The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12
The Hog.

The hog, my dear children. you have all
seen many time, but there are some
things about him that you do not know.
The little hog is called a pig, but my
German friend insists also upon calling
the full-grown animal pig hog.
The pig is known by its whine, and
the swine is known by its pigs. This is
little pigculiar, is it not?
There are two kinds of hogs. One kind
has four feet, and the other has but two.
The hog belongs to the pachydermata,
and they pack dear matter of him after
he is killed.
The tail of the pig is Insignificant,
hardly big enough to back hog; but
pigtail is tobacco, nevertheless.
Pig iron, which is not a pig at all. is q
pig of the true metal.
Pig lead and led pig must not be con-
founded. The latter is confounded by
the unhappy wight who leads him.
When l speak of pigmy, 90 not refer
to my pig, but to pig of another color;
that is to say, he is not the pigment.
1t has been said that you can't make
a silk purse out of sow's ear; but, for
all that, souse ear is not so bad. II we
had souse here, you should see for
yourselves. As the ear cannot purse you,
however, let US not pursue the subject
further.
Some parts of the animal are not
usually considered good to eat, but /
have known lots of people who could go
the whole hog.
The whole hog, by the way, is not so
big as the hogshead. II was not a hog
said this. He was too pig-headed.
The hog is porcine animal, and there
are generally many poor seen where he
is kept.
The man who takes care of him, though
not necessarily poor creature, is still a
pork reacher.
The Jew hates pork. Did Jew ever
hear of that? The Israelite will not
even eat little pig, but that would be
cannibalism, for little pig is real light
also.
For similar reason, no son of Ham
would eat his father; that is to say, ham.
The ham is the farther part of the hog
The hog-I mean the four-legged ami
mal-does not smoke until after he is
dead, and he only does it then to save
his bacon. Care must be taken that you
do not get too much of bake on.
The hogs head is sometimes called
minister face; but | cannot say why,
and will therefore parson.
Hogs are sometimes fed on mast. Like
the poor sailor, they don't get much to
eat before the mast.
This reminds me that vessel is some
times hogged and sometimes lies in the
trough of the sea.
The hog probably does right. At all
events, you will generally find him with
his pen near.
When hog leaves his pen he always
takes his leaves with him. No doubt he
laughs in his leaves.
All hogs are ground hogs, but the root
of all hogs is in the ground.
Though there is no money in it, it is
considered by the gardener as the root
of all evil.
A number of swine is called herd.
Probably you have heard of swine.
The hog is very obstinate and strong
willed. He is known by his swill.
The tie which binds the pig to his
home is the pigstye.
The hog gets very fat, but no matter
how fat he is, you will always see him
lean against something. Although he
does not own his stye, he generally has
a lien on it.
He does not take fat evenly; he always
has two spare ribs. This is not saving,
mind, that he has two ribs to spare.
Although a hog is a hog, he never
turns the cold shoulder on his benefac-
tor during life.
The meanest kind of hog is the two
legged variety. 1t almost makes one
bristle up to think of him.
He is not pleasant subject for con
temptation, and will not bore you by
describing him.
He is generally poor shote. need
not attempt to show it TO you.-Boston
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