The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-27


We were 20 take turns watching. dav
b. dag. Denton undertook 10 watch
the trap the first day. and I went home.
We hoped 70 capture nt lenst ono hog
Ievery aay.
Before eleven O'clock that forenoon
benton appeared at our housc. very
!. hot and much ont Of breath from run
ming lie could hardly speak, and
wasted no words
Pulled the string on fveP' he easped.
Get knife and mule and gun, and come
quich They are fonmin' round awful
lyI Guess we shall have 70 shoot semi
Hurry hurry
In five minutes was on The a.
urging my mule to the top u his speed'
Bcnton got his own mule and gun and
overlook me.
we approached tho corral from The
opposite aide Of the creek, and securing
the mules on that aide, wnicd ncroaa
and pccpcd into the trap.
bure enough, there were Ave porLernI
Evidently they had cnlmed down Z III,
Tie. for they grnnted softly as they de-
yourcd the remains Of the hean ~
acorns. But seentinQ "a. or sf0hting
as through ehinks Ia the fence. No. 49,
oegan % dash around springing up tho
Aidcs Of tho corral 90 Aerccly that We
saw plainly Il would DO altogether IN.
1afc toenter the Enclosure before shoot
ing them. There was an old boar IN
me group They were yearlings and /
two-year-olds apparently, weighing
from hundred 70 two hundred pounda 4
each From running IN the swamp 4
they were all nearly as black a. beara
We loaded our guns with ball and.
taking aim between the posts. shot the
pigs ono BY ono. All Ave came down.
squealing terrincaliy.
had never dressed hog before. but
we both knew that II was necessarv
% bleed them Immediately. LAYING
down our guns, we climbed into the I.
pen, got out our knives and proceeded
p this least pleasant portion Of the
business
The squealing was frightful. We had
got 70 the third victim only when We
became suddenly aware Of a commotion
In the woods outside.
BillFs cried Benton. etrnirb,c,,s,,,,
up 70 listen, there's Z whole 1900.
a-coming, old bears and ALI They're
coming 70 the rescue. just Is they %
when bear tackles hog in k.hs
swampi' mo
Above the cutlery which the ~ fcrinr
porkers Inside the pen were fyl,.ina ~
could now plainly hear the iy.rl.lng .,a,
roaring Of tho approaching drovn n
was terrible noise; tbs 'unaerhrnsh
cracked as Il forest fiy9. we've ra,nnlno
through Il
Whewi You don't suppose they enn
break 10 here, De, Youer excl aimed Een-
ton, turning paio.
That's more Chan i know said /,
~. = Trey db break In, shall break
my prtt~ 4pickl'.
/, o nnA scarcely more thnn uttered
~ CORDS when the drove came foam
x4tt up the creek TO the very gate Of the
trap. They stopped an Instant, an /,
old boar barking iilte 3 bulldog, eandIl
then oil scurried around the fence or
the creek side. through mud and water.
Hero they suddenly stopped short
again, as II TO locate their distressed
brethren, then dashed around the north |,
end OF the corral and up the high bank
q little way above. TX
Again finding themselves wronr. tt.ey
turned and came dashing along Tie top
OF the bank, on the land side az ~.
peni and then they all charged ~ "a
long down over the bank into III, ca-.
raj VT
Before the first hog had ST, mol, n.
ground inside the pen WIS we'll =,
my way TO the topy6f the Ioorr,l S q, -
and Benton had ,climbs,'. 4 sma1toaI,
tree that sstood<Mithin We inclosnre y
''Grsat jiDgol'' crie1. Bentor trn,,, II.
tree, Isn't that OH tuslrr ! 1 hir.,nsS ]
SEQ the, fonm fiyk iAn Ehere,s No. ,,r
than twenty otfhemi lwn the fence
y think. viii" tJsaia. Are YOU
y reason ! am, he answered. Then
nc iooI.ed downNt the wild hogs, foar,-
ING Ground thetbase OF his email tree
!. sn2pping their jaws, and my sense az
ivImor made nne laugh in spite Of myself
However, presently did better for
Henton than laugh az him. l slippcd
own ON the outer side Of the pen. and
gctting a strong pole, pushed Il over
The sopfof the corral into the oak where
ne was roostang, and by the aid Of this
pole he was able to get 10 the fence. f.
Now was our time. We loaded our
guns and opened fro on the drove in
side. disabling the old boar ftrst Of an
For half an hour the unearthly din y !
shooting and squealing kept up. In
Guiding the five which benton haa
SHARED ut first. there wepB now tws,ntv- 4
four hogsyin the trap. Bcvcral o. them :
were old settlers. and quite tat and
heavy.
We worked fast and hard during the
rest ofithc, day and most Of the night q
securcithe pork. 1t made flne lot ~ I
bacon and although we never met WITH
amy success afterwards, we went To tho
centennial mainly on the product AL
our hog trap.-A J. Towlc, In Ybuth,s
Companion.
New Use for Kangarooa
a new branch Of the morocco, b.
ness 10 this country has been tho ~