Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1878 — Paddy’s Pig. [ARTICLE]

Paddy’s Pig.

I did meet with a few extraordinary mean men in Sydney. There was one, a merchant-prince, who made it a boast that he had never given away a shilling in his life. So far as I know, he only departed from his extreme selfishness on one occasion, and the circumstances are worth relating. One morning a poor Irishman stepped into his countinghouse, and, looking the very picture of misery, said: “ Oh 1 may it please your Honor, I’ve lost a pig—the only pig I had—and misthress ——, the governess, has given me a pound, and senfme to you' for an-” ot^er''She gays youhkveenough goijid to bpy'ft (?ty Wi<s, and will be sure to ft little. 4 ”' At hid hard-flat refused; upon which Paddy shrew himseif on a stool, and raised such & piteous wail that "the merchant, thinking' he - was ; mad about the death of his pig, gave him the pound to get quit of him. Ne*t day the pro*

mg the warehouse, and, seeing ms beneat lly ||nor, hat tO| little thing, via a sweet twist in hiilinil, like a lady’s curL” “ Well, it is to be hoped you’ll take better care of him than yon did of.tUp other. What did he die of ?” at TjmMtrm* Bay die of, n» Why get out wid ye, he was so f<ttrj killed Mini" ** m