Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-14
TREED BY WILD HOGS.
The Remarkable StO rIes Told by
Burlington County. N. j., Farmers
of Their Escapes from Hungry
POFkera

During the war, says the Philadelphia
ISmes, a SOW and a litter of pigs
belonging to ]. L. Champion, q farmer
of Burlington county, n. j., wandered
off to the swamps and became as wild
and savage as peearies. From that litter
of pigs have sprung all the wild hogs
that live or have lived in the miles of
swampy and unreclaimed land in Bur
lington and adjoining counties since
1864. 1t is reported that drove of these
wild hogs, driven out of the swamps by
hunger, nave been roaming through the
country during the past month attacking
people, killing and devouring sheep,
dogs and poultry. and in several cases
driving farmers from their work in the
fields. On Friday, May &C. drove of
five attacked a horse that James Cooke
was driving along the Browns Mills
turnpike. Cooke endeavored to drive
through the swine, but his horse became
frightened, upset the buggy, tumbled
Cooke out and ran away. The hogs fol-
lowed the horse a few yards and then re-
turned. Cooke, who weighs over two
hundred pounds, started at fat mans
racing speed for small pine tree forty
or fifty yards away The hungry hogs
followed. Cooke reached the tree few
yards in advance and managed to Climb
it. His pursuers, after gnawiug the
bark entirely off the butt of the tree,
stretched themselves on the ground and
waited for Cooke to come down and be
eaten. Cookies runaway horse was stop
ped at the Mount Misery toll-gate. and
as the owner did not appear before dark
party of men on horseback started to
hunt for him. The approach of the party
frightened the hogs off and Cooke was
saved. He was IN the tree five hours.
Two days after Cookies adventure a farm
hand named Berry was chased across a
thirty acre field by drove of hogs. and
to escape from them was compelled to
take refuge in a hay barrack. They
kept him blockaded about an hour and
then went away. This occurred in the
morning, a mile south of the Peterson
cavern. That afternoon the same drove,
led by black boar, killed and devoured
two dogs on the farm of Joshua LuG-
wig, four miles to the south On Tues
day last Hiram B. Barclay saw his flock
of sheep running wildly around their
pasture field. Surprising that they were
attacked by dogs Barclay got gun and
Adh " thS hN4Oy h1iO1C lOuuu i've
hogs feeding on a merino eve. Barclay
shot and crippled a brown hog and the
others retreated. On the following day
the same band of hogs chased farmer
named Murphy, who lives in Tally-ho
and was driving home. They raided
John Tierney's poultry yard on Tues.
day evening and remained there all
night. On Wednesday morning Tier
ney was unable to leave the house on &C
count of the hogs that roamed around
the yard, his wife and three daughters
were compelled to remain indoors watch
ing their blockaders chasing chickens
and ducks around until noon, when the
four hogs trooped away and Terney
went to Browns Mills and told his story
A hunting party of eleven men was or
ganized and two of the hogs were killed
Two escaped and after them the dogs
and hunters went across country until at
last the game was brought to bay. In
the battle that ensued two dogs were
killed and half dozen were wounded
by the swine. Seven bullets killed one
of the hogs and thirteen bullets were
fired into the other, black boar.