The sun., 1893-08-13
4 HOOSIER BRIDE.
Young Mrs. Hunter OF bean BLOSSOM Vsls
ley Sayes Her Wedding Portion.

RICHMOND. Ind. Aug 6.-Mrs- Lucretia
Hunter OF Bean Blossom Valley. down In
Brown county. distinguished herself the other
day Mrs Hunter Is young. and became Mrs
Hunter only two weeks ago. Her marriage
portion from her father was a SOW Of the COM
posite southern Indiana breed and two pigs.
Pigs are pigs in that vicinage and Mrs. Hunter
took her wedding present to her new home.
which is three miles from the paternal acres.
and as far. II not further from any other place.
A few days ago Mrs. Hunters husband was
away from home and she discovered that
something was wrongiwith the pump SO that
1t wouldn't draw water from the well. Mrs.
Hunter had to have water. and she took the
top off of the well. pulled up the pump. and in-
vestigated. She discovered that the leather
sucker that coaxed water from the we'll to the
spout was out OF order and she set about h1-
ing 1t. While she was busy at this work the
mother of her small pig family came nosing
around. and he. curiosity was so great that
she got over the edge Of the we'll and tumbled
headlong to the water. fifteen feet below. By
no endeavor could that SOW ever hope to get
out OF tho well unaided. and as pigs are not
feet OF Wates at the bottom Of we'll, som ethine
had to be done quickly
sls 70 s % and ss to hn soSss Ss
dropping it into the well. succeeded in getting
water like the paddle wheel Of a steamboat,
and illling tho narrow confines OF the well with
unremittng sGueals. But MrA Hunter wasn,t
able to haul the lassoed porker out OF the we'll,
so she tied her end OF the rope to q tree near
turned with one OF the brindle steers She
hitched the steer to the rope: and started II up
and kept 1t going unit 1t had hoisted tho kick.
ing and squealing pig to the top and got It
Mrs Hunter drove the steer and the rescued
sow back to the barnyard and got back to the
well Just In time to SEQ tho sow's two pigs
standing on the edge OF the open well. looking
down into It's dePths mrs Munser ter called ;I az an
dangerous spot. The pigs were frightened.
sure enough. but started in the wrong diIec-
tlon. and spraug plumb into the well Mrs.
Hunter tried to lasso them. but they t9mbled
the the roi''s rope around eth elSer Of them. Then she
bethought her OF IA ladder that stood AZ the
back OF tho house. and she ran and got that,
intending to lot L. into the we'll and 60 down it
to the rescue OF the pigs. But the ladder only
OF the well was four feet further down. This
dilemma would have heen too much for almost
any 9th herwomRn. hut Mrs. Hunter Was resource:
iul and thought quick. She ran TO q fence and
G' ra She Ge rail under the sSR ra%
one curb to the other. Then she had the lad.
der suspended from the top to tho water. and
asked no odds OF the bottom for iss resting
place, She Iuickly let herself down this
mounted to the top with it Tossing It as far
as she could she went back down the ladder
and got the other pig; and soon the whole
pork family were united and exchanging con-
gEstuist9ry GTHnts On ] their geo az iuGs sdds, ~.
sumed her work on tho repair oi the pump
sucker. and ia short time had the PUMP
working TO charm.