2 NOVEMBER 1889, Page 14

" GOING WITH THE DEAD."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.")

Sin,—When in Ireland some years since, I heard a similar tale to that related in your issue of October 26th, with this exception,—that it was a pig only of which the widow was defrauded. The culprit, on going to confession, was ordered by the priest to make restitution of the pig, or it would go- badly with him at the Judgment Day. Paddy: " Will the- widow be there, your Riverence P" Priest: " Oh yes, to- charge you with the crime." Paddy: " And the pig, your Riverence, will he be there P" Priest: "Oh yes, as a witness- against you." Paddy : " Then I'll say, Widow Murphy,.

there's your pig.'"—I am, Sir, &c., W. E. BARTLETT. Chisborough, Yorkshire, October 30th.