Excerpt from Mr. Brown's Pigs, Etc

I have in my possession several papers, written by members of the Sociable Club, of which the following may serve as specimens. The first article in this little pamphlet, appeared originally in the "Knickerbocker Magazine" for October 1853. For want of a better excuse for its republication now, I might offer (what would suffice for "the Trade" at least) the wonderful increase in the Pork crop the present season, when so much of other crops fails to come to market. The verses are printed as being the shortest of all the attempts at poetry-writing in the collection, and as appealing to any pathetic interest the reader may attach to the unfortunate Mr. Brown. The lecture I publish, as Mr. Rinkle delivered it, "by request." We all remember listening to a very fine discourse indeed, delivered, and, in fact, re-delivered by Mr. Ike. Marvel, some years since, on "Beauty and its Uses." The members of the Club were so much struck with Mr. Marvel's views of what may be called the positive of the subject, that they requested Mr. Rinkle to express his sentiments on the Negative thereof, which he accordingly did, every member of the Club being present, and the apartments being "graced by the presence of the ladies."

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