The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
HE DIDN'T "cArcH oAJs
A Moving Story OF an Unsuccszsful A.
tempt to Catch . Pig.

A MOVING STORY ok AN OANuoSes@1eN ~ |
tempt to Catch . Pig.
There are many things in this world thai
look comparatively easy, but which trial
demonstrates call forth mans most serious
effort. We have always labored under ths
impression that sixty pound pig could be
grabbed by the hind leg and carried of with
comparative ease by man of ordinary sis~
This crude idea, however, has loosenaa $50
grip on us during the last few day1
Last Thursday we ambled up to pig hks
member of the Manhattan Ball club get
ting on deck for strike, and reached for hfs
hind leg. Just then he had to take step we
had not expected him to make, and the leg
| was not there any more. Several more
reaches were made, but all fell short, and
what was the most surprising part of it, ths
pig, which was SO absorbed in its roofing
| that he never looked up, always happened to
move just at the right time to be missed
| While regarding it as coincidence Qor the
animal did not even know we were there, we
stole up so qltietly), it was one Of those an
sowing condolences that it is not easy to ac-
count for. II we were writing treatise on
coincidence we should give this proInipsht
| place. Presently we got the animal in Cor
nsr, and, in order to be sure, fell down on 1t
bodily. Again one Of those internal chance
movements took place. The pig took two
steps to gather potato and we fell fiat on
the place where the pig had just been. Then
he looked round for the fffst time, and, per-
ceiying us lying there, grunted his astonish-
ulent and trotted away. He was 80 aston
ished at seeing a man lying there on his
stomach, splitting gravel out of his mouth
that he went Off and stuck his head in bar
rel to give his lrain rest.
Then we slid up quietly and by finely cal
sulated cryptogramus movement 'snatched
him by the kind leg. THIS was probabls
what caused the barrel to rise up suddenly
and hit us on the nose. The wrestling match
seemed to begin at this point. First we got I
collar and elbow hold on the barrel and stool
it en- its head. Then the pig got grape vim
lock and threw US over the barrel, Then VI
got Cornish grip on the animal and thres
him, and were in turn downed by tbs borrsl
, Then we got half Nelson, Greco Roma
lock On the pigs neck, but it got out with
half turn and somersault and grabbed us b.
the seat OF the trousers. Claim OF foul dit
] allowed by female referee on the front steps
on grounds that the pigs tail had also bee
r grabbed in the turn. Then the pig, with
r new style of wrestling, heretofore unknow
) to us, turned us somersault. II q pig blint
5 folded by a barrel could play this sort c
= no telling what he might not do with his hea
t loose. This idea, and the feeling that |
: might pat his head out Of the barrel, or IL
+ barrel head out, or get us out of our hea'
i had most demoralizing effect. Suddenl,
9 by coup de main act we stood the barrel 9
d end, with the pigs hindquarters in the al
9 and thought we had the match won; but IL
animal wiggled down in the barrel, and
we lowered it on its side to prevent his weigl
annoying him any further, he made an e
/, traordinary movement. He smashed out Il
:: barrel head, and, as we had him by the lie
d dragged us after him into the barrel. WHIT
e re let 60, to prevent the nails in the barr
e trom tearing our new clothes, we found ou
d selves in the barrel and the pig in a file
II about half mile from the house.
n A woman, who had been sitting on t
10 teps to act as referee, gave the match
g the pig Carson CNev) Appeal.