The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-10
WORKING a HOG
Two Men and Toy Put Up q job and
skinned the Town"

Two Men and a Toy Put TIP - job and
skinned the Town"
When entered the village. situated among
the hills of New York. at 10 O'Clock On the
morning all was peaceful and serene, and the
pocket OF every man who walked the streets
had chink ia it. When left al p m. an
excited mob had possession OF the main
street. ani every other man was dcad broke
About noon "a man arrived from the north
in q buggy He said be was a droNer. and
looking for hogs tie bought half dozen be-
fore hc ate dinner, a;ld 30 was astonishing no"
closely he guessed at their live weight He
was within TWO pounds on four Of them. and
only nail pound more ON the others THESE
had been an attraction for crowd of iilers.
and Tie general verdict was that tho dr0scr
was as sharp as "A BARRIERS razor Soon after
dinner a farmer looking boy drove Il hog into
town. and stakel him out In front OF The tav
ern. As Doe wanted 90 sell and The droyer
wanted 20 buv. they soon came together
might take him ON o pinch but he's only
e. nubhms, said the drover as be sized the
pOraer up
"NubbIasl Why, that pig goes over 2oJ
pounds" exclaimed the owner
Cant stuff me- boy. I've been in tue
business twenty years.
"No one wants 10 stuff That ERE hog goes
% 2lOn
"He does, eh' Wish your father had come
In. ia Ike to make bet with him Boy
you ought to have better judgment That
hog won pull down lsU '
20 "a
stranger who had quietly driven up in a
buggy I've raised hogs al my life, and
that boy hant five pounds out Of bis gucss. %
"Ant he' Raised hogs, have youl Ever
raise any money!
"A lule.n
perhaps you'd like to bet on that bogp
Perhaps
"Have you got $50 as SAYS he goes 2OOf"
81 have-ffiy-a hundred"
"Thcn lets chalk Anybody can blow"
It was a chance 70 make a dollar, and the
citizens improved IT, The man IN the buggy
was an accommodating chap, and somehow
OF other the farmer boy arad 10 fish up
about 500 from the hind pocket Of his over.
ais The citizens stuck 10y the drovor, hay
ne abundant proofs Of his judgment, and
when every man in that town who bal a
loose dollar or could borrow one had made
ni, bet the hog vas driven 10 the scales and
weighed
Gentlemen" said the drover just before
the weighing. 81 was never deceived an my
ufe This hog won't go to 100 pounds"
an take even bets that he soes over 200, "
replied the man in the buggy
This bluff raked ont the last nickel I'm the
crowd, and the hog was driven UPON the
scales. The record was 2ll pounds lie wa
weighed ana rewes hed, butthe figures stood
"Wcu. its my first error IN a hog, said
the drover and all bots were al once handed
over The farmer boy slipped out, the two
men drove oil in tho buggy, and bali an hour
bad elapsed before a church deacon, who had
laid bis ten with the droeer and lost suddenly
declared that it was a put up job 70 skin the
Town
"Dmm my buttons If It haint" yelled 200
men in chorus. but IL was too late. The town
had been skinned. aud the trio had escaped
All the mob could do vas 70 turn loose and
wreck an old vinegar factory and pass reso
luton 10 the effect that liberty was sham
and a delusiOn. New York Sun.