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Title: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860
Year: 1860 (1860s)
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Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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he islanders had no poAver, andthey submitted in sullen and despairing silence,even assisting in some instances to driA-e aAvaythe captured flocks, hoping thereby to preventstill greater waste and outrage. A squad offoragers lighted upon the cottage of an ageddame dAvelling alone Avith her little grandson;and, in spite of prayers and entreaties to spare theAvidows living, they took possession of all herliA^e stock—sheep, pigs, and cow. As they wereabout to move off a sergeant, Avho had an eyefor delicacies, spied a sleek and Avell-fed grunterconcealed behind the old womans petticoats. Why, boys, he shouted, youve left thefattest of the litter behind. Immediately half a dozen grenadiers advancedto capture the coveted quadruped; but the gooddames prayerful tone Avas quickly changed forone of rebellious defiance. Seizing a heavybroomstick she flourished it in the face of theenemy in a manner terrible to behold. AAA^ay Avith ye, cursed seed of the oppressor, A SUMMER IN NEW ENGLAND. 459
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PIGS. despoilers of the widow and the fatherless!Take what ye have of mine, and begone; butthis is Joseys pig, and not a hair of him shallye touch. Impervious to fear or pity, the iron-heartedmen of war advanced upon the prize; but theold womans broomstick rattled among theirshakos and bayonets at such a rate that theywere fain to call a halt. The pig still stuck tohis cover, and the sergeant, handing his musketto a comrade, rushed in and attempted to seizethe rebellious grandam by the waist. In thisrash assault he received such a whack across hisnoggin that he saw rockets, and possibly mis-taking them for signals from the fleet, he beathasty retreat toward the boats with his squad,followed by volleys of red-hot texts. At lengthLord Grey, Avith his mighty fleet and armedmyrmidons, sailed away, leaving the wastedisland to want and sorrow; but he didnt getJoseys pig. Among the county records is a petition sentto Sir Henry Clinton complaining of this raid,and asking redress; which was re

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