Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-28

He Instructs the Neiehbors in Swine
Surgery-Why Pork Swells In the
RarreI.

Chicago Times.
81 don't guess nothing about il. I know
tits so, and that's all there Is to it,, saiC
Salathiel Ward, taking out quid Of navy
plug and shifting his position. Salathiels
remarks were OccasiOned BY a discussion
among some Of his neighbors as to wheth
er salt made pork swell in the barrel. He
came along and joined them in the debate
at a very oppOrtune time.
"Let me tell YOU he continued. 81
war in the fall of - that l had a shott
just like onto yOurn, deekin-lOOked neal
enough like him to be his twin-and he
wouldn't fat, nary bit. gin him mOre'r
thirty bushels o meal, and he war poorer
when got done than he war when fust
begun. / knowed what aided him al
once. Twas a black, boiler tooth that
wouldn't let him fat. So one day l just
tux and yanked out the tooth. and then /
did something by accident that made me
sure o what Pm a-tellin' ye."
"Wh hats that, Artemusy" asked two OF
three; this name, Artemus, being one
they had given him because he had no re.
semblance to the great humOrist of that
name.
"Wait till We hear. It wur this wav. |
knowed as l had to put some salt in hole
cut on the back on his neck afore he would
lay on flesh any, so / caught him and cot
.
believe me? as soon as the critter felt the
knife cuttin' into his neck he made a
squeal and jump and went out from un.
der me quicker'n scat. He Jest ruined
through atween my legs and drawed that
knife the whole length on him. 1t cut a
purity cash, clean from his ears to his
tail"
Il don't see what that has got to do
with what makes pork swell, > remarked
an old farmer, who was watching a flock
Of crows that had just alighted ia his corn
field.
"You jest hold turn till 1 git done. will
you! As was a-saying, thai cub was a
bad one, and the critter wasn't wuth sew
ing up. So jest het up a kittle of water
and stuck my knife into t'other side of
his neck, and dressed him and sailed him
down. 1t was mighty mean pork and no
mistake, and l reckOned we should have
to fare slim for pork and cabbage that
winter. BY gosh, the rine in some places
war thicker'n the meat. HowmsOeyer, |
laid it down in salt, and thought no more
about 1t till Mirandy come to me one day
and SEE, SEE she: 'Siath, the pork barrels
busted l went down cellar, and there,
sure enough, every hoop was broke clear'n
two. L got some new Norway iron omen
over to the blacksmith shops, and when
come to take the pork eOut of that barrel,
by Jeems, if 1t hadn't growed in thickness
nearly double. 1t was in big white
chunks IS good as you can buy at the
store. L fixed up the barrel, put in a lot
more salt, threw the pork back, covered
it with pickle and left it be. Well, sir, by
hockey, that pork kept on a swellin' and a
growin' till it OYerrun the barrel, and
had to get another to hold it all. 1t was
white and fat and clear, and some on it
would cut up'ards of six inches.
THAT is queer" said the nervous farm
er, chow do you account for it,"
81 account fur it in this yer way. l
reckon that hog was SIGH big eater and
he ct so much that my thirty bushels o.
meal passed into his meat afore it swelled.
1t didn't do him no good, you see. 1t was
jes lying locked up in his system awaitin',
and when the salt got in there it turned the
meal into fat and busted my barrel"
'Well, do DECLARE" said a chorus of
voices as the farmer hastily departed,
leaving Salathiel by the roadside alone.