BOY’S ESSAY ON TEE PIG.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 41, 3 October 1911, Page 6

BOY’S ESSAY ON TEE PIG.

Some amusing essays on animals have been written by schoolboys in a. competition in connection with the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show. One boy gives the following impressionist sketch of the pig:— “A dirty, grovelling mass of llcsh, grunting and wallowing in the mud with which its sty is copiously supplied. That is the subject of my essay. Who would imagine that useful articles could be made from that dirty skin, and that the flesh beneath it could yield the most delicious flavours? Li life the pig is of very little use, and is often the cause of a great deal of mischief. But for the pig to die is to be born again into a, sphere of much greater utility. In life he is often an object of contempt; anee. In a few words 1 will endear-

in death' he gains greatly in importour to show how the dead animal can enter into one day of our life- Ye rise in the morning and utilise his bristles to brush our hair and our clothes. For breakfast v.c have a crisp, savoury piece ot bacon. Ye take out our wallet at school and find it is made of pigskin. ilien the tender pork chops for dinner send us hack to our work with au increased capacity for study, and when wo return home to find beautifully-done pork sausages frin/.ling in the pan we arc in the seventh heaven ot delight. But. our sleep is disturbed h\ a last meal ul cold pork sausages to supper, and as we lie comfortably in our beds, we drowsily murmur bacon, sausages, and pork ebons. And the cause of sill this is the pig.”