Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-24
Wild Hogs Beset a Huge Wolf

Dan DeQtille" IA the Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Richard Roberts, a Marylander, and one of
the hrst settlers of Knox county, o., was wont
to tell with great glee the story of an adven
ture he once had in the Owl creek bottoms
among the wild hogs. His story was rs fol-
lows: II was out deer hunting one day in the
Owl creek boi toms. when all at once L heard
far away IN the woods: an astonishing roariu z
aud boob boohinH Of hogs. What in thunder
was up with the crittersI couldn't conjecture.
but l determined to find out.
ut was wet, drizzly day. and could get
along over the leaves without making the
tree, and at last came to a place whore there
appeared TO be about two acres Of Ii hogs.
such grand gathering of hogs / had never
seen before. aud have never seen since. All
had their bristles up, and all were boob
boob boOhlng' their 6erCest. There were
white hogs. black hogs. sandy hogs matted
hogs ana hogs OF All sizes cOlors and degrees
OF cussedness. Mad They were Just raging
-irOthing at the mouth and champing their
teeth at fearful rate! A sort Of steam or
fog rose out Of the wet HAIR OF that mass OF
enraged beasts that filed all the woods with
an almost empowering smell of mao hogs
what the cause OF all this cOmmOtiOn was
l was not long in discovering. Out in the
midst OF the great convention OF hogs stood "a
big oak stump about i've feet high and in the
centre of the stump stood a big gray wof-as
gaunt hungry looking a devil as ever saw
He was handsomely freed by the hogs and
wasn't very pleasantly situated, as he was be-
u n
of uneasy hair, and thousands OF devihsh
eyes, frothing mouths and cleaning teeth
Poor devil! There he stOod-his tall tucke 1
close between his leRs, and all his feet gather
Ell into the exact centre Of the stump-and
LORD. wasn't he a sick looking wolf He
seemed TO be thinking that he had sold him.
81 II awful cheap.
CLOSE about the stump and rairini nm
against II was a crowd of the biggest and
most unprincipled old s0ws that ! ever set
eyes upon. Every half minute one OF the old
she devils would rear up. get her fore feet on
the top OF the stump. and make q savage snaD
at one end or the other Of the wolf, her teeth
clashing together like the Jaws Of a steel tran.
The wolf would whirl round to watch that
particular hog. when one on the other side OF
the stump would make a plunge for his tail,
and so they kept the poor. cowardly, cornered
critter whriling round and round. He had
all he wanted 70 do az hauling in his feet and
tail, humping his back, aud In every possible
way reducing his average. I'll bet his entire
innards were drawn up into a bunch not big
ger than my FIST!
almost every instant there was a charge
m AIDE upon him from some quarter and some
times from three or four directions AZ the
same moment. Lord, wasn't it hurrvinu
times with him then!
When the poor devil had noment in
which 10 rest and gaze about him, all he saw
was those two ores Of restless bristle. omen
mouths and hery eyes rs long rcd tongue
hung out Of bis open jaws ami a. h. uneAsiiy
moved his he d from side 10 side be seemed
smaFtnese Of any volt ] ever saw ne had
GOT himsef tnto pretty pickle By trying 70
steal : pig. and be knew y just a. veil A. n
ne had been human thief. Aad was ashamed
Of himself accordingly. Noquarter could he
hope for'anywhere among those open, up-
turned. roaring mouths.
such was the noise, charging and rushing
10 and fro. that hardly felt safe behind nv
tree. one hundred yards away.
II determined 70 try an experiment on that
VOL. raised my gun and fired it IN the air.
At the report the critter forgot himself. He
bounded from the stump a. the crack OF my
rihe. but he never touched ground. Hair q
dozen Dig mouths rearhed M for MIN. and In
them he launched. There was Just one sharp
yelp, then for ROD around we're seen fyinr
strips OF wolf SKIN. lnnards, legs and hair-for
haf minute was heard a cruuohingo OF bone-
ana then thuse old sows were licking their
chops, raisin' up onto the stump and huating
about for m ore WOLF
"About that time I thought there might be
some outing out Ia my direction and
peeled for The nearest clearing