Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21
He Didn't Catch On.

There are many things in this
world that look comparatively easy,
but which trial demonstrates call
forth mans most serious effort. We
have always labored under the inn
preston that sixty pound pig could
be grabbed by the hind leg and car
ried of with comparative ease by
man OF ordinary size. This crude idea,
no wever, has loosened its grip on us
during the last few DAYS.
Recently we ambled up to
pig like a member OF the Manhattan
| Ball club getting on deck for strike,
and reached for his 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 Tell
short, and what was the most sur
prising part OF IL, the pig. which was
SO absorbed in its roofing that he
never looked up. always happened to
move lust Mt theright time to be missed.
While regarding il as coincidence ltor
the animal did not even know we were
there, we stole up SO quietly, IT was
one of those annoying colncidences
that it is not easy to account for. II we
were writing treatise on coincidence
we should give this prominent place.
Presently we got the animal in a cor.
ner, and, in order to be sure, Tell
down on il bodily. Again one otthose
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 first
time. and. pereeiying us lying there,
grunted his astonishment and trot
ted away. He was so aston.shed al
seeing man lying there on his
stomach, splitting gravel out OF his
mouth. that he went of and stuck ms
head in barrel to give his brain g
rest.
Then we slid up quietly and by q
: finely calculated cryptogramus move
, mont snatched him by the hind leg
This was probably what caused tn,
! barrel 10 rise up suddenly and hit u'
on the nose. The wrestling mattel
: seemed TO begin AT this point. FRS
We got collar and elbow hold on IA
8 barrel and stood il on its head. Thei
kAkN ifAL kbN "a hAAAN +1~N FAA-7
threw us over the barrel. Thel
l. we got Cornish grip on the anima
i and threw him, and were in turI
downed by the barrel. Then we got
!. hall Nelson, GRECO. Roman lock oil
the pigs neck. but il got out with
half turn and somcrsault and graf
i' bed US by the seat OF the trouseri
F., Claim OF foul disallowed by femaI
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that the pigs tail had also been grail
% bed in the turn. Then the pig, wit
u a new style Of wrestling. heret'
ia fore unkno gn 10 us,turned us asome
=. sault. II pig bliudtolded b
et a barrel could play this sort
az games, il occurred to us that the
r was no telling what he might not d
q with his head loose. This idea, and I'll
a feeling that he might put his head on
or OF the barrel, or the barrel head on
II or get us out OF our head. had a mos
- demoralizing effect. Suddenly, by
y coup do main act, we stood the ba
rel on end. with the pig hindquartel
n. in the air. and thought we had q
match won; but the animal wggle
r. down in the barrel. and as we lowe
ig ed it on It's side 70 prevent his weicl
annoying him any further, he mac
a an extraordinary movement, /
smashed out the barrel head. and, 1
we had him by the LEG, dragged ,
after him into the barrel. When '
let 20. to prevent the nails in the ba
rel from tearing our new clio thes, '
found ourselves in the barrel and Il
pig in field about half a mile fro
the house.
A woman, who had been sitting (
the steps 10 act as a referee, gave Il
match to the pig.-Carson lNev,l A
peal.