MIXING THINGS.

Evening Star, Issue 3598, 3 September 1874, Page 3

MIXING THINGS.

Two items in a country paper, one describing the presentation of a goldheaded cane to the Rev. Dr Mudge, the other describing a patent pig killing and sausage machine, got as badly mixed in making up, as if they had been run through the machinery thusly —“Several of the Rev, Dr Mudge’s friends called upon him yesterday, and after a brief conversation the unsuspicious pig was seized by the hind legs, and slid along the beam until he reached the hot water tank. His friends explained the object of their visit, and presented him with a very handsome gold-headed butcher, who grabbed him by the tail, swung him round, cut his throat from ear to ear, and in less than a minute the carcass was in the water. Thereupon he came forward, and said there were times when the feelings overpowered one, and for that reason he would not attempt to do more than thank those around him for the manner in which such a huge animal was cut into fragments was simply astonishing. The doctor concluded his remarks when the machine seized him, and in less time than it takes to write it the pig was cut into fragments and worked ixp into delicious sausages. The occasion will long be remembered by the doctor’s fi’iends as one of the most delightful of their lives.”