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THE HOG.-FORCE PUMPS. 
THE HOG. 
Rambling, not long since, along the high 
street of one of the pretty villages of this neigh¬ 
borhood, we espied a female porker, with a nu¬ 
merous litter of irresponsibles by her side, 
rooting up the flowers of a beautiful grassy 
dooryard, in front of one of the many neat and 
agreeable residences of the place. Observing 
this, from his parlor window, a well-dressed, 
gentlemanly-looking man, whom we afterwards 
learned was the doctor of the village, stepped 
out, and in endeavoring to drive the great beast 
and the little “ beastesses ” from his premises, 
he was rudely jostled by the large one, and 
caught an unlucky fall. Rising quickly, more 
soiled in his clothes than injured in his person, 
he speedily succeeded in clearing out the disa¬ 
greeable intruder; then, shutting his door- 
ard gate, and drawing himself up to his full 
eight, he broke forth into the following not 
very flattering objurgation:— 
“If there be anything I do most heartily de¬ 
test above all the beasts of the field and fowls 
of the air, it is that filthy brute—the hog. He 
was doubtless one of the curses sent after the 
fall of Adam to punish us for our many sins; 
but our Creator, in kindness to us, afterwards 
pronounced him unclean , and not only unfit to 
be eaten, but that he should be abhorred and' 
driven out of the sight of all human beings. 
Jews, Mahomedans, and a few Pagan sects de¬ 
test him; but we Christians, with a higher and 
purer faith, cherish him as we would a charmed 
serpent, even in our bosoms. Faugh! The foul, 
hated, unclean beast he is; and the dire author 
of half of the most disgusting diseases which 
afflict humanity ! What breeds leprosy ? The 
hog! What breeds cancer? The hog! What 
breeds scrofula? The hog! What originated 
other horrid diseases, the names of which I dare 
not mention? Again I say, the hog! ’Tis to 
this abominable quadruped we owe all our cu¬ 
taneous diseases, consumption, smallpox, mea- 
sels, and collateral maladies too numerous to 
mention; and for this reason, an All-wise 
Creator, under the Mosaic law, forbid man eating 
his flesh. Delicate-cured ham, pork boiled, 
baked or fried, roast pig, and sausages, I 
hate and thoroughly detest ye, one and all, as 
unfit to be eaten. 
“Hence, then, ye foul monsters, the authors 
of all these; would that ye were annihilated! If 
men will be meat eaters, let them take beef and 
mutton, and poultry, and not the vile hog. Oh, 
destructive beast! Here you have rooted up my 
lawn, trampled down my beautiful flowers, and 
as though this were not enough, run your unclean 
carcass against my person, sadly defiling my 
clothes. Strange that man can cherish hogs, 
and above all, allow them the free privilege of 
our streets. Only see them. There they go along 
our foot walks, dropping their ordure for the 
delicate feet of woman to tread upon, and yet 
no one durst raise an outcry in the matter. We 
are overawed and overruled by a few filthy 
loafers; and though we have passed a law 
against swine running at large in the streets of 
our beautiful village, still, no one durst put it 
in force, for fear of his popularity ! Popularity? 
Must we be popularised at such a filthy rate as 
this? Heaven forbid! Henceforth I’ll doctor 
every hog that I find, gratis. I’ll give them corn 
pills without charge. Charge , did I say? No, 
there are a few kinds of charges they shall have 
to their owner’s entire satisfaction; and these 
are, ratsbane, oxalic acid, cocculus indicus, 
strychnine, &c., secundum arlem. I’ll save 
the village the nuisance of these filthy beasts, 
the expense of empounding, and the loss and 
annoyances of their depredations. Hogdom, 
henceforth, shall be populated with their un¬ 
clean spirits.” 
FORGE PUMPS. 
Fig. 82. Fig. 83. 
We give above, two cuts of the forcing or 
lifting pump , as it is distinguished from the 
suction pump . Fig. 82, shows the pump as sold 
from the warehouse. Fig. 83, as it is placed in 
the well, the only difference being in the posi¬ 
tion of the latter, which is in the well, with the 
suction and forcing pipes attached, and the rod, 
connecting the piston with the handle, length¬ 
ened. It will be seen that the force pump is 
also a suction pump, and capable of drawing 
water 32 or 33 feet, while its capacity for forc¬ 
ing it upwards in height, is limited only by the 
strength of the pipes, and the power applied for 
this purpose. 
The force pump has not until recently been 
sold at moderate prices, but late improvements 
enable the manufacturers to sell them as low as 
$ 12 or $15, for ordinary pumps, and from that 
up to $500, or even more, for the largest and 
most complete article. 
