1861. 



THE ILLmOIS FAEMER. 



115 



The Hog. 



The following jew desperate is an extract from 

 a humorously poetical report on swine, delivn 

 ered by J. C. Milne, Esq., editor of the Fall 

 River News, at a recent cattle show in that vi- 

 cinity : 



We sing the Hog ! — not those in common styes, 

 But that which roamed unpennad in Paradise, 

 And furnished — next to that " best gift," dear Mad- 

 ame, 

 An extra spare rib for old Father Adam. 

 But if you doubt, when Eden's garden fair 

 Bloom'd fresh and lovely, that the Pig was there. 

 You'll certainly allow (please don't forget). 

 He went with Noah in, out of the wet. 

 Yet there are some who this plain fact dispute, 

 And out of that old ark would crowd the brute ! 



Said my friend Dean to me, the other day, 

 (My friend the treasurer,) in his Tauntin' way, 

 How can you prove, sir, that in Noah's boat 

 The hog was gathered with the sheep and goat ? 

 Of that, quoth I, one cannot be mistaken, 

 For wasn't it then that Noah saved his bacon? 

 And did he not, though on the surging brine. 

 Have his Ham there whene'er he chose to dine ? 

 Dean ceased to bristle — 'llowed 'twas even so. 

 The " critter " figured at that Cattle Show ! 



Oh, much abused and much despised beast ! 

 Men slight thee most who know thy merits least ; 

 Who would make light of thee, should try thee first, 

 Then with thy praise they'll inter-LARD their verse. 

 Without thy presence at the festive board, 

 Tickling the palate of creation's lord. 

 In bake or fry, or even in stew. 

 Pray what could we, or our good housewives do ? 

 Sore grief would seize on many a bosom stout, 

 If by perchance the hog should once " step out ;" 

 And life become, 'mid all its varying scenes. 

 Like Sunday morning without pork and beans ! 



On beef and mutton Englishmen expand, 

 But pork's the crowning glory of our land — 

 Pigs are true patriots — in the Buckeye State 

 They die to make her Cincinnati great. 

 Pork to the Jew is every way unclean, 

 Howe'er prepared, with or without his bean. 

 Though Paul felt free from Moses here to swerve, 

 The Jew still deems it binding to observe, 

 We go with Paul — as every one supposes — 

 As for the Jew — why he may go to — Moses ! 



From the Carlyle (III.7 Reveille . 



Rohrer's Commercial College- 



On a recent trip to St. Louis, we paid a visit 

 to the celebrated "Rohrer's Commercial Col- 

 lege," located on the corner of Fourth and Pop- 

 lar streets. The enormous success that has at- 

 tended the efforts of Mr. Rohrer is a proof of the 

 completeness of his system, and the assiduity 

 with which its principles are inculcated. Nothing 

 is more neglected in this country than a thorough 

 business education, for in our Schools and Col- 

 leges scarcely the rudiments are taught. 



No man is properly fitted for commercial or of- 

 ficial station unless so instructed ; and to supply 

 the want so widely feU Commercial Colleges were 

 instituted. Foremost in this new field of labor 



was Louis Rohrer, and he now stands deservedly 

 among the foremost in the land. All the chairs 

 in his College are filled by able Professors, some 

 of whom have a world-wide reputation. 



Bookkeeping, in all its many intricate branches, 

 is under the immediate personal superintendence 

 of Mr. Rohrer, aided by competent assistants 

 and accountants. The chair of Mathematics is 

 filled by Prof. Chas. Gimbel, a gentleman of rare 

 experience and ability. We disremember the 

 name of the gentleman who has charge of the 

 Commercial Law Department, but we know he is 

 a gentlemen of marked legal acumen. Ihe de- 

 partment of Penmanship is under the control of 

 Prof. A. E. Holcombe, the most finished andbeau- 

 tiful penman we have ever seen. We have upon 

 our table the most magnificent specimen of chi- 

 rographic art imaginable, executed by this gen- 

 tleman. 



His system is thorough and complete, while it 

 is graceful and easy. But we cannot speak of 

 this institution as we would wish in a newspaper 

 paragraph. We can best serve our readers and 

 the College by recommending all to procure a 

 catalogue and read it. 



A person looking over the catalogue of pro- 

 fessional gentlemen at the b&r, with a pencil 

 wrote against the name of one of the bustling 

 order : " Has been accused of possessing ta- 

 lents." A wag, seeing it, wrote underneath : 

 " Has since been tried and acquitted." 



Morning Glories. 



They said, " Don't plant them, mother. 



They're so common and so poor," 

 But of seeds I had no other, 



So I dropped them by the door ; 

 And they soon were brightly growing 



In the rich and teeming soil. 

 Stretching upward, upjrard, upward, 



To reward me for my toil. 



They grew all o'er the casement. 



And they wreathed around the door, 

 All about the chamber windows. 



Upward, upward evermore ; 

 And each dawn, in glowing beauty, 



Grlisteuing with the early dew. 

 Is the house all wreathed in splendor. 



Every morning bright and new. 



What if they close at mid-day, 



'Tis because their work is done, 

 And they shut their crimson petals 



From the kisses of the sun, 

 Teaching every day their lesson, 



To my weary, panting soul. 

 To be faithful in well doing, 



Stretching upward for the goal. 



Sending out the climbing tendrils, 



Trusting God for strength and power 

 To support, and aid, and comfort, 



In the trying day and hour. 

 Never spurn the thing that's common, 



Nor call these homee-flowers poor. 

 For each hath a holy mission. 



Like my glory o'er the door, ^ 



