Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-11-10
About Hogs.

a certain farnlef hau u pei pig' very
fat one, that from some cause stopped eat
inc and growing Of sudden. The farmer
and his family were deeply concerned about
"our pig" Indeed they thought more of
the pig than Of little Johnny, another fat
one Of the family. So the old man talked
with father Gregory about the remarkable
event. Father Gregory said ne had never
in his born days known the like, for It was
so unlike the nature Of the hog kind
But" says the old man, "do this: put a
lean hog into the pen along with the fat
one; and then, my kingdom for il, the pet
hog ill eat day and night to keep the lean
one from getting his portion of corn" The
poor man followed the advice, and his pet
hog was restored-thanks to Father Greg
DRY, who is the greatest pork man in Grant
County.
1t is just with some men who seem to
get dong very well, but are afraid OF their
opinions, and quit eating-rather they
cease to fa.ten and be benefit to their
neighbors. They are eatenup by lean men
of positive creed. The wonder Is that
more men are not eaten up than are. In
stance the democrat, who swaggers in as il
the whole country belonged to him, mig
gers and all; he storms and swears the con
stitutional foundation is the niger and,
faint muffin else. On the contrary the
union man hesitates, seems to doubt, and
acts as if victory was too good for him.
He virtually surrenders, and the crowd
looks upon the staggering man as NOR n
half right on the Niger.
The one utters fearlessly the most afro
cious sentiments and fattens upon them
just to keep the lean union man from bis
rights. Union men lack bold pluck. Why,
half our union men are afraid to own them
selves abolitionists or any thing else! True,
Slavery is eternally abolished and it makes
no difference now how men think or feel
upon an exploded issue-one that is as dead
as rnackerel. But We do like to see pos
tive men; we admire them. The real
copperhead dlgnifes LIS errors by bis bold
ness. The other day one of them said in
Lancaster, slavery is one of Gods bles-
sings and you can't revoke Gods works
We thanked him for indorsing the Higher
laD, Stewards old hobby, but said bis faith
was damnable. He beat us in boldness
and We beat him in effrontery.
Munchausen tells that himself or some
one else jumped down the throat of great
fish that opened its mouth to devour him.
but that he made such disturbance in the
fishes belly, by dancing horn-pipe there
that the monster whirled bottom up, and
thus attracted notice of ships crew, who
went and despatched the fish and released
the dancing horn-piper. Well, the union
party have jumped down into the open
throat Of the Copperhead party, but we fear
they have not pluck enough to dance horn
pipe or make any disturbance in the bow
els of Tie enemy. On the contrary they
expect to pass quietly away in the course
of nature, grateful for deliverance in that
way. We are sorry old Abe is all the time
setting the mild, passive example he is
Were lie to deal boldly will the rebels,
then we should have a positive, striking
party, one that wouldn't be afraid to be
called abolitionists, and the leaders Of
which wouldn't take the pains TO preface
their speeches with this standard avowal-
I'm not not an abolitionist."
We like bol1 men and bold actions; the
masses like such and love to follow 10 the
train of bold men. Timid men are not fit
to lead, and when they do lead are always
in double trouble. See how soon even the
pig finds out and scares the timid dog. So
with men. Thanks TO the animal creation
for such examples as foundation for these
remarks