Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-05-11
THE RAzoRsAoK AT HOME.

He Does Not Resemble Ills Pamperod
Brother of berkshire breed.
There Is great difference In hogs.
The form, contour and face OF the
rounded, sleek.sided, shOrt'legged
Berkshire and other hogs Of high de-
gree do not much resemble the angu'
lar. acked hog common through.
out the south. The countenance OF
the well-bred, well-cnred.for species Is
chubby and contented.looking, the
ears small, the snout inclined to turn
M rather than down. His less for
tunate cousin has long. narrow face,
immense. Hopping ears that hang dis
consolately over his eyes ana an elon'
gated. pointed snout that seems provi-
dentially formed to aid his earthly ex
plorations.
Root, hog or die" is common say
ing in the country Of which this hog Is
n native and the swine seem to realize
the situation. They have long legs and
always run with their shouts close to
the ground. convenient for unearthing
anything eatable which may come In
their way. They diligently root M
the promising morsel of food and gulf
it down without stopping To enjoy II
and run on apparently faster than
ever. granting rs they go. In search OF
something more-some favorite acorn
or juicy bit of grass or berry root, up
on which they largely depend for sub
sistence.
Naturally, the vast amount OF i'm
perative exercise they take ranging
through the pine woods effectually
prevents their taking on much super
tluous flesh, and the hair on their mar
row backs is rs rough and coarse as
that OF the well-bred hog Is smooth
and glossy. The majority of them are
dingy white color, perhaps spotted
with black. and when white'coated
one, scant;ly covered with hair, has
pale eyes bound around with pink, and
very light eyelashes protruding
beneath his dropping ears. he is as
ugly living object Us can be imagined
The little pigs are moderately pretty
when quite young, but not in the least
like the plump, little. chubby-faced
baby berkshire, and long before they
have arrived at the age when they are
called ''shotes" they have become nm
calmly and common looking. The
negroes have great faith in the ability
of the hog To survive any amount oi
neglect and still live TO provide
sausages and pork stew for the winter
season. At certain seasons, when the
"shotcs" can do damage to the matur
ing crops, II is necessary to coniine
them until the fields are bare once
more and will admit of their ranging
at will.
In the course of walk once small
negro boy and girl were found seated
on top of the fence which surrounded d
small pen. linging corn to two hogs
within the Enclosure. The rude feed
ing-trough was rs dry rs II no liquor
had ever dampened it and this on hot
summer afternoon, Inquiry rs to when
the prisoners had last had water given
them elected no response from the shy
little ''shote -minders After some in
quiry and explanation that the pigs
would like water the 10y consented t.
20 to the house. some distance oil. fol
a bucket. after bringing which the
children went to the spring, in d little
hollow in the woods behind the pen,
and procured water for the thirsty
creatures. IL is needless To say that
they drank it with avidity, This pen
was in an open field, with not a single
bit of shade near. II had belonged To
an humble establishment, the house
and barn of which had been
moved to some other tract OF
| land. and the owner of the
hogs had utilized the pen just where |,
was, the distance from his dwelling,
which was plcntfully supplied with
we'll water. rendering il most incon'
venient to attend TO the wants of the
animals. The pen could easily have
been moved. as the fence around II
was made of movable rails, placed zig
Tag fashion. on purpose that IL might
be chan rel from place to place. but
e'"S"''' Wv
was not re-ar ie ih' OF mnch impor'
lance. Later small sum hgnre In
scant, homespun dress iaaed ana Torn
suddenly emerged from narrow path
which opened upon the road, and q
childish voice said timidiy: want
some headache blossom, maam'' lit
tie black hand hnl ling out a bunch OF
delicate pink flowers. with perfume
more powerful than sweet Inc nc
ceptancc OF this oherlny seemed u
,,ol,,,,aorad tba inflammation that she
anl .,vanl,so" (b.r brotber, Gained "a
al ,,a,ar ~ ia hog aberv .venin'"
Tn tho doys NJ the old regime the
Cows ,v.re iii f.nced in md the hog,