MDDM Ch. 64

[Dave Monroe]

"On the Learned Pig"

Though Johnson, learned Bear, is gone,
  Let us no longer mourn our loss,
For lo, a learned Hog is come,
  And wisdom grunts at Charing Cross.

Happy for Johnson--that he died
  Before this wonder came to town,
Else it had blasted all his pride
  Another brute should gain renown

The Public Advertiser, 6 April 1785


All moveables of wonder, from all parts,
Are here--Albinos, painted Indians, Dwarfs,
The Horse of knowledge, and the learned Pig ...

William Wordsworth, The Prelude (1805 version), VII,
689-708

http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww293.html

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 624.2 Pigs briefly acquire the power of speech

And see as well ...

Altick, Richard.  The Shows of London:
   A Panoramic History of Exibitions, 1600-1862.
   Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1978.  40-2.

Jay, Ricky.  Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women.
   New York: Warner Books, 1986.  1-6.

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0109&msg=60179&sort=date

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