The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-23
srot the wrong Pig.

Farmer George Parker and Farmer Ben
Parker are reighbors in the Barley Run settle
ment. near Norwich, Conn.,, says the New York
sun. They are not related. Farmer Len is a
good natured. easy going citizen. aud Farmer
George is inclii ed 10 oe little crusty and hard
to suit. Poland emma ligs seem TO be the
favOrite breed for pork with the Barley Kun
farmers. ami Farmer George Parker always
raises one of these pigs to Kill for his own
family use. So does Farmer Ben Parker. There
la never been any restriction placed the
running a: large OF anyone's pigs in that 10
cal ", but Lately Farmer Ben's big Poland
China got 70 be such nuisance around his
premise5 Farmer George said taat he Went
TO Farmer Ben one day last week and told him
to shut his pig up.
III you don't" said Farmer George, land he
comes snoOg in around my place again, III put
bullet through him and throw his carcass into
your yard"
Farmer Ben didn't say much. and his neigh
Dor went home and shut his own pig up in its
pen so nobody could complain of him if the
worst came to the worst. That same night
Farmer George heard noise out in his
orchard, and went out 10 see what was up.
BY JlnSs." said he. there's that blame
sno0pin' old black hog o. Ben Parker's again!
Ill fix him.
He went in the house and got his rifle and shot
the trespassing hog dead in his tracks. Then be
got his hired man, loaded the pig on to a stone
dray and hauled it up to Farmer Ben's. He and
the hired man tumbled tie carcass over into the
yard, aud the noise they made brought Farmer
Ben 10 tire door.
whats up there?" lie hollered
'"NothiD's up" replied Farmer George. "But
sometimes down. and It s your blame snoopln'
old piRt I've tumbed his carcass In your yard,
and told you Id do il ~
Then Farmer George and his hired man went
home ard went TO ted. The next morning the
hired man went out to Iced the pig. and re-
turned to the house with the news that the pig
had broken out Of the pen
Go hunt him up - said Farmer George. "If
heRetS up around Ben Parker's I'll be jest like
Ben to knock him over.
So the hired man went out to hunt up the pig.
BY and by he came back.
cant find him." said he. But say. Ben
Parker's snoopin' old pig is gruntin' round in
his pen up yender, as big as life"
Farmer George grabbed his hat and rushed
out of his house. He went straight 60 the pig
pen. Then he went from there straight to the
orchard, because a pigs track led from the
pen right in that direction. And the pigs track
ended exactly where Farmer George had shot
Farmer Bens snoopng black pig the night
before. But Farmer George didn't tarrY long
in the orchard.
tore up lords Zen Parker'sl'' says the hired
man. They'd carried a pitcher of milk on
EN-, sure as guns, and never split drop!'
Farmer George got to Farmer Ben's all out or
breath Farmer Ben stood by his pgpen smok-
ing his pipe. and, sure enough, in the pen was
Ben's pig, grunting contepSedly.
BEN exclaimed Farmer George, where's
-that-ont ortnit-pig-o' mine?"
Huh :" said Ben, grinning all over his
face.
'Where's-the-pig--I tumbled-over your
fence-last nightH" gasred Farmer George.
Hes-miner'
II" Iourn!" said Ben, grinning more and more.
Why, you said it was that snoopln' old pig o.
minen'
But it-wasn't!" said Farmer George.
"Where is he?"
Why" grnned Ben, hes all cut up and
ready to picket"
Farmer George glared and 5reathed hard for
a few seconds and tnen turned and made for
home as fast as he had left it, Farmer Ben
took his pipe out of his mouth and shouted
after his retreating, neighbor:
Say, George! Come up an I'll give you a
fryin' O. sassage meat. They say snoopin' old
black pigs makes the primest kiudl"
But up to date Farmer Gearge hasn't sent for
any sausage meat AMI it will not 90 well with
any one who mentions shopping old pigs around
the George Parker farm.