The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-03
BYAHUNGRY HOG.
,rspEaATE ENCOUNTER ON TIE
aHORE OF A BAYOU.


nv an Ugly Brute "A Desperate
uard.to-Hand Encounter-saved by
noinq Upset-The Four-Footed As
.a,,ant Floats Off in Comm and of
4na Craft-Rescued by Fisherman.
From the PhiIGdelphia Times.
PATTERSON, La, July 3L-Andrsw Bos-
.,ar wsll-known man of this town, was
po o,,vb. in Yesterday from Bayou Desoartes
-,gorino from several bloody wounds and
s,aJo,ul bruises inflicted by wild hog. with
Ss-sj.n bs had desperate encounter. About
vraak ago Andrew and three other French
nan vsnt up to Bayou Descartes for the
0,rnose Of getting out some timber which
.bo receding water threatened to leave high
4 and dry. The falling water necessltated
i much haste 10 the work, thus making it
s harder than usual, but the men toiled along
3 with considerable spirit.
q andrews best girl lived three miles from
,vhsre he was then working and he bit his
s ,;Ds avery night for sweeter ones TO bite.
u had been out there six days without
q aao,ng her, but up to that time he had been
20 bnsy during the day, aud too tired when
'',obt same TO pull three miles against the
81 o;.teS that after IL he should stop for a rest,
a. he was looking quite Ill, having just res
oovsrad from long spell of feyer-and they
8 ,.orId finish the work. Andrew consented,
~ after embracing quite lingsrlugly the
mouth OF the demijohn. he got into the boat
vxitb lines and bait pushed out, and padded
around until he found desirable fishing
q place.
he n of hos
q drift around under a large tree. Here be
nushed the oar down In the mud with all
s. bis force threw the chain from the bow
q around II and stretched hiuself'full length
in the bottom Of the skiff. Willis taking
& lie EASY in this fashion, he caught sight Of
q an old darkey going up stream. he called
8 10 him. and while the negro was coming
q his way, Andrew, who is very proud be-
4 cause If the great number OF american"
8 songs with which be is familiar, wrote in q
i corkscrew fist on slip OF yellow paper:
Somebody's coming whom the dew drops fall,
81 Somebody's coming Tor twilight call,
So keep LITTLE kiss for him."
He gave ID to the darby and told him TO
81 hand IL TO the young lady as he went by.
Il The old darby bowed and scrnped, grinned
and went his way still grinning but proud
81 of the message with which he was lntrusted
d And Andrew smiling at his method OF pre-
8 pairing his sweetheart for his visit ran his
q fingers through his hair and partook OF q
dry lunch, consisting of dry crackers aud
dry canned ham, washing the dryness down
4 with few swallows of bayou water.
The sun, which had been shining fiercely,
4 disappeared under q cloud, tho breezs fresh
ened and although in the heat OF the day in
4 midsummer, 1t was delightful. Andrew
made q small partition in the bottom of the
boat, separating the crabs and the fish from
him, so that there would be no danger OF
the former giving him a sly pinch with
their large blue claws or Of the latter run
ming I'm ia him. De put bunch of fresh
gray moss under his head for q pillow and
lay there enjoying his rest. Now and then
tiny white fish jumped high out of the
water, ripples rocked the boat gently, q
squirrel skipped from limb to limb right
over bis head and just two feet away
hooking bird serenaded him.
Andrew watched and listened, aud, be-
ginning to feel little musical himself, he
whistled aud hummed a few tunes and
finally burst forth into a ierky song. But
the song was too much for him-before he
had half finished it he fell into a sound sleep.
The oar slipped out Of the mud, the chain
fell Off eud hung down into the water and
the wind and tide took possession of the
man and his boat. AS he drifted by his
fellow-workmen they laughed, thinking it a
the bend OF the river the men gave vent to
their keen appreciation of Andrews situa-
ton by singing:
There goes Andrew down the river
Good-by, my lover, good.by.
When he wakes he'll be all a.shiver,
Good-6y, my lover, goodby.
Laughing heartily the men, began work
again and Andrew, unconscious Of their
mlrth or bis danger, dritted on. When
once around the bend the boat Rugged the
shore or what had been the shore, for now
it il all overfowed) instead Of keeping in
mid-stream as before. Finally it bumped
against an old stump, swung around and
became wedged in a bed Of underground
and rushes. And Andrew slept on.
Some time after this, he hasn't the least
idea how long, he was awakened by the
sound Of munching, smacking and chewing,
suoh as he had never heard before. Glanc-
ing hastily in the rear of the boat he saw
tae upper portion Of the body Of hog. He
was standing on his hind feet, his fore feet
In the boat, eating the fish and crabs
, Andrew Is very large man and fitted In
the small boat pretty snugly, so it was with
some difficulty that he got on his feet with
any speed: AS he stood up the hog stopped
eating and watched him. Andrew got his
nands on the oar and gave the boat push
forward, hoping to leave his new acuuatnt-
ance out, but the ugly monster huog on.
andre" then made strike at his head, but
III bis haste and confusion missed his aim,
n merely striking the animals nose.
The hog bristled his back until IL looked
as II lt was covered with the quilts OF Il
porcnpine, and jumped forward into the
oost, bringing himself in very close quar-
3 ters with Andrew. He uttered low, gruff
menacing grunts and showed fight. The
motions OF the two caused the boat TO lurch
ana then tioas out into deep water. The
hoE was 90 near Andrew that the oar with
wnlch he was trying TO defend himself
3 proved OF but little value, as the handle
was long, and he had no "play" for it, SO
ne Threw it down and went for the brute
& with bis hands and feet.
q Inc hog was most savage and bit at An
ureW right and left. Andrew was nearly
etAneusted from his fight, when both of
ehem lost their balance aud tumbled out of
poaV Into the water. Andrew was
Utmost Utmost exhausted, but he summoned what
o%Heug5n ne had and dived repeatedly in or
b br1 70 dodge the hog, and, when nearly
81 n,oa'uieas, reached a small tree on the shore
q b,opeF, though now under water, in which
ae srambled. he looked for his enemy
u1 saw MN sitting in the boat drifting
q drv ~ stream, enjoying the balaucs of his
49,. As was the arrangement, his fellow work
nsu finished their Job aud started for
PJ,t andrew to follow at his pleasure.
anS win hls boat and friends both gone,
~. Ie surrounded by water, it was plain
Sjs a' 1eo spend the night up the tree, and
uls girl wouldn't have the Dlaasura of his