The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 190, 20 June 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1879.

An entertainment is now being given in the Wairarapa in wliicli the piece de resistance is a little learned pig, We have not as we write seen the sagacious little animal, but we have every reason to believe that lie or she as the case may be (for we know not which sex amongst swine is the more favorable for intellectual culture) is amusing as well as instructive. This little animal, which is now a visitor in the Borough, will in its way serve to point the traditional moral, and adorn a tale, or at least be adorned by one. A tradesman speaking to us about this particular pig, remarked that '|thoughmany Masterton people could not find money to pay the butcher, the baker, and, of course, the candlestick maker, they could find odd to go and see a juvenile porker.' The view taken by the tradesman we refer to was, we think; a narrow one, and we do not ourselves sympathize with it, Supposing a man does owe, by some little miscalculation of the relative values of his incorno and expenditure a little money all round, wears perhaps a long visage, is down in the month, and does not see his way to make both ends meet; is, in fact, a prey to me!ar« choly, as some fossil poet once remarked. Supposing such a man lias half-a-crown in his pocket, should he divide it among bis creditors, spend it in spirituous revivers, keep it as a nest-egg, or go to see the fascinating pig. If the pig will take his mind off his little embarrassment, and be the instrument to afford him a hearty laugh, we would decidedly advise our imaginary friend to give the pig the preference. After a little harmless amusement, his head would be clearer, and his energies stronger to cope with his difficulties. A high medical authority once remarked that the entrance of a jack-pudding into a town contributed more to the health of people in it than the advent of a whole college of physicians. It is a mistake to starve people in their amusements, or to expect them to thrive without them. We have therefore not the slightest prejudice against the distinguished member of the hog family now amongst us, nor do we begrudge it the little money which it may cany ofl, provided that it drives dull care away for a time from the thoughts of its Masterton patrons.