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Title: Extracts from the note-book of Mr. Percival Pug : illustrated by sketches from his portfolio
Year: 1837 (1830s)
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Subjects: Christian life Boys -- Conduct of life Swine
Publisher: Boston : Printed by Torrey & Blair, No. 31 Cornhill
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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way he was pulling, he be-gan to brace himself against it, and to work him-self and Jack forward, in spite of all Jacksstrength exerted in the contrary direction. Thecook and steward stood by meanwhile holdingtheir sides for laughter at the success of the ex-pedient. * What do you stand there for, ex-claimed Jack, like a couple of grinning mon-keys, as ye are ? Come, Doctor Sambrino Snow-ball, bear a hand, my beauty, and get your penopen, if you want your pig housed. Ay, ay, ^lassa Jack—dat I do rightquick, I shure you. And cook and stewardboth ran to obey. As soon as Jack found thecoast clear, he slackened somewhat of his ownefforts, so as to allow the animal to quicken hispace, till he came to the door of the pen; andthen, by pulling him the way he did not wishhim to go, he made the contrary brute turn him-self in. What do you think now about hand-ling a hog, INIassa Doctor ? said Jack. « Why, I tink da long head be better thanda trong arm, Now, my son, said Peters father, you I
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PETER PEPPER. 143 see one way of managing such animals as arecontrary in their disposition. It is ahiiostalways an effectual way. Jack calculated uponit with a certainty; and he was not mistaken;because he knew the character of the beast hehad to deal with. After this took place, wereceived a great many of these long-facedgentry on board ; but we never had any diffi-culty in getting them to any place we wished.Now, do you see any similarity between thiscase and yours, this morning, when the boyswanted you to fight ? Yes, sir, 1 think I do, said Peter ; Isuppose they thought that I was of a contrarydisposition ; and so they supposed they couldmake me quanel, by saying I was afraid, andcalling me a coward. But how came they to make that calcula-tion, Peter ? Perhaps they had found it answered thepurpose before. A boy does not like to becalled a coward, you know, sir. • Yes, it was just as it was on board theship. After Jack had shown them the con-trary disposition of that hog, they al

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