The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-01-16
PENNING PIGS.
a BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION OF WOMAN s
FAITH AND MANS IMPETUosITY.

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FAITH AND MANS IMPETUOSITY.
Two families in Slawson have had expe-
rience somewhat similar to that of Mr.. Co
bleigf, several weeks ago. These families
live in double house, and each had pen
with two gigs. Last Friday the woman in
one part discovered that her two pigs were
free from their pen, and looking after geo
logical specimens at the foot of the yard.
She also discovered at the same time that
the gate to the cabbage yard adjoining
was open, and that the pigs might at any
moment become ravished by view of the
glOries within. Her husband being away,
she hurriedly secured the gate and then
set about to return the truants by the fol-
lowing ingenius plan Taking a shovelful
of corn, she approached as close to the an
imals as possible, and holding the tempt
ing morsel near enough for them to learn
its inviting character, she screwed her
face into an expression of winning sweet
ness, and backed slowly toward the pen
1t was beautiful illustration of womau's $
faith, and we regret to write that it did
not work. The pigs took one snuff at the
contents of the shovel, just to show that
they took some interest in the matter, and,
being convinced thereby that there was
nothing injurious in the experiment. fell to
roofing about again with renewed fervor.
The nearer the woman came to the pen
the straighter her face grew, and presently
lost every vesti6e Cf soicitude, and as
sumed instead an expression of medium
ferocity. What she may have done will
never be known as at this juncture her
husband made his appearance on the back
stoop, and, her eye resting upon him, she
commenced to apOstrOphize him IN the
language married people alone are adopts
at. After requesting somebody to show
him the idiot who had let those hogs out,
that he might punch his head, he drove
straight at the truants, and missed them
of course. Then he drove at them again
with a clothes pole; and missed them again,
although he made another pole by hitting
that on stone. Any one who has helped
to drive one or two pigs will readily under
stand the number of articles that passed
through the air, and the style of conver-
sation the man kept up during the chase.
Finally he got one of the animals in
corner, and being by this time utterly re-
gardless of personal appearance of conse-
quences, threw himself upon the brute,
nearly ssraping the fence with the top of
his head, and falling upon the pig in such
a way as to hold in allegiance every one of
his muscles except those in the throat.
These were at once put in active operation,
and the man for moment, thought he
had captured a planning mill. Then he
raised slowly, keeping tight hold of the
animal. and getting on his feet and the
pig in his arms, struck out for the pen pre-
ceded by his wife AID the other woman,
and closely and anxiously observed by all
of the neighbors for half mile around.
In this way the procession laboriously
moved, the pig having worked it's head
to within two inches of the mans ear, and
was pouring therein a tale of unparalleled
woe, which was calculated to melt the
stoutest heart, the man WAS utterly pow
erless to remedy the horror, having both
hands engaged, and could only twist his
ear little out of range, and scream at the
top of his voice his plans for the future of
them hogs"
On reaching the pen, and while in the
act of dumping the bowling viper over the
side, the woman next door made an unfoT-
tunate discovery. Their hogs were in the
pen, the truarts were hers. The man who
was still holding the pig, and might have
with reason, taken prominent part IN the
debate, contented himself by merely ex-
pressing hope that he might be hanged, (
and then trudged around TO the other pen,
where he arrived after much looked for