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lie bad lost his commission. Why he should have intruded 

 himself into the presence of this court as a boar, can only be 

 ■accounted for on the supposition that he thought lawyers a 

 little Greene. 



No. 2 was called, and came into court with great dignity, 

 claiming to be the best breeding sow. Mr. Mower appeared 

 in her behalf. Her counsel maintained by the book that she is 

 of improved Suffolk breed, being a cross between the Suffolk 

 and Chinese j showing a cut and description from "The Farm 

 and the Fireside," which was cither drawn for this identical 

 sow, or she was grown for the cut. The evidence of her breed- 

 ing qualities failed to come up to her prepossessing appearance, 

 having in her only accouchmcnt brought forth but eight pigs, 

 and reared but two. But she is beautiful, and the court award 

 her the first premium, recommending that she turn her atten- 

 tion more to the care of her family than the adorning of her 

 person. 



No. 3, a young boar, five months old, by Milton Carville, of 

 Lewistou, in full commission, bowed in obedience to the call, 

 and lay at full length in the box. In vain did the court order 

 him to stand up, and when the sheriff with an ox-goad attempted 

 to enforce the order, the resistance was almost equal to the 

 dissolution of the Union. Nevertheless, he is a boar, and as 

 such, entitled to consideration, although his nose is too long 

 and picked ; but as there is none to compete the second pre- 

 mium with him, and as the court understand the law, every pig 

 that comes to the fair, is entitled to something at our hands, we 

 say the society did promise, in manner and form as set forth in 

 the specifications, and assess damages in the sum of one dollar 

 and fifty cents. 



No. 4, sow and pigs, half Suffolk and half Mackey. The case 

 required a full draught from the Pierian spring. Sow and pigs 

 half Suffolk and half Mackey ! And the sow mother of the pigs ! 

 The court were equally divided on this question, and gave no 

 opinion. A more important question arises in relation to the 

 pigs, from the fact that the law requires " not less than six," 

 and there were only three. Having granted the sow the sec- 

 ond premium, and some of us believing that the conjunction 

 <' and " should not be construed to the injury of the pigs, and 



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