Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-04-14

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There is no DENYING that the pig j, shame
fully ,iandered has name having passed into
a SYNONYM for untidiness aud uuclemlines,
Any observing persons Who has watched a
pig. know, that If he is put into a clean
place, he will carefully divide it into three
departments, and keep his bedroom and din
my room quite separate and quite clean.
The pig j. sand by all naturali,,s TO be
the most susceptible to education Of all
the animal creation. If eft to himself IN
an open field, 1t is remarkable with wha,
Scrupulous cNactnes> he regulates all tina,
pertains to order nea,nc>,. and ,ani,ar,
life In these respects, he ], on an average
with the human species. and the peer Of
those who tmprtsoa him in a filthy pen and
feed him on garbage.
The enforced Imprisonment; Of ,u.ne in
unolcan enclosures and their restriction to
frrmen,ed and other tainted food Is more
common in the United States than in am
other civilized country. The consumption
Of pork in ever, State Of the mon j, larger
than that OF any other flesh food. and in fac;
is the largcs; food prodgc, Of the country;
vet the utter disregard 81 veterinary care
and food Is such that Amerioan-produc; pork
will only hiring, in England q price rang
ing from twenty 10 forty per cent less than
that foF pork produced IN England. Tho
practice Of officials IN ncarl, all OF the pm
cipal cities Of Ii, Mon. Of selling the CITY,
collected garbage TO those. HON il j, known.
intend 10 feed i, 10 same Jjhe same a. u
done By the Committee on Health Of the
Board of Aldermen and Councllmen in the
City Of Boston cauno, bc too >cycrcl, CON
denued. National au'horit, should protect
is citizens. hen the municipa. authorities
50 Aagran;ly violate the lav, OF health and
promote the incubation Of trichinos,> ia the
human system. TO pass by inheritance 10 the
children Of future generations. The ,etcr-
mary care Of animals intended for milk sup
plies or aesh food demand, especial super
vision.
The flesh and even The egg, Of pou.,r,
are found ohentime, favored with pepper
fish, and other articles FED to them. and o.:
course the flesh Of the p.s suffer, ia favor
and whole>on.cne,, from the same cause.
In the year 1871 Il. C.. Nose, inscribed
q law prohibiting the use Of swine flesh By
the lsraei,es Taci;us writes tina; this uas
in consequence Of leprosy, to which the hogs
were subject Plutarch and other writer,
refer to the flesh as being strong, o!eAginou,,
difficult Of digestion and liable to produce
cutaneous diseases The Greek, held II in
high esteem, but with them, as with the
Romans, every art Was put III practice 10 I'M
part finer and more delicate flavor 10 the
flesh. Pliny writes that they fed SWINE on
dried fgs. and drenched them to reple;ion
with honeyed wine The Porous TrejaHns
was very celebrated dish, and eventually
became so extravagantIy expensive that q
sumptuary Law passed respecting II Ii
consisted Of whole hog with the entrails
drawn out, and the inside stuffed with thrush
es, larks beccahcos. oysters, nightngales,
and delicacies Of every kind, and the whole
bathed in vine and GRAVES. Narro records
that the Gauls produced the finest swine
flesh. Some Of the ancients have held the
hog as entitled TO divine honor, In the Is
land Of Crete, il Was regarded as sacred
and. in several parts Of India, il was regard
Cd favored Of the gods. and the best in
termediator for man. 4 writer in the SIX
teenth century squarely asserts that the
hog is the cleanest Of all animals" Culver,
in his Memoir 10 the French AC 4demy in
1909, Professor Owen in his work on Brit
ISL Fossil Mammalia, and other natural.sts.
indorse this statement. LinnEus writes that
"the hog is nicer in the selection Of his yeget-
able diet than any Of our domesucated
herb.vorous animals, rejecting all but
seyenty-two varieties Of plants, while the
horse, sheep, goat and COW eat from two hun
bred and sixty-two TO four hundred forty nine
AI4cl4ce III Il Al4c II Al AA44s-
the pigs in the houses Of the peasantry,
scrupulously neat, aud displaying great
affection toward those who are kind 10 them.
The pig, if allowed his liberty, will avoid all
filth and, if pe,ted, will become as ODE
dent as the dog, and display a greater sag
acity or reasoning power. Martin, the
naturalist, writes that, IL the sly or yard
be covered with filth, it IS as disgraceful to
the keeper as it is injurious to the animal
The hog actually suffers for naturally he
delights in clean straw, his twinkling eyes
and low grunt expressing his feeling of con-
tentment" In fact, the hog is naturally
much more clearly in his habits than many
of his defamers.
There is no boubt that the practice of
feeding the pig on bad food and condemning
him to bad air and filth have made his flesh
unwhslesome. OF all flesh food, that of
the pig, in some way served, is more con-
sumed than that of any other animal and
it would seem good policy to have it as
wholesome as possible.
To Fry Herring. These fish abound