Bread Pigs.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 142, 30 July 1872, Page 3

Bread Pigs.

I On the Nelson South-west Gold-fields I there is no law whereby the police or anyone else can suppress the pig nuisance, which has of late grown to troublesome proportions in many of the streets in the northern towns. We have often had sufficient evidences of the “ good breeding ” of the porcine tribe which “ morn, noon, and night roam the sublunary meads of these terrestrial paradises” \ but only on reading the following account in a Charleston contemporary, did we become aware that the “ unclean tribe” were so well bread (to use flowery language), as they appear to be : —“ Following, and closely watching the movements of one of our respected vendors of the * staff of life,’ on Thursday last, (reports an observer of animated nature to us,) might have been seen three fine specimens of street-fed pork, who, whenever Mr Baker stopped at any house, did likewise, greeting each stoppage with a chorus of grunts, and whenever he moved on did ditto repeat©. At last, however, necessity compelled ‘ Flowery’ to deposit the basket, containing numerous loaves, on the centre of the road, in order to serve a customer at some distance, whereupon the trio, with rare good manners, quietly stepped up to the basket and one by one helped themselves, not, forsooth, with, a plebeian ‘turnover,’ but a fancy ‘ twist’ a-piece. With this they walked off in a ‘ batch,’ but on being pursued by the enraged vendor they exhibited their good generalship, and their mature study of Maoi’i war tac'ics, by branching off' in different directions, each one going its own particular way in peace, we presume to enjoy the luxury of its loaf. Doughy was thus nonplussed ; he dare not follow each one separately, for at no great distance he espied numerous other memljQrsof the tribe, who, in countenance at least, spoke their determination to share in the plunder ii opportunity was but offered them. He therefore wisely allowed his good nature to overcome his irate feelings, and after slaking his thirst from a gallon measure at the brewery, returned home, moralising upon the difference between porcine and human nature ; the one, though helped to its daily bread, ever grumbling ; the other content to help itself, not even given expression to a grunt, excepting one of satisfaction.”—Grcymouth paper.