tae driver called out;
. j. tbs Mrs M,lone'sY
iis, sor, I'm hopio so, piled the vi,
os.
Whareupon the driver nicksd up
! lumpish aud very lively bag from the bo
/ tom OF the wagon ADD hsuded 1t over tht
/ fence saying:
Mr. Daukeli, hin ats Jest been AZ
p0lrtad division superintendent O. tbi,
here road, he's sent ye pig from bi,
farm out 10 the oouutry an was to say
that be d rutbtr ye wouldu't name il sher
name tatttr hlm.
Great was the Joy 10 the Malone house
hold For long it had been Mrs. Malone's
secret ambition TO own pig, sn smbition
which had been strengthened by the seem
log impossiblltty ofits ful6Dlment Now
the qualification Of her hearts desire was
doubly felclt as 10 that it cont ined sn
assurance Of the supeunteu ieut's favor
Their home was TO remaln their own. The
Road bad recoguIz ID their adoption. Din
ny gathered some old boards aud built
pen for the pig under the car; small Ter
~, with bis soap box cart, msde d tourIof
the neighborhood aud secured prom ises Of
garbage to be had for the Carrying away
and the other children toIk turns 10 hug
gIng the pig and examining his curly tail.
bis funny ub uose and his little pink
ears, much TO his pigbhip's annoyance.
Mrs, Malone laid plans for buying 10 the
fall pork barrel, 10 which the pig, by
that time grown to be a hog, should take
up bis winter quarters, thence to be trans
t,rred 10 small portions to Malone mouths
through the long and hungry winter.
There VS. not menber OF the Mslone
household who did not hail the advent OF
the pig as piece Of good fortune, the
very erestest that bounteous Providence
represented by the Road had 10 its pow
r to besrow
But cam think why the shuperintind |
,nt was unVillIn for us to name the peeg
Tor hlm. Shure, I'd be proud to bolor
10 folne a jlntIeman, said Mrs Malone.
Let's name 1t for the Road, said Diuny.
80 The J . and X shortened 10 Jok
lie, the pig became and 6nepig be wss
indeed, He grew Hpsce and developed sn
pr etlte which kept small Terry and his
Osp box cert fJrsver foraging, Moreov,r.
e was possessed Of 30 Intelligence far
bove the most OF his kind, No amount
II tuCiug bad Iower to restrain his, roy
ng spirit Be free lie would, yet be was
ever Known to stray beyond the limits Of
be train ytr3; nor. amid s'l the confusion
I incoming and outgoing trsIns and en-
ines backing and shifting and running
ither and thither did be ever take the
nsllest injury, Truly he was wonder
al pig,
An, shure, said Mrs. Malone, t'e peeg
'kes to raiIroadn by nscher' Cause
by? 1t belongs to the Road.
Jerry O'Toole, who was sometimes em
Ioyed on odd Jobs around the ysri, COD
nued to axe vindictive remarks cor /
,rnIng the Malone family and had even ;
zen known b throw stones hich never /
It Ut Jokkie. / ut the cause OF bis iii 6
i'll was well known, being ,slousy OF
Inuy's superior situetlIn and his course g
as Universally frowned down by the other [
en- ioi sIl VAN men and statlonmeD, sec
On hands aud JOB hands unitsd 10
ndIy oI-po'''loh to"tf the Malone 'smI
Snd Ia S'i'p"l l'i'n u overlook such .
lHI' Iuegularly IS the keeping Of a pig Il
the TIM yard, /
- the summer passed aud 'betall came q
EkIe h'd st'ain'd ~ and IotundIty G
'Ich were ba'ntliul to see aud the entire e
alone hon'ebc'd was hIIed with aut'cips =
'ns of = "e'I-Ied "In'et Mfs' Mslone
a brought Der PORK barrel aud had Isid u
a'uppIJ Of sat c
We Il De H.tlei hll'lu peeg 10 NOR n
Dinoy she Salh' Il
Bot The morrow brCu ht guef TO the a
alone bousehoii' Ling beside HE -
)ngh, ll'l Two pass crossed over bic u