Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-14

I've have the rheumatism-l should
say the rheumatics-what does the
doctor say? Why, he says wear
red flannel. And what is red fan-
mel made out OFF"
aHog's brustles!" declared Mr..
James A. Payne, derisively jab-
bling a metaphoric needle into the
opposition.
LAS far as hogs brustles go" re-
sumed Mr.. Cobb, "they don't
amount to anything, because they
don't use brustles to sew shoes
with any more. Take the hull OF
the hog, and he isn't as beneficiary
as what the wool of the sheep is"
They tramped their feet when
Mr.. Cobb sat down. Mr.. Oliver
Coulter arose. Said he:
"sheep talksw we'll Talks mighty
we'll. But, gentlemen and ladies,
will presume to say that when we
kill hogs and send .'em off, moro
money comes into this country
than there does for the wool. Ire
mendous applause from the hog
partisans.) You can salt down
pork, and when you freshen it up
i,'s good to eat. But when you
freshen up saltmutton what is it?
It's jist like gum stickum ]"
@Uck-uml Hear dat!'' went up
from wildly enthusiastic audi
ence who were with the hog heart
and soul.
aAnd more'n that!" went on Mr..
Coulter, vastly cheered in heart.
"sbeep's good meat, but hawg's
better. How long will sheep stay
by you? Two hours and a half.
How long III Mist Hawg stay by
you? Five or six hours. Git up
in the mawnin'. gita breakfast of
sheep meat and you're hongry be-
fore 9 o'clock and CANT do much
work. Eat howg meat and you.
can work till noon. | maintain
that the hog is a friend to the la
borer, and also is friend to the
farmer and therefore I conclude
that upon the whole the hog is the
main support of two-thirds of the
population of this nation"
Then arose Mr.. James A. Payne,
prepared to warp it to the hog de-
tenders. His big brown eyes bulgeed
out and his gray beard wagged
merrily. He was right lively on
his feet, which were shod in brown
felt shoes. A pair of big fat Arc
tics stood near by to buckle on
when he went outdoors. He had
on trousers little to short for
him but he was up and a coming:
~ Declare" said he, "you het
me up so hot that jest natchully
have to stand up fo' Mist Sheep.
I'll admit that the hawg is the po'
mans savings bank, but he's worse
than that, cause what you put in
the savings bank you kin take and
take out again, but hawg IL eat
his weight three times over and
then not get fat. He's sich a glut-
ton and duty! Man! sir, he's the
duttiest beast that walks. He's a
hawg. And wut's. he good for?
To eat!"
"Yas, Lord!" said the unregen-
crate on the table at the back. :
"But he s. u. good for nothing
else. Who ever made anything to
wear out of hogs hide? But these
yer pebblegoat shoes-is itpebble-
goat"
"Mebbe it's peppleshoat," sug-
gested one of the hogs friends.
Mr.. Payne scratched his jaw but
didn't de'ign to notice the inter-
ruption. "Chamois, they make
that out of sheepskin and mo-
rocker. Shoes made outer that is
worth So a pair. And as far as
wool is concerned faint alone in
the Northern states they need it,
but down in the Southern States
you'll see the folks wearin' WOODEN
shirts. What for? Why to keep
the gallinippers for eatin' 'em up
alive. CANT git th'oo that wool.
More'n that. You take and turn
sheep aloose on pasture that the
horses and COWS have all eat bare
and the sheep III git fat often it
where a hawg d starve to death.
You git sumepin out o nung. AM
as for hawg meat, gentlemen, you
take and take piece of pork
and put it in. a kittle an put fah
und' it an what yo' got? Grease.