"Soon afterward Mr. Baker produced a black pig, some three months old; but the officer, having his arms already full, handed it to one of his men, who threw it upon his back, and only its head and fore paws were visible over the shoulders of the soldier.
"The rueful look of Piggy as he contemplated society from this novel position, and his squeals of wonder and fright, sent off the whole audience again into laughter, and the Maryland boys cheered for their adopted twins.
"The corner-stone was then lowered into position, the rope being held by Governor Gaston, Colonel Andrews, Colonel Jenkins, and Mr. Farnsworth, Mr. Baker first remarking that, as the Jews considered the pig unclean, it might be well to put a scent under the stone, which Mr. Guild thought was a centimental idea. Many cents were thrown, after which there was a slight shower, and many persons entered the big stable where were the wonderful cows which gave milk-punch.
"After the ceremony there was another collation, and then the soldiers had a game of foot-ball. As they were about to be loaded into carriages—for they rode back to the dépôt—several hundred red, white, and blue toy balloons were cut loose, and the air was filled with flocks of them. The troops took the train and arrived in town at six o'clock, and left almost immediately for home."
With this remarkable specimen of Comic Art in America, I take leave of the subject.
INDEX.
A.
Abbott, Dr., interprets an Egyptian caricature, [32].
Adams, John, quoted, upon a free commonwealth, [321].
Æneas, burlesque picture of, [20].
Alcmena, Princess, burlesqued, [29].
Alexaminos, Roman caricature of, [26].
Alexander I., his advice to Louis XVIII., [213].
American caricature, chapters upon, [300], [318].
Amsterdam, caricatures published in, [129].
Anchises burlesqued, [20].
Ancients, the, their modes of ridicule, [15].
Antiphanes, quoted, upon women, [176].
Antiquaries puzzled, picture of, [146].
Apollo burlesqued, [29], [30].
Arbuthnot, John, his epitaph upon Charteris, [136].
Aristophanes, his power to provoke mirth, [30];
satire of women, [176].
Armstrong, John, quoted, [309].
Ascanius burlesqued, [20].
Ass, the, catechism upon, [49].
Avegay, Madame, in a caricature, [63].
B.
Bacchus, legend of, [23].
Baker, William E., his burlesque celebration, [331].
Ballou, M. M., his quotation-book, [184].
Bastwick, Dr., loses his ears, [99];
his triumphal return to London, [99].
Beaumarchais, Caron de, quoted, [161], [162].
Beaumont, G. de, a caricature by, [184].
Beer known to the ancient Egyptians, [34].
Béranger, Pierre-Jean de, his songs during the Restoration, [214], [215].
Bernard, St., quoted, upon grotesque decoration, [47].
Biddle, Nicholas, burlesqued, [321].
Bohemians, the, described, [172].
Bomba caricatured, [262], [263].
Bonaparte, Eugénie, caricatured, [234], [238].
Bonaparte, Louis, burlesqued, [235], [238].
Bonaparte, L. N., caricatured, [233], [238], [250], [252], [255].
Bonaparte, Napoleon, developed through George III., [153];
suppressed caricature, [208];
caricatures of, [210], [268], [269].
Boston described, [301].
Box, Dame, anecdote of, [117].
Bradlaugh, Charles, in a caricature, [297].
Brandt, Sebastian, his "Ship of Fools," [60], [180].
Brougham, Lord, caricatured in Punch, [287], [289].
Browne, Hablot K., criticised by Thackeray, [223].
Burke, Edmund, in Gillray's caricatures, [154];
quoted, upon the French Revolution, [163];
caricature, [164].
Burnet, Bishop, describes an altar-piece, [48].
Bute, Lord, a favorite of George III., [150];
caricatured, [152], [153].
Butler, B. F., upon war envelopes, [324].
Button, Daniel, his coffee-house, [135].