The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-21

Mr.. BowseE, have you gone and got
| another pigF'
save e. on our stock OF winter pork 1t is my
duty TO do it"
Mr.. Bowser, Pm astonished. You got
a pig last year, and thought you had
trouble enough to last you lifetime"
THE wrong breed, nv dear. The man
lied 10 me. He was Galloway instead of
a Durham. I've struck the right kind Of a
one tois time. and got him cheap"
How mnch.'
Only IS"
mir. Bowser, l protest. II anything
happens, don't blame me"
Blame youl How could II OF course
not But nothing will happen-nothing
but getting a barrel OF pork at about half
price.n
Next day a carpenter came and worked
all day 10 make a pen. l saw bill Of all
the lumber and nails and it was over Sc,
while the man charged 81 50 for his days
work.
That's almost s17 for your pig to begin
with" said to Mr.. Bowser when he came
home
That's all right. Mrs. Bowser. That
ends the expense, and the profits will soon
begin to come il. What is nicer than 10 go
out into your own back yard aud see your
own hog in penl When we eat our own
pork we shan't worry about trichina or any
thing else"
Next day the pig came That is, they
called 1t pig. It was in wagon, and two
men we're sitting on it TO hold it down. l
heard OF the pig three blocks away. He
bit one of the men while they were getting
him into the pen, q d as they started TO go,
the bitten party said to me:
Amy man as will buv aud keep hyena
In his back yard is no gentlemani"
The beast was 40 90 ler in the ring than
he began dashing fir IN side TO side like a
wild beast, and at the same time uttering
such buds and 'hoofs' that a servant
girl hanging cut clothes IN a yard across the
alley ran in the house and tried to call the
patrol wagon. The beast finally bumped
his head with such force as TO stun him, and
for the next two hours he looked careworn
and sleepy.
This is something like living !" exclaimed
Mr.. BJwssr, es he stood beside the pen at
! noon ana rubbed his hands. "lf We only
had COW and few hens we'd be almost
like farmers"
What breed do you call this pig!" l
ked.
Let's seel 1t has slipped my mind No
matter, however. He's of the right sort and
that's enough. He's as content as kitten
in an old SHOE"
At that moment the pig rushed across the
pen and made a spring which almost lifted
him out. and it was accompanied by sort
of roar that made hlr. Bowser dodge.
Are you sure it's pig" | asked.
'Sure it's Pig Are you going crazy
again! Give him show. You'd probably
act just as bad if taken nine miles from
home and shut up in a stra &c house."
The pig behaved fairly well for the next
hour, but no sooner had Mr. Bowser gone
than he grunted growled, screamed,
shrieked and raved until the racket brought
AnlE "a -
didn't hear what they said-only what one
of them said. He came to tho side door in
very respectful way and said:
I'VE have dispute, ma am, as to what
that thing is ouG in the pen. The potato
man says it's cundursngo, while the apple
man says it is hudag."
tits pig" replied.
"Thanks. ma'am. l won't ask you to
write it down. / think I can remember it. :"
He went and told the crowd that it was
pig, and the convention broke up in a row
just as Mr.. Bowser got home. For the next
two hours the BEST was very quiet. because
thoroughly tired out, I suppose, and Mr.
Bowser took advantage of the fact to rub
his hands ana say:
you wait, and in about a week I'll show
you how to farm
At O'Clock that evening, lust as some
friends had come in, that pig uttered a
| long, loud wall that made the cook drop a
platter. The wall was followed by a series
| of barks and squeals, aSd something
crashed against the back gate and carried
J it into the alley.
Good heavens, Bowser but your lion
has escapedw called one Of the gentlemen,
| and all Of us rushed to the back door
The pig was gone. He had cleared the
! pen, crashed through the gate, and we
heard shrlexs afar off to prove that he had
| come In contact with something as he fed.
YOU'D better hire place down town
and put your animals in cages,n observed
one of the men. II shouldn't want nc
half-tamed beasts around my house."
| MIR. Bowser tried TO laugh and joke it of
and we got through the event. very pleas
antly. The door had only closed on our
company, however, when he turned on me
| with:
"Now, then, wen settle our little mat
ter"
| "Whatp
What What! About that hog"
'But the hog has escaped"
"Of course he hast You intended he
! should You were down on him and de-
termined he shouldn't stay, and you laid
your plans accordingly Mrs Bowser, you
and | can't
81 had nothing to do with the hog"
Don't interrupt me! You can go to bed
| have little business on hand. l want &c
arrange certain papers to be acted on in the
morning.
l was sound asleep when he crawled into
bed, and next morning he hadn't word &c
say. Even when the girl began splitting uI
the boards of the pig pen for kindlings he
| didn't seem to notice it.