Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1877 — The Story of One Roast Pig. [ARTICLE]

The Story of One Roast Pig.

YNaks jflindc, £ remember • capital Ae disoovery of Ae I lu*(flbiiHn& of Ata roasted infant porker IfaUK Cffiwtial. Jbngdoua. How many centuries since that discovery was made I dou’t know, but doubtless, though, it, was to CIIO -ilutiUi 4*i tl OiHMI Ae birth Of Susan B. AnAonv. The gist of Ao story was Ala: A ceftaitflJhmar man, wheAer to secure Act MsWabwSor through Ae careless use of Er— or from some cause of which d«w tiom were several .hrootfa; oj fc young pigs, ssesiisfoufi destroying,, Ummu. i asrlving at tfle burned building sfioray afterward, discovered piggies in: Ais com ditionj" Tatring Aem to lifa house, he' (Ding Dong), with Ae Tittle Ding Dongs,' aided by teeA, ehop-sticks and Angers, devoured ravenously one of Ae delicious roasters. . Several remained. -Ding lton*,, was enAusiastically crazy about Ae rare of Ae dish,’so he start word to filljbis neighbors'4o cbme and, .pftrtake’pf the remainder of Ae ybung porhers. They' quickly arrived. They! partook" In a few weeqs buns of China containing young pigs were flred byi their ownere. Thdt<»dfah fa a burning slander on Ding< Dong ' and his countrymen or mot, I aid; unable to sky, but.will nevertheless sQlemnlv alSrui Aat a young pig, properly stuffed, >wiA ftn apple in his mouA, and roasted to -a delicate, rich brown makes a dish not to be despised by piAer King or bum-! mer. Jerry -Foster Aought so. (Now, • Jtriy was an exceedlhglT' psreimflhtous man, whife> feeder. He was a native of New Jersey, living some thirty miles east of, JPhiladelphia, and attended markqt ii> rffperson lie vtas a great, lanky-built felrow, arid where all Ae provisioifa he devoured at one sitting went to it would requite a Medical Bqard sto determine. Well, one jerry started iwiAv’hUi wagon .to tbe>«i(y. toaq oonafated oibutter, eggs, potatoes and a few-’infant swine, handsomely drtaded 'tor tlto table. J AU of his rtnftrketlng Wris disposed of early in Ae morning-pd# one pig,! and Aen Ae farmer drove round to a small tavern on Second street, Vrtmre ne proposed stopping ford toner, Ae plied Aeto'i , «f, in Aose cheap times, bdirtg twenty'-flvfr ' cents. He. sold Ae roaster to Mr! Ran'* 4 dotoh, Ae tavern-keeper, for seventy-five., cents. About two o’clock, Jqrry appeared for his meal. There happened that :dayi to be no guest al the table bnt him. 1 The dinner was broUght to. The rtrifatdr sold Randolphjin Ae morning, all /orfap and;. Jbronm, stood before his former owner. \kidt as the trio were proceeding to wtTkl Mr. #nd Mrs. Randolph were 'Arid&enly called away to care for one of the children Jerry “wadeain.** Piece after ptabe oi Ae porker waa devoured with -emoterbfrties, potatoes, turnips, and brfedi arid 1 butler, ad libitum. In probably quarters of an hour Mr, aod Hrst R. returned. tlie - table, Acre was ferry, but where were Ae grovissons—,Where especially Ae pigt Ther jereey: man Was leaning back m h.s chair complacently picking his "teeA. 'The pair sprveyea hitii with an expresel.riri 0/ St spoke: “Why —well, stratiger,*!* say you were tmrisually * fbna ;q¥ lc foist pig.” “ Yes. yqs, .J;m#AayTami land i real, fat, .good-sized one makes-me, wiA tfimmm’mrjHßt. a fair meal”-'%sid’' Jerrjr, heaving a sigh.'''ltAn4riTph was : riitf fifty cents cri'fHe 'pig^alorfe, l Arid triaVbe as’touch morefrirAe Other pvovitatAri eeesumed by the; Jerteyman, but yotitoay te ’ sure Foster ate rio m<wa dinners Htftri’' 'dolph’B for a quarter. — N. Y. MeH rtfay?*!* 1