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It was sincerely hoped that in the settlement of this long unsettled question, Mr. Pierce would keep his black-pig at home. The result proved the mistake: war was declared. And the day on which the great struggle would be decided ushered in upon a scene at once gloomy and ominous.
Timothy Templeton - The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth

"'Give us yer hand, General, I demanded in reply; 'right glad to see you, and to know that old New Hampshire's granite hills have not faded from your memory, nor been absorbed in the quantity of swill it seems necessary to provide for the black-pig. But, I say, Frank, what harlequin-like changes politics take in a republic now and then! Two years ago, and who'd a' thought a' seeing you here?
Timothy Templeton - The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth
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