The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-06-20

dnnn like pork n an article of diet.
hut n a means OF promoting an apprr-
titc feel no hesitancy in recommend
Ing il.
Who owned tie particular rig which
pgumoied my appetite most could never
bc found out Every few DAYS an in-
sane man would be raving around with a
Ratchet. and gun. and dog, imquiring
who owned that pig. aud nothing was
ever found ont ahonl il. except That the
pig belonged Ia one OF ,',e meighhors.
One Of The ncishbors ought 10 b. a>iam-
ell OF himself whoever he j.. | never
knew what that PIC wanted around our
house. lie seemed To he looking fir
something: ia the flower beds among
the potatoes. in The poultry yards. aud
once or twice he walked in the front
door. He was looking for something.
and he found everything. should think
except the cellar dsain. bat he still wore
a sadly dissatisfied air. Ii finally occur
eed 10 me that the PIC thought the fence
ought 10 be fixed. and a. ! wanted 10 10
something 10 satisfy him | went ont the
next morning and collected all the broll-
Ell boards and things | could find and
fixed the fence. and after il was all done
the pig was following me toward the
house for breakfast. did not know
where lac rot in. and lie did not know.
but | made mp my mind he must find
the place. lie was willing enough to
look for IL. and | chased him through
the currant bushes and over a table cloth
spread out To bleach. and among the
dahlias. and over the onions. and every
where else but he didn't find the hole
he came in ut. nor did |. However. i
had an appetite for breakfast.
Then Maria came ont and stood on
The back Steps. like female Napoleon
aia issued orders and nroclamations and
general directions with The rapidity OF
chain lightning. and with a beautiful and
implicit trust in Providence threw fire
bricks and coal shovrls and sad iro9
and stove wrenches and broken crockery
with her left hand In every possible
direction except where the pig was. and
If her right hand knew what the LEFT
was doing il knew pile more than
l could Keep track OF. The pig upset
hencoop and stepped on three chickens
and made maniac of the old hen. who
blamed me for the whole affair." and
acted accordingly. and the pig got into
the corn and refused 10 come out under
any circumstances. although | had given
UP the idea of finding where he came
in. and opened the gate AMI let down
the bars Maria went into the house
To get some more furniture TO throw. and
i tried Ia yet the doc on the pig. The
dog had learned To regard the pig a.
one of the family. and could not under
stand my illusions. and finally got out
of patience and inserted fine set Of
natural teeth in my left leg. lie did
hot get the wrong pig by the ear. bur
it amounted TO the same thing so far as
/ was concerned. Maria came ont with
broom. and explained the situation 70
the dog. and the dog went into the corn
after the pig. and came back in thirty
"eeo",l- a bankrupt communit-. | had
appetite enough for week. Finally
borrowed two boys from a neighbor
and the grocer's man. and drove the nia
ont. after lie had trampcd down all III,
corn. and he made for n place i'm the
picket fence where there had never been
a hole. and just made one and 90. ont.
Ny appetite would have justified NE IN
eating that pig. but circumstances would
not allow. There used to be some poet
ry about Who is my neighbour and
that's what ] want to know-the neigh |
Dor who owns that pig.-U ;ica On. Y.
Morning Herald.