Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-12-15

Singular CorlmOtion Caused by
C2recco's swine.

longing to Corecco, the mllkman,
was burylng itself in his bin OF oats
and barley deyourlng large quaint
ties Of grain especially designed for
his steed, Hunter,
The DR.. Immediately seized a
club and began to belabor the pos
terror portions of the swine, but the
thinking end of the animal did not
appear to realize what was going on
at the other. Not until the Doctor
had grabbed pitchfork and proded
the pig a few times did the slow
| witted beast seem to understand
that he was being invited to leave
| the stable.
Whirling with rapidity peculiar
to his class. he ran between the
Doctors legs carrying him along Tor
several yards and depositing him on
manure heap.
After this exploit the pig glded
through a crack of the fence into
George McLoughlin's yard, and the
circumstance was first noted In the
house by the outcries OF one OF the
twins and the CONSERVATION OF julia
the maid.
Dir. Mclaughlin grabbed a .trusty
six shooter Smith and Wesson who
advertise in another column) and
began to empty the chambers into
the pig. BY this time the intruder
had upset the swill barrel and was
running a lightning drift into 1t,
circumstance which caused him to
take no notice of the bonn bardment
in his rear.
After six shots Mclaughlin dis
carded his gun for the more effect
i've and trustworthy piece of scant-
ling, and basted the pig half dozen
we'll directed whacks, sending him
aying and vociferating down the
walk. As he went through the
fence and surged over into Clark's
field, Clark came to the door with
shot gun and yelled out to Mike
O'Hare to come and take hand.
Here Charley Bicknel, Clerk of the
Supreme Court, and Prof. Howe,
our able Superintendent of Schools,
| who also had some experience with
the pig came simultaneously upon
the scene armed from the waist up.
Clark sent a couple of charges OF
buckshot at the pig which rebound
ed from his elastic hide and scat
tered over the windows in the neigh
borhood, while O'Hare worked the
club shift and Bicknel and Howe
kept up lively fusilade.
While these warlike movements
were going on, the wives and child
rem of the leaders of the fray were
| at the windows an1iously overlook
ing the battle field and noting the
progress of the fight between the
riffs of drifting smoke.
Meanwhile, the pig was not idle.
All the while he was lodging bullets
and clubs, he was getting in his
solid work, eating sometimes here
and sometimes there, and was first
in one yard and then in another.
Several of his strategic movements
would require war map to pre-
cisely illustrate, and then the real
genius of the animal would not be
half revealed. He would effect to
be retrograding toward a hole In
the fence as if in ignominlous re-
treat, and all the while heading
slantwise toward an open swill bar
rel where he would snatch frag-
ment of cabbage or piece of ham
bone, and then with rapid and
gaudy flank movement, would come
up around the corner OF South
worth's house, and be over in the
lane and back by Howe's farm
before O'Hare would recover the
club he threw at him or McLaugh-
lin could load his unreliable six
shooter again.
Clark was struck on the leg by
rock, Bicknell was nearly shot, and
Prof. Howe, in climbing over
fence tore $12 pair Of pants in a
manner unfit for publication. Moth
ing serious happened to the pig as
far as heard from.
After amusing himself for about
an hour with the crowd he saun-
tered through the fence, and the
allied forces, delighted with their
victory went home to change their
clothes.
| While they were home telling