The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-11

who do not drink teaberry. The teaberry
is for the men, and there is plenty of it.
In the morning the champion hogs are
killed and stretched in line from stout
poles, saplings newly cut, hung on posts
firmly fastened in the ground. The hogs are
killed, cleaned, dressed and hung in row
on these poles by their feet, their heads
swinging clear of the ground. They are
masses of white fat cleaning In the sun
shine. Their feet are small. and no muscles
are seen in the legs or shoulders. The shapes
of their limbs are lost in fat, their ribs are
buried in fat foot deep. Some Of them
have not walked for weeks, for their legs
were not able to carry around their i'm
meuse forms.
During the morning the people walk
around and look at the hogs as they are
hung up one by one to the poles. The older
men tell stories of the fat hogs of their youth.
while the small boys point out the particular
hog which they helped to fatten. and fight
with other small boys who say that their
hogs will weigh more. The young men
with sporting blood bet on the weights.
When all the hogs have been killed and
hung on the line a committee of citizens OF
the highest standing weighs them, one at
a time The weighing is done with pair
Of steelyards, hung from big rafter. The
hogs are borne to the weighing place one at
time and fastened solemnly by their small
weights are adjusted on the long beam.
The committee of judges sit in silence until
the weight and the hog balance; then they
| examine the hog to ace that it Is thoroughly
cleaned and that there is nothing illegit-
| innate to add to its weight. The weight is
| then recorded and becomes official. There
| is no disputing the decision.
This official weighing takes some time, as
it is hard work to carry the hogs and to adj
| Just them on the steelyards The populace
| wait at respectable distance in suspense,
| though the weights of the respective hogs
are quickly carried to them. When the
| weighing is over, the committee makes the
public announcement In the farm yard or
| from the farm house steps. The figures are
read off. and it is proclaimed who is the
owner of the champion hog and who fed the
hog. Due credit is given TO every one with
| scrupulous care, in order that there may be
no iealousies existing after the decision.
| Then the dinner is served. There are
| three courses. The oyster soup and celery
the meats. jeIlies and vegetables; then the
| pies and cakes. The waiting on the tables
| is done by the women, and the people sit
down according to their age and station.
| At the first table sit the farmers Of highest
standing, the statesmen OF the county, the
distinguished visitors and the owners of the
contestants. Tho committee and owner of
the champion fat hog sit together at the
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dine with the appetites Of men who work
hard, whettcd by the air, the sunshine, and
the teaberry of the morning. When they
have eaten they withdraw to the porch,
yard and outbuildings TO drink teaberry and
TO discuss matters Of Importance while the
guests at the second table get their dinners
The women dine last. IL may be that there
are so many people that the tables are filled
four or five times. Some Of the women may
eat with the men, but most of them prefer
to have their dinner by themselves so that
they may have their neighborly chats anc
Rossips without interference.
BY the time everybody has had his dinner
the effects of the teaberry begin to appear
Teaberry is an insidious drink. IL does no
make man want to fight. neither does i
stupefy him, but il makes him able to stanC
of aud look at himself and think how de
lightful it is to be living. and what grea
man he is and how everybody knows IL
But with this 10 does not make him self
assertive or quarrelsome. He is willing *
admit that everybody else is also great, AND
that they are friends of his as he is Of them
Official records OF the amount Of teaberr,
which one man can hold are hard to get, for a
the time of the champion hog killing Their
Is no man present who Is so calculating ant
cold-blooded as to abstain from teaberrl
himself, and TO squander the occasion II
keeping track Of the capacities or his neigh
bors
Teaberry affects man cumulatively. !