Feliciana sentinel., 1892-08-13

DsAsoa appeared as our houss, vssy
hot and much out of breath from rum I
ninss He could hardly speak, .end
wasted no words.
pulled the string on five," he gasped.
s'Get knife and mule and gun, and come
quickl They are foNmin' round awful
ly! Guess we shall have to shoot emil ,
Hurry, hurry"
In eve minutes WINS ON the way,
Wrging my mule to the top of his speed.
Benton got his own mule and gun and
overlook me.
We approached the corral from the
opposite side of the creek, and securing
the mules on that side, waded across
and peeped into the trap.
Sure enough, there were five porkers!
Evidently they had calmed down q lit
tie, for they grunted softly as they de-
voured the remains of the heap OF
acorns. But scenting us, or sighting
us through chinks in the fence, they
began to dash around. springing up the
sides Of the corral so fercely that we
saw plainly it would be altogether un-
safe to enter the inclosure before shoot
ing them There was an old boar In
the group. They were yearlings and
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from q hundred to two hundred pounds
| each. From running in the swamp
they were all nearly as black as bears
We loaded our guns with ball, and,
l taking aim between the posts, shot the
pigs one by one. All Ave came down.
! squealing terri6cally.
had never dressed hog before. but
| we both knew that it was necessary
to bleed them Immediately. Laying
| down our guns, we climbed into tho
I pen, got out our knives and proceeded
to this least pleasant portion OF the
| business.
The squealing was frightful. We had
got to the third victim only when we
became suddenly aware of a commotion
in the woods outside.
| 'Rill!" cried Benton, Strengthening
up to listen, there's o whole drove
a-coming, old boars and all! They're
coming to the rescue, just as they do
| when a bear tackles q hog in the
swamp"
| Above the outcry which the suffering
porkers inside the pen were raising we
could now plainly hear the barking and
roaring of the approaching drove. 1t
was a terrible noise; the underbrush
cracked as if forest fire were running
, through it.
"Whew! You don't suppose they can
. break in here, do you?' exclaimed Ben
ton. turning pale. q
That's more than 1 know" said ].
"But if they do break in, I shall break
out pretty quick!"
We had scarcely more than uttered
the words when the drove came foam
ing up the creek to the very gate OF the
trap. They stopped an instant, al
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: then all scurried around the fence Oh
the creek side. through mud and water
= Here they suddenly stopped shor
again, as if to locate their distressed
brethren, then dashed around the nortl
end of the corral and up the high banl
little way above.
Again finding themselves wrong. the
turned and came dashil'g along the to
of the bank, on the land side OF tn
:. pen; and then they all charged heac
long down over the bank into the col
. raj.
u Before the first hog had struck tn
ground inside the pen l was well o
y my way to the top of the corral fenc'
~ and Benton had climbed a small oa
- tree that stood within the inclosure.
~ Great jingo." cried Benton from TT
q tree isn't that old tusker a big one
y See the foam fly. Bill, there's mo,
10 than twenty Of them! Will the fent
stop emp"
lr II think it WILL" said. "Are yo
{ all safe?"
II reckon I am," he answered. The
le he looked down at the wild hogs foam
t. ing around the base of his small tre
swapping their jaws; and my sense
t. humor made me laugh in spite OF mysel
m However, l presently did better f'
Benton than laugh at him. ! slippe
a down on the outer side of the pen, ar
ar getting strong pole, pushed it ov'
ne the top Of the corral into the oak whe
Id he was roosting. aud by the aid Of tn
r. pole he was able to get to the fence.
Now was our time. We loaded o'
l" guns and opened fire on the drove i
side, disabling the old boar first of a
al For half an hour the unearthly din
e. shooting and squealing kept up.
10 cluding the fve which Benton hi
~ shared at first, there were now twent
IL four hogs in the trap. Several OF the
10 were old settlers, and quite fat al
heavy.
OF We worked FAST and hard during Il
o. rest of the day and most of the night
al secure the pork. 1t made fine lot
Is bacon, and although we never met wi
ne any success afterwards, we went to t
III centennial mainly on the product
se- our hog trap.-A. j. Towie, IN 1outl
"p Companion.
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