Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-06
AN ESPECIAL HOG.
He wouldn't BE Driven. but Had % BE
Carried Away In State.

He Wouldnt Re Driven, but Had % BE
Carried Away In State.
Pigs are awkward things to drive" and TEE
STAR reporter was very forcibly reminded Of
the fact few days ago while out driving in the
country near Washington He found a pig
that simply refused to be driven. The obsti-
nate porker was the property Of an aged col
ored man who lives in the county and having
been recently purchased bya neighbor the
diffculty.had arisen in the transfer Of the prop
erty. First Of all the usual method Of driving
pigs was adopted. This consists simply in
tying rope around the animals hind leg Just
above the foot. The duty Of driver is usually
entrusted to one Of the boys on tho. place, as il
takes too much time and too much agility to be
relished by . man.
Having secured your hog in this way you
must arm yourself with q whip and be pre-
pared to go down the road and of the road at
q rate Of speed varying from a wild run to no
speed at all. First of all, the pig won't go.
butts little beating makes him change his
mind and he starts OF, especially If il is down
hill, at pace that is really quite extraordi-
nary, considering his corpulence. Then he
stops and looks about him, and the switch is in
requisition again. He next goes of on a gem
Tie trot and makes for the hedge and gets him
self and his driver all in a tsngle. After the
snari has been unwound the pig begins to
meander along In the direction from which he
came As this mode Of procedure will not
achieve the aims and objects sought TO be
accomplished the driver of the pig objects
and a struggle ensues. If the pig is large and
determined and the boy is small and OF weak
nerves the former conquers and returns home
As though he had never been away, and is
caught and put into a wagon and transported
In state-which Is probably what he has been
afterall the time. But if the pig has a real mas
ter IN the boy who at the other end OF the rope
ne Is ruthiessly yanked around and compelled
TO continue bis journey to the bitter end, even
II that end should be the yard of the slaughter
house itself.
But the particular pig which lives in the
county near Washington and which was al
inded to above is no ordinary pig. He knows
thing or two and he won't consent to be
driven by any boy. When the reporter en-
countered him he was lying in the middle Of
the road nat upon his stomach, surrounded by
the whole family, with whom be had from his
infancy enjoyed an intimate personal acquaint-
ance. The woman of the house had a broom
stick in her hand, the boys had switches, the
girls assisting with their shrill. high voices
Hi! there, git up now, git up and 60 long"
cried one.
..Wootsa, wootsa, wootsa - hallowed another.
lse move HIM. Out de way dar Hoi I
Hist yo'sefr This came from the largest bow,
who placed his shoulders TO the wheel as il
were-that is, he caught the porker by his two
tat hams and showed him for distance Of
about three inches.
Still the pig lay fat on his stomach and re-
fused to 60 gentleman in a buggy drove
up and stopped He thought he knew all about
hog driving and volunteered advice.
That am t the way to drive Pig" he said.
Just tie rope about his lett hind leg. He'll
go quick enough then"
Done gone tried dat boss. 'Tain't no use.
DIS amt no ordinary hog. Dis hog am some
thing especial, sah!'
This remark came from one OF the BOYS, who
had evidently been to school and was proud of
his ability to use long words.
Liza Jane, you 60 git some co n fur dis
hog! This order came from the woman who
had been welding the broomstick and was
promptly obeyed.
The corn was produced and held about foot
In front of the especial hog" He looked at
it and blinked his eyes, but he seemed TO un-
derstand that they were fooling him and was
proof against an offer that was after all piece
OF mere stratagem and a delusion and a snare
he refused to be tempted. The woman who
was the commanding general of the attacking
party seemed at a loss to know what to do and
stood angrlly menacing the poor beleaguered
garrison with her broomstick. She soon reached
a determination, however, and issued her
orders.
You, Benjamin Franklin, you go and get dat
barrow; You hear me! You get dat barrow
and Wen wheel dis here pig. Amt gwiue to
keep him. Gwine to wheel him away"
Benjamin Franklin, SO called probably be-
cause OF his philosophical cast Of countensnee.
departed on his errand and soon appeared
wheeling the wheelbarrow, and then with the
united exertions Of the whole family and the
bystanders the hog was lifted into his carriage
and wheeled triunphantly away. He was GER
tainly very fine animal, and ought to make
excellent sausases for breakfast, hne spareribs
for dinner, good hams for sandwiches and rich
hogs head cheese.