The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-05-23
A Curious Hog Stnry.

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Chairman.
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A Curious Hog Story.
The correspondent Of the Cincin'
natl Times with Gen. Mitchel's com
mand is responsible for the following
yarn:
The hogs in this part Of the coun
try are musically inclined, and all
c ,mo mp to breakfast to the tune OF
'Dixie." On every plantation, the
Oldest "davky" has the honor OF
playing music to the hogs for an
hour every morning, and from the
very moment when he first com
mences. till the end of the piece, the
sbrill, piercing notes of tho hogs
are heard coming from all directions,
and blending with music OF the dar'
/ ky, from the very full grown SOW to
the sn,allest OF the litter; thoae notes
are audible a mile distant. | can
never forget when frat witnessed
the scene, aud Tor the liio Of me
could not tell or make out what it
ment.
Twas on my way from Shelbyville
Tenn, to Huntsville, Ala, and be-
ing alone, | started worry early, 80 as
to overtake the army, WHO were a
day in advance OF mo. Riding up
a very steep hill, | heard a shrill,
sharp sound, and thought it must
be q locomotive. At this time |
was surrounded by trees on either
side. The sound continued. Fin
ally, | heard such terrible rumbling
in the WOO ls among the trees | pu,
spur to my horse and started of as
fast ns ] could go, and the further
and moro swiftly | sped, the greater
the rumblipg. At last ! came TO
the seriou, conclusion that | was
"played out" aud must surely fall
into the hands of the rebels.
| halted, and in less than five
minutes | saw hogs Of every grade,
color and species, making the tall
cst kind OF tracks DOWN the hills to,
wards where the music camc from
There were III ,ck hogs, white hogs
yellow hogs, speckled hogs and grey
hogs all running in one direction
| paused for moment and survey
ed the scene. and, finally, | follow'
, ed in the train, and as | descended
there stood b,'oro me niger, as
black as ebony, blowing away on ar
, old horn, and surrounded by ut leas
! five hundred attentive listeners il
:. the shape of hogs. AS approach
= ed the old darkey aalutcd mo with
Q "Good norning Massa
i "Well, my friend" | unmarked
. "whst in creation are yen blowinI
!, that Internal old horn for?"
! Old Ebony opened his wid
b mouth, d!spl ying at the same tim
= as fine set ol teeth as ever locke,
0 AT, and laughed as loud as he could
{ and said:
1 "Ma4sa, you'so helm from th
0 Norf, where mono OF these things j
b gwine on"
O | answered, "yea, but what does
r meanp'
= you sce. massa," responded tn
J, o'd man, oil those hogs thar befoI
!; | commenced playin' thar wasn't on
q hog here, but when | iust blowe
J. this horn they all started from ever
l. part of do woods and come up here
/. lsc at dis bisinis for dc Lord know
r how many years, and | has brougl
N in millions of hogs with dis musi
o set to play every morning at da.
le light alongside dis fence and de
m stop for one hour, at dc end OBJ G
f. hour oil massa's hogs are in from {
10 woods. lse a good music man, ma
III So, | is.'
r. "l then asked him what tune |
IN liked best aud played most to raj
n. the hogsf' llo responded, "Dixie
Well, thought to mysclf, can it
le, possible that the Southern chival
9. and Souihcrh hogs march to Il
st same tunes