COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1689, 29 November 1861, Page 3

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Singular Porcine Attachment. — On Friday last, as two of Mr Bath's horseteams were returning from Carngham, and wben within a quarter of a mile from the township (Ballaarat), a sow, about seven months old, persisted iv walking under one of the carts as a dog would do under similar circumstanoes. Every effort was made by thedrivers to rid themselves of their new acquaintance, but the animal showed no disposition to dislodge. Oh , their arrival at Burrumbeet Creek, the driver naturally concluded that their porcine friend would necessarily leave ( them, as the waters were very high. The ' horses had just reached the opposite side of the stream, when her sowsbip, taking a short survey of the rolling flood, plunged in and got safely across. She tben took up her accustomed place beneath one of the carts, and did not desert it until she arrived at Ceres, where she was safely housed for the night, the looality, the stable, being of its own selee- , tion. Next morning, no sooner were the ■ horses removed from the stable and . placed between the shafts, than the driv* , ers beheld their Carngham acquaintance i beneath the cart, and ready for another > peregrination on the farm. When the day's work was concluded, the pig return - ; ed with the men, entered the st&bles with the horses, and resisted all attempts at removal.— 'Ballaarat Star, , A Tale of HoBROR.—Mr — ; — , we shall call him Mr Vellum, of .Melbourne ■ is blessed with the friendship lof Mr—, we shall oall him Mr StookWhip , -r-whose; pattie station is not a hundred miles from Eohuoa; Stockwhip is in the

„ habit of >endiug. down tongues, pitted c butter, rolled beef,~and fifty other fittle *. ■ up-country 1 niceties 1 to his towi^ fri-fndi as ;. presents. ' Oh Tuesday' 'last ( ajrived , at i. Vellum's !o&ee. a goo(J-sizecLJ.qg, thej address card.* in the usual» well-knjown s 'handwriting. It v was late ia Hhe afteri noon) jhst dbofttUiine to st|rtf;for Irara--8 c^se^ Villa, SqutJi/Yarra; the. -gift Iw&s 1 : safely stored .in.theV buggy, »>au*l off Vel-lum-started with the treasure ; '-while i tga f was getting ready the keg fcdust be opeheji I •« How heavy is it," saytf one^ p ; i} earth can he have sent.this time ," says | another. Speculation was:;. not allaVerJ - when the lid was prized; opeii, ' and onj-y, . dry salt presented 1 to vid^ '*D!v_ deeper^ 1 , [ was the order $ paterfamilias, *• the>re, „ -must he something else, in it." The bait was* carefully- removed * 'and with oon-, ! siderable 'difficult jr,- something bulky Was , dragged" qiiC of, !in^efinlt:e'!sti.ape pd , texture. !,' feerliaps it's,.* Murray cod," . said one the juveniles. 1 " Seems to be • some preparation of jiork," remarked , Vellum.; " however let's have, some fried I for tea, and see how it eats." Fried a t« slioe or two of it ; everybody tasted, but t nobody liked it ; it was horribly tough. Perhaps we don't know how to cook it ! properly, suppose we try it to-morrow fpr breakfast ; stewed it was, and certainly it I tasted a little more savoury, but still tough. [ The proper mode of cooking it had cvi- , dently not yet been hit upon; a piece was . ordered to be boiled for dinner, and Vel- | lum started for the day's buisness in Chancery lane. There was the usual pile , of letters to open, but one in Slookwhip's handwriting had the preference, aud here ', it is-— "Dear — * , the scourge bas reached us at last. Two of my finest J bullocks were found dead in the paddock ! yesterday morning and on being opened the indications of pleuro-pneumonia were f unmistakeable. The left lung of one of | them Dr. — — here says is the most per- , feet specimen of diseased structure he , ever saw. I want Dr. Macadam and Mr. , Miscamble to see it, and therefore 1 send it to you packed in ' salt." Vellum's eyes began to swim. ! He did not dine at home that day. — . Geelong Advertiser.