The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19
A Creased Pig.

A Creased Pig. 81
JOURNALISTS, MILLIONAIRES ANDE
STATESMEN IN HOT PURSUIT OF Aw
FLYING PORKER. E
[Don Piatt's Lake George Letter to the 4
Cincinnati COMMERCIAL b
To confess the truth laughed untilE
the tears came-not at the race so muchE
as at the shaving of the pig. TO make8
the fun. good sized shoat had to beM
secured aud every particle OF hai'k
shaved from his hide, and then afterM
'creasing him well, turn him loose to beE
THE property of the man who couldN
lcntch and hold the slippery creature. 8
lin addition to this, there was a prlzeE
aoffered to the successful pursuer, OF {
stwenty five dollars.
The poor hog thus devoted to they
! gods was of the thin, long-legged, saw
aback species well known to the West,E
sthat cannot be penned OF fattened.-E
IThis race of porkers is encouraged hereE
sbecause of their taste of snakes thatE
Zone time infested these mountalns.-E
sThey will climb the rocky sides andE
Hswim to the islands in search OF thisE
gdelicacy, until the snakes have becomeE
Rrare, and the hogs-to use the expres-e
Hsion of a farmer on French Mountalns,E
s,'.too derned plenty" Il
4 The hog was carried with greatS
Ssouea,s of wrath and disgust into thet
Shari,er shop of the hotel and held DOWN
awhile being lathered and shaved
aHooov failed at first to understand thel
4obiect of these topsorial attentions.-.|
SHe iumDed and kicked, aud squeaiedI
Slike q locomotive. The barber exhlb-
Sted the greatest activity IL thus sll"s
ling in skirmish, as it were. one o,l
Ethose armed with brush and iazol
Ewould take sight at some unshSVc;;,
apart of piggy and suddenly rush IN am
Meet off considerable hair before the vic
Stim caught him at it and renewed ms
Sprotest.
81 AZ last it fairly dawned upon hoggy''ssI
Hbraiu that this was a process that all
|acivilized hogs OIL two legs sabmltted
Ito. and he gradually RELAXED his active|
@oppGsition until at last lie rei,osea
Eouietly and seemed to enjoy the tIttii
Elation of the brush and razor. Proba-
Ebly he awakened to the fact that this
Cuisines was as astonishing to the fieass
Eas to himself. The attendants released
Htheir strong hold upon the subject anu
Eevery thing was progressing to pleas
,Hant, easy conclusion, when, suddenly
Zone of those whims to which women
'Hand pigs are subject, seized on the
,Eshavee, and with grunt and uneX-
,Epected start he bounded up, escaping
Ethe hands of his captors, and boltln,e
sbetween the legs of my friend. OF
rERinnbolt. brought that distinguished
Euentleman down on his countenance
'Eapd then went flying about the earbe
aHshop in search of the door that fortu
-Bpately closed. 1t was astonishing. t.
Esee what amount Of running. dodsin!
eHand furniture smashing one hog coul'
rEdo in an ordinary room. he was agar
and the shaving concluded.
A hogs hair and bristles are not con
-Hsidered ornamental, and yet can nc
lyEsay that their removal improves hl
.hHpersonal scenery. His appearance a
Her the process is somewhat ludicrou
Leland when he was put in the box to !
e-Eoreasea he looked up from under n
:, Elonp ears with certain knowinSne
Nthat seemed to say: 81 understand III
ESOrt OF u-o uoHsChSo 'io"'
a. Ehad better quit" The animal was we
a sEgreased, and to increase his speeu al
Esense of resistance, quantity OF =
tyE pepper and ginger, mixed with arc
khoI, was applied to the tenderest pa
l., Eof his body, and the boX opened
Efront of the hotel.
I'LL THE RACE.
7asH To say that the hog shot out OF
tosSbox is but to feebly express an accou
=, oHof his exit from that inclosure. "A
how he did run! ] never, since v
ernEborp. saw hog make such Tune;
)O.-Ewas one streak of hog, measuring Tn,
Nhuudred and thirty seven feet, tha1
aN Sing the length of the hotel, and long
ion@the hog was in sight. 1t was nash
It's Eboc and no more. The two or TIL
Ehundred pursuers ranged on each 81
; de were completely taken by surpf
8 island for a second stood in mute asst
der Hishment. Then with a yell they set
|. Elm pursuit, cheered by the ladies ga
Nered on the broad piazza and beau!
t;onEsteps. who waved their handkerchi
%each group encouraging some fave
AT Nrunuer. aud all in favor of the hog.
The shoat, with his strong, conf
Eboo sense. made for the open gat
day Ethe grounds, and would have esca
dredto the mountains but for numbe
1 mo. EIroouois Indian and Irish, then TO
'-hV nately coming to take part in the
,tion HThese seeing the animals object,
ernoiHted him with yell that would
fon, Mmade his hair stand ON end had
Re forEbeen left there for that purpose.
shall ssit was, he sheered off to the LEFT
Conf most turning back, and so encount
Mthe regular competitors, who gave
~ ans min turn, another yell that sent him
i into the front of the hotel with the
eligi-Mtire party in pursuit.
nv off When these last named turned
, gov-Aeorner, Senator Fenton and Mr..
med a Syechten, of Albany, We're IN the
solles- their length of limbs and superior
wnichE enabling them to pass the ero'
,..;.n Batter. close enough almost to
~ ;ul kthem with blanket, were NJ
ep son#Gideau, Governor Pendleton,
nittedNG eneral Darling, Roessl, jr:, ste St
$ a ju- Mand. to the establishment, OF all,
havegtor Salisbury, who weighing !
'rgery Athree hundred, }. had been counte
prison After, and making excellent
lal oeE came crowd of Congressman,
Enalist, authors and millionalres'
bv aEhent on capturing that hog II !