The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-04-19

NJ, ordironco THE COMET has done its
dnty to this people in working up a sentl-
mont against Hogs-not against Hogs as
individuals, or as members of society, or
as proper factors in the political economy
of government. We have always defended
the rights Of Hogs in the abstract as well
as of other citizens, but the proper place
for Hogs is the country. 1t is against the
metropolitan Hog that we have lifted our
voice and directed the batteries OF this
journal.
The sound old maxim, "There is
place for everything, and everything in Its
place" applies with striking force to Hogs.
Hogs are an unmitigated nuisance and en-
tirely out Of place when suffered to rove
at large in a populous town OF any size,
style, or pretention. II is alleged by par
ties having a proprietary interest IN hogs
that they are good scavengers. That may
be true to limited extent and in certain
sense, but they generate more filth than
they eat; they root up the earth and estao-
ish mud-holes and loblollies that emit a
steam of odor Oh warm days which is
moral shock to the smell of man, poisons
the atmosphere in the neiRhborhood, ar
fords constant work for the disintectant,
and gives aid and comfort to summer
fevers and epidemics.
We see no way to avoid yellow fever in
the summer time except by encouraging
an exodus among the Hog population OF
our city.
Wherever Hogs congregate there Is
nursery for heas, and it is the notorious In
stinct of a Hog to take up his lodging un-
der somebody else's house besides the man
who owns him. He is an unconsclonaple
trespasser and never stops to ask pernlls~
sion of the free householder to start
flea factory under his house, or to md
ont how many feas are needed in the
family. And when he goes to bed on
cold night if he don't have enough
Of covering he complains IN sharp
piercing tones without any regard to
the demands of hospitality or tho COM
fort of his host. In this respect the Hog
has no equal in utter insenslbility.
There is another strong objection to the
metropolitan Hog He has no sense of
propriety and no correct ideas of honesty.
He don't hesitate to appropriate Whatever
comes under his nose. He is perfectly
callous and always in mischief, and deN
stroys more than he is worth. The work
that he does as a scayenger won't begin to
pay for the damage he intiicts.
1t won't do for the advocates of the met
ropoltan citizenship of Hogs to say IN
refltation of these views that men ought |
to keep their fences and gates repaired, |
and thus make it impossible for Hogs to
encroach upon their premises The lnge-
nuity of man has been exercised on Varl>
GUS things, and on nothing more than the
attempt to invent something that would
prove protection against an experienced
and strong minded female Hog and her IN
teresting family. Loug observation and
long experience have shown that this Is
among the impossibilities. A man may |
make new aud a strong fence. He may |
make it out of iron or lightwood posts, lie
may put barbs TO it. He may get the
latest patent hinges and latches, and think
himself safe. But just wait week OF
two and see. If the strong minded swine
considers that there is anything in the en-
closure that would be a delicacy to her
APPETITE, she will set her head to work to
find an ingress. She has nothing else to
think about, and you may be sure that she
will solve the problem.
A man can't examine every paling every |
day, nor watch every nail. If there is de-
feet in single picket, or miscarriage in a
single nail, this trong-minded female party |
is the first to find it out and take adyan-
tage Of it. If human visitor passes into
the enclosure and inadvertently omits to
latch the gate, she observes it and seizes
the occasion to walk in. If the drayman
opens the gate and turns his back she is
LuGTG h4u udIIo III ltChlSoo VI SCAnStHSA-
ces. If the small boy undertakes to- steal
a swing on the gate she utilizes that juve~
nile maneuver and shoots in between the
vibrations. If the young man fingers and
hangs upon the gate of Sunday nights, she
comprehends that situation and pushes
through between his legs.
There is no use in trying to head-of a
talented Hog of the feminine gender. We
have known one of this sex to enter the
premises of respectable homestead and in
half an hour exterminate several families |
of unborn chickens, root up a whole gar
den of youthful vegetables, stick her nose
into the milk pail, and finally walk off with |
the dressed turkey.
The City fathers of Jackson have pro-
nounced against Dogs; now let them go
the whole Hog, and protect this city against
the caamites which we have herein above |
enumerated.