HocoMAouFFy, ,oR ANIRIsu PIANO.
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 HocoMAcuFFY,o ,oR AN IRIsu PIANO. A sober and industrious Paddy, in the Gallon, has lately invented musical box, for which he deserves a patent. Wishing to enjoy little music on an evening after work, he got box of the general appearance, but deeper and broader than an ordinary piano, and bored row of holes from one end to the other. In this box six or seven swine are placed, (but there may be more) of different ages, from the sucking pig to the gulf boar, exulting in swinehood. In this way scale of voices is obtained. The tails of each inmate are then drawn through the holes in the box and the lid closes, so that half dozen tails hang outside. Whenever Paddy wishes to play, he twitches each tail rapidly and successively, and the music begins, and lasts as long as he likes. When tired, he just liberates the musicians till the next time. The airs are all Irish, and when the twitching is smartly and skill fully done, the music is not a whit be- hind the mixture of bands at the late ss Physical Demonstration. The in slrument is called Hogomaguffy.