Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-05-13
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 whole state oT ArkAnsas.

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 "spakins of pork, said Bisson
 Wilson. district passenger agent of
 the Missouri Pacific railway. insert
 lng e conversational jimmy into a
 discussion between two boasd ut
 trade men; speaking of pork, did
 you ever meet that educated pig az
 AAlveFng Nos Well, there's one Joy
 end delight coming Co you That
 pig k beyond all oavil and arsu-
 ment the most accomplished animal
 ln tho state of Arkansas. You may
 tell your stories Of intelligent dogs and wise mules, but this brown
 shoto of Malvern has tho general iu-
 formation of a university p0sJgrad-
 nate. met him in casual way
 myself. though I've hearl uf men who travelled all the way from Memphis to see him. What is his speciality Telling tune.
 Malvern. you know, is where the Hot Springs Short Line meets tho Iron Mountain road. stood on tho platform ono morning waiting for the Springs train l saw this hard looking pig projecting around tho right Of way in a desultory manner, and while l was Idly watching him be surprised me by sitting down. lifting his nose toward heaven. and bowling m the most frighttul man her. never heard such n horrible, piercing song. and be wouldn' . let up He kept it going as steadily as if he wero doing piece work
 Why don't you unload your winchester into the orithsrs' ] asked of a hunter-a natiye-who was standing on tho platform
 Because I'm not r'ps for the hereafter, he replied. ''The citizens would surely lynch any one who tried to bushwhack that ho. l ve- member ono strang e. eight or ten years ago. startei in to chunk him with pieces of coal The tIwl folk run the tourist clear wonder tJ that bend in the track. He may l5 on the run yet Ho had hii good gaia when last seen.
 Why do the naiivcs sai such store by Q nuisanooy l pursued.
 He ain't regarslcl in tbat light, stranger. So far from being regard. ed as objectionable. that swine is the object around which civic pride swings and rsttles. Wo ses our watches by that 3. and town clocks in Malvern arc a useless lux ury with Rodney-that's his name on earth. You sec. it's like this; Twelve years ago Rodney, then a common, ordinary looking pig, with no indication of his brain power. walked down the right of way just as the train stopped. The porter in the buffet car dumped his refuse food out beyond the water tank. just as he had for months before. Rod ney happened down thero and got a square meal Next day be came again. At first he got but one feed pcr day Then he began to consider and to lay for all tho trains. It took him two months to differentiate be- tween the local and through trains. but at last ho got 'om all fixed. Bnd l you couldn't drivc him there now before the regular train time Three | times A day-in the morning. at ! about o'clock in the afternoon and again at 6-he's Johnny on tho 1 'pot, as these travelling men say. Once a porter fooled him-he threw he stuff out on the wrong side of he train, and Rodney run him up a l telegraph pole. It took the whole | train crew to keep the pig at bay | intil the porter could get into the rain. Since then they haven't tried my tricks on him.
 But why does he make such an noise about it?' l asked.
 That where his value ns a timo  elling institution comes in. If the rain is on time, he ain't saying a word. but if it's q minute overdue ,e raises his voice and he keeps it ID till he hears tho engine. So Mal- 'ern people know the time whether he trains are on schedule time or lot Of course it's monotonous when they are three or our hours of their time but the own has to stand it until the de- ayed train comes or another one is ue from tho other way
 But. I objected, when tho time B changed in the spring and fall. 1t nust throw the pig of his reckon ng. !
 Don't believe it. stranger. Tho ritter can do anything but take nd be gets his tip on the changes .earing the station men discussing be new time card. Rodney is neTef srOng "-Chicago Times Herald.