The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-26

can AXE you to trees Of this Kind that are
stopped r and ' chewed them in oHedience to the
custom. The bears have some reason or pur-
tSey i p IL Rer Vcny but
what 1t can be no one knows"
How - Lad Puzzled a Drovs OF wild Hogs
and Cleared the County OF Crows.
BLACK FoRK. N. c.. June 2l.-After the ex-
element over the slaughter OF coons through
the ingenuity OF Jim Fells son. Jack. there
was q general demand for the services OF the
boy. Almost every farmer in that part OF the
country had some trouble which they could
not overcome. and they wanted young Jack to
help lem git sQuar" with bird or "varmint"
Sam Blacks corntield had been half destroy ed
by wild hogs. and old Sam could neither get u
shot at tho depredators nor find how they got
into or out OF tho field His fences were we'll
built and hog proof. and there were no gaps.
but tho "sauG digGers" got in and helped
themselves to all they could eat, aftor which
they would knock down and destroy half an
acre ct q time and then get out without leav-
ing a footprint or sign OF how they did It
Seems s II them hogs wuz speerits. tho
way they 'uns git in an and out an ct looks
like they 'uns wuz annycondys. the way they
'uns eet." said old Sam.
lover t We uns fahm." said Pole Dillum
"'taint hogs thets devlin' an tormentin
We 'uns: but it's them cussed crows. They 'uns
cum from Californey tn Texus. an I'LL tho
woods bout we uns fur a mild or furder. an
cav and cav jes' like they 'uns wuz maxim
fun of We 'uns. The black cusses scoot down
Eqtss an ny back to the weeds an; ct it
waggun bed; Thet's a faok. jim, an you 'un
save the CROP"
Out Of dozen or two COMPLAINTS Of this sort
Experiment. upon. He went hack with old Sam
the hogs had got t through the fence by mears Of
ran into. tho bushes on the inside in n stony
corner Of the field. and the other projected
vees aSkns about the WoSf yaus
Jack found what he wanted-a crooked hollow
circular: He cut off about sixteen feet Of the
tree and then went to old Sans house. got
ana hauled it to a spot close to the one through
forth, l.. The old log was taken ont and hauled
Tho fence at the corner was Ia ken down. and
one end Of the new log placed 80 that the
was laid across at the angle OF the fence. with
its mouth opening at the top OF n bluff Just
low Jaek then Went to Old sans cabin fe' and nd
toid the family to l?GG for some son fun that night
usually arrived s for zone 9 tss
whole crowd to spot on the lower side Of the
cree creek oppo?ite tho point" where one end OF
away and although the moon was shining
brightly they couldn't SEQ the log. as Jack had
carefully pulled bunch OF vines over its
Look here. jack; what do you 'un want to
'Shct mp" said Jack. "Iheer'n sumthin'"
just then the familiar, Crunt OF n drove, OF
vi; iIh hogs was IS; heard as they came down the
Now. you 'uns sot yer eyes rite thar"
pointing toward the spot on ter Of the blum
sanealing and Kicking Before the first one on;
Sn,ii eighteen ' or twenty hogs big ana little.
old aud young. had shot ont into space or
RS 81 sS
waded or swain TO tho shore. snorting with
"W Iu in Thunder did they 'uns KUN frum."
caspcd old Sam as no rolled and kicked on the
grass over tho comical sight -,
keep still you 'uns." said Jack. they'll
In 'littis while tho hogs had found a low
place in the IanSs and s1a gone back into
ing was heard above. and then aGa came.a
shower Of hogs That was sG fept for nearly
the whole family were nearly de2d with
lnughsr It was mere iTp p tIan the, had seen
ing tho rams horn at u camp meeting. Jack
explained to old Sam how 10 had arranged
the hsss ho9w @s sra he wes sh
Tho cornfeld was never attacked acain-at
Tic n next Mu day Jack walked oyer tho noun;
tic crows worse than Pole Ia had represe,nte d:
with the thieves. Polo was sitting on fence
gritting his teeth and swearing. while plntoons
q crows shot d2Tn out OF tGe WOODS cs oyer nls
laughin' mos eZ natural oz human cri tier
while other nat9ons Of do o5acsrs SAILED wsDs over
wheat and oats. SO close that they sometimes
touched his hat with the straws.
Kant du nuthin,. KIN " jack p p ih hdS
Jagged Of them black devils halnt mos SGT me
Pole and Jack went to, the house. and while
foes wife so slntsn 'ask sne under tree
Kin fix, en-, said Jack to himself as Mrs;;
Ru called min n r Ts t evonnR JACK tod
AMI haul ii to tho centre OF tho wheat field.
While Polo was ut work jack made big pa
per Wind mill. after tho fashion OF those made
ny HG thy The snd MS
n,Thnfto dern n tling won't do no good said
fole IN disgust. Them cpssed crows II 90
eatin, wheat on top ov 1t afore noon to-
That's oil right" said Jack, "Yo5', 'uns, les
i hax en- ~ i?ne to-norry. an we 'uhs II Tx e'n
The next morning. for an hour, or two. the
crows wore suspicious OF tho whiIlinG thinsip
tho wheat held. but by degrees they SATISFIED
!homsrIveS that there WAS no trap IN y; NM
IN their actions in inverse ratio to the amount
attacks on tho field. Sure enough. before
n nnt some OF them were actually eating wheat
Thar. now. Jack" said Pole in dlsgust
thets les what spotted Them gosh plast