Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-06-25
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The Hog.--Br PsrgE HORSBLywER, LID
Of all the animals which the earth afford.
for the use of man, there is none 60 uniyer.
sally cherished and devOured, as that pacby.
dermatous mammal Of the genus sus known
under the common name Of Hog. The er;s.
tence of this animal dates from the earl..t
period of animal life. There is no field which
naturslists have explored, 10 which traces of
his snout are not plainly discernabIc, roo,ln,
among the fossil, acOrns, and chestnu,s Of
primeyal forests, OF turning up the sod of
modern parks.
ln classic history, the wild-hoar figures a.
noble and formidable animal, often TESTING
the daring and endurance Of the ancient hun
tiers, Who impelled by an eager appetite for
spare-rb and sausage, would often sre9d
whole nights in the chass-sccordinc 70
Horace
"Manet sub love frgdo
Venator, tenerT orjugis immemor
Seu visa est ca-ulIS cerva hdeIibus
Seu ruplt teretes Marsus Aper plagus"
renowned lecturer on PnrenolJgy. Of
our own day, thus testifes to the intellect
Of the H0g:-"The head Of tae swine. Won
understand, shows the most extraorlin.,v
development Of tue nasal organs, and tho
most remarkable capaclty-mark me, do Won
understand? grinding corn"
The little piglet when frat il makes iis
appearance upon the stage of life, is an en-
bIem OF innocence and purity. With a mild
and intelligent physiOgomy, he will approach
you, turnlng up bis little pr1bosci., aud scan
min vDn frpp fp E.,
est movement, scamper away and hide in
pile Of straw, or join his little brothers and
sisters in a game Of hustle-tu@tIe. This is
his character during the first months of his
life, before he has felt the effect Of the decree.
"roOs bog or de-" In the second month. the
juvenile pork contracts foniness for wal.
lowing 10 mud.pnddles, or rubbing against
fence corners he becomes much css interest,
ing IN character, but more valuable IN flesh.
AT this period he acquires the appciiat,u #
ShOte, and If he should be of q red color,
might be called "Ruius Choate." In the
early part of his shotchood, when properly
roasted, he constitutes the most say0ry aud
psIatsblc dish known to the science Of DE
etics. 1t was this which gave occasion to
the immortal essay OF Charles Lamb, where
10 he defined bis position, and proclaimed 10
the world that whatever resolutions might
take place in gastronomics. whether in favor
Of terrapins, oysters, or caovass-backs, be
"took bis stand upon roast pig"
The Hog, Notwithstanding his inattention
to diet, ha. always been a most healthy ani-
NAL, and never required the services Of
physician but, lately, disease has made
it's appearance among them, called by the
rninforned in pathology, "l0y-1holera" "a
disease which thus far has puzzled the hcul-
ty and which, in the violence Of its vista
ton, presents q counterpart of those dread
iul pestilences which devastated the world III
the latter periods Of the Roman Empire.
There are no true data yet to be furnished
as to the success Of treatment 10 hOg-choera.
1t is so insiduous 10 it's nature, that 10 many
cases, even before the disease is known ID
exist, the citadel Of life is snapped, and yields
in spite Of the best treatment. Where the
disease pursues its course unmitigatOd, tho
absorption of fatty tissue is very rapid.
and the stoutest of these animals are reduced
greatly in dimensions, even in iOrtyeight
hours, aud the flesh becomes habby and des
titute Of plumpnsss. Hence, the disease il
sometim mag On He'd SOrto Ij01