The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-12
Natural Eistory--Eogs
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1t is with much difidence that we
approach this subject. In fact very
few men, eve the most scientific, care
to approach a hog. Hogs are divided
by natural historians into several dis
tinct kinds or classes. AS the wild
hog and the tame hog, the country
hog and the town hog. Wild hogs
in great numbers inhabit the vast for
ests of Russia. The autEor of this
treatise, while %traversing the great
Russian Steppes, saw wild hogs in all
their native grandeur, sitting on.those
steppes- He called the attention of
his companion, the Emperor Nicho-
las to them, who quietly remarked,
that the great Russian Bear, about
(which so much is said in modern di-
plomacy, would never trouble Turkey
so long as wild hogs were plenty.
Hogs arc noted for their Clearly hab-
its, their sweet and guileless DISPOSE
ton and their musical gifts. 1t is
these quail les which have made hogs
the pets of man in all ages. Hard in
deed, must be the heart, which can
withstand the plaintive notes of a
hungry pig.
Nothing adds more to the beauty
of a town, than to sec tame hogs me-
andering about its streets and alleys.
The writer has been informed that the
august city Council of the very town
where your paper is published, by
special ordinance make it the impera-
tive duty of every householder, who
is able, to own a few hogs or a sow
and pigs, to turn them intothe streets.
Nothing could be more indicative of
their good taste and generous culture.
The Marshal is ordered to place in
the public pound, any man, woman
or child, who disturbs swine, when
they are roofing up sidewalks and
grass plats, to extract therefrom the
uoxious worms and different kinds of
bugs, which burrow therein. Too
much praise cannot be bestowed upon
the enlightened public spirit, which
scars above party turmoils and illibc-
raj prejudices, and as between the
comfort and freedom of the individual
and the elegant instincts of swine.
promptly decides TO stand or fall
with the hogs.
The difference between. town hogs
and country hogs, is very striking.
The town hog has usually less gravi-
ty-specific gravity, than the country
hog. His faculties are more brisk
and he is more given to active and
less to reflection, than the country
hog. Town hogs are from their birth
trained to habits of industry. 1t be-
ing their special duty to act as scav-
cngers, they lose no time. They have
to inspect the contents of every slop.
bucket, even if they must take a gate
off the hinges to get at them. They
have to examine into the condition oil
every gutter. Fhey are supplemented
in their efforts by Boards of Health
but where a Board of Health removes
one offensive smell, a hog will remove
a hundred. Wehave sometimes tho
town hogs were not very particular
what they cat. but upon examinations
we came to the conclusion that then
eyes were so far from the end of the
snout, they could not see what theil
nose was in. We think if they had
another pair of eyes nearer the nose
they would be more particular in this
respect. We believe their running
the streets and poking their noses into
other peoples business, has tenden.
cy to. make town hogs II to nose
They certainly do not need SO much
nose to smell with. 1t is very good
to peel Elm trees with and in tie
country they are much used for tina
purpose. They + handy TO run
through picket fences and root W
gardens with. The attitude OF tho
noble animal in the cut which adorn.
this article, represents the town hos
just as lie has withdrawn his snou
througha fence, after it had received
a blow from an indignant gardener
Hogs don't blow their noses much
but they receive a great many blow.
from others. Blows furnished to
hogs nose, especially a town hog, i
about the only way you can make hin
change his mind about the direction
he will travel. We have seen q tow
) hog, evidently bent upon going west
and growing up with the country
change his mind and strike east in
twinkling, when somebody had blow
ed his nose for him. If you want
!, town hog to go north, try and get
few boys to chase him south. In thi
way you can get them to go the wa
you want them. Country hogs ar
broken to the halter, and we have see,
a country hog with a rope tied rount
one hind leg, lead its owner for miles
=. and seemingly manifest great affec
ton for him.
:. In our treatise upon Cats, we at
tempted to show our readers how on
language developed from the custol
, and habits of that beautiful ANNA
From the days when musical roll {
tho Sanscrit, whose majestic ruin
: arouse the enthusiasm of the phreno
ogist to the present day, language hf