Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-09-18

These hogs during the summer diet
and train themselves down great deal,
take long walks aud otherwise bant
themselves till they look like autumn
leaves. Then, when the autumn leaves
and the nuts and the acorns come on,
you will see the rsZorback, III the crop
be good, ding his tail gaily over the
dashboard and let bygones be bggones.
Should the mast, as this crop Is called,
be short, or only half crop, OF course
his tail will naturally hang at half mast;
but that Is neither here nor there.
When taken up and fed month or so
after this course OF chustnutting the
Black mountain sandy shote or coral In
sect soon becomes as large and Juicy IS
those OF the Buff Cochin hen az ma
turity.
ate couple OF these hams at Sena-
tor Vance's table, and shall never
speak lightly OF the ridge rooter again.
He is subject TO none OF the diseases
peculiar to corpulence. He breathes
good air, eats the pokeberry In midsum-
mer till his ceiling and wainscotings are
as red as Chinese demonstration; then
he eats the wild cucumber which falls
from the cucumber tree after the
squirrel has had all be wants, and
the result is that by November be Is
ready TO take q course OF corn In the
ear or elsewhere, and winds up at the
glorious yuletde when the holly ber-
ries are red and the mlstletOe and the
persimmons are both ripe, still slender
and girlish In figure, but as tender and
Juicy as a Brazil nut.
Sometimes one strikes mountain hog,
however, that will not take on flesh, but
remains thin aud angular. These are
often killed and dried just as they are,
and may be used to clean lamp chin
neys with.
Senator Vance lives on the saddle OF
a ridge in such a position as 70 have in
front OF the house the highest peak OF
Craggy mountain, while az the back Of
the house, straight down 500 feet. you
hear the roar and tumble Of the North
Branch. Here stands Gombroon, the
restiul and ideal home Of North Caro-
lina's favored son and senator.
What made you call IL Gombroom?"
asked Mrs. Vance as ate another water
melon and concealed the rinds Ia Major
Stedman's umbrella. asked this ques-
ton because a pizen political adversary
said that IL was mighty poor taste FOR a
United States senator 70 name his sum
mer home for a little coyey o; decayed,
flea infected novels on the Persian gulf.
1.-THE little seaport on the Persian
gulf had nothing 10 do with H., said
Mrs. Vance. sid been reading an artl-
Gle on The Vsgsries Of Eminent Men,
aud among others the dream OF De
Quincy that seemed 20 haunt him In
all his later years. that he had con-
quered, owned and ruled distant Island
called Gombroon. In all his work, and
in all his leisure, as purple background
TO the picture Of actual life, stood this
ever present country which he called
GambTOon-
$50, when in the midst or this, hus-
band wrote me that II be could think Is
earnestly and industriously Of the com
ing convention a. be did Of the cows and
the orchard upon Black mountain he
would probably be more successful as
politician. / named the home Com
broom, and Gcmbroon IL is likely 70 re-
main"
You get OF the r. & d. train 1t Black
Mountain station, aud there you secure
al arce drawn By two melancholy mules
Black Mountain station Is not hnan-