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Wc intimated to you our intcntiou 



To summon in a sort of mass convention, 



The elements which go to form that mine 



Of sweet and tender tit-bits, called the Swine. 



I could for hours and days the strain prolong — 



'Tis hard, in fact, t' abbreviate my song ; 



But fate decrees it, and I must obey, — 



I only hope that on another day. 



All things propitious, you'll not be debarred 



From listening longer to a worthier bard. 



One single word at parting, would we say. 



To thee, oh, Pig— thou hero of our lay ! 



My choicest blessings on thy life attend, 



And gentle butchers serve thee at the end — 



May happiness for thee ever be found 



In one continuous never-ending round 



Of eating, sleeping, waxing fat, until 



Thy monstrous size proclaims thee fit to kill ; 



And may thy bright example, now as ever, 



Till death doth thy connection with us sever, 



Afford, as heretofore, a beacon light, 



Guiding unerringly to truth and right ; 



And may thy masters, here on this occasion, 



Show of thy virtues full appreciation, 



By copying them, and carefully refraining 



From scolding the Committee, and complaining 



That our awards of partiality savor — 



That premiums, like kissing, go by favor ! 



May they be fully satisfied, and see 



That only justice has been done, and be 



Kesolved in no event to show affront. 



But take whate'er is given, without a grunt. 



The Committee award the following premiums: 



To Jabez Fisher, of Fitchburg, for the best Boar, more 



than one year old, $4,00 



'* J. P. Sabm. of Fiichbursf, for the second best Boar, 



more than one year old, 3,00 



. '' J. T. Dinsmore, of Lunenburg, for the best Boar, 



less than one year old, 2,00 



