The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-03-12
HOG KILLING.

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HOG KILLING. 1sS
Where Hog Killing Is the Event
Of the Season.
Some persons are prejudioed
against the flesh Of the hog. Soien-
tito men hint Of bacteria; physicians
pronounce against pork, and dis
eliminating fathers and mothers de-
bar it from their tables. Down south,
however, no such prejudioes obtain.
There it Is still the custom to eat
literally of back bone stew, hogs
head cheese. soused pigs feet, scrap
pie. brain soufae and other delecta-
BILE dishes, with reckless disregard
Of consequences. Yards and yards
Of linked black buildings and sau-
sages are prepared and eaten there,
and the peop4e pronounce them good.
Rows on rows of sides, hams and
shoulders are swung from the raft
ers of dim smokehouses, there to be
cured with the wholesome fumes Of
. carefully tended oornoob fire. al
ternately burning and smoldering,
In accordance with the undertaking
rules. I'd, u s5&=
Hog killing on the plantation is
IN event attended with ceremony
and excitement. Even housewives
arrange their social engagements
with reference to its demands.
1--WE can't come next week be-
cause we are going to kill,'' a soft
voiced matron will say.
1T may thaw and you can't kill, "
somebody suggests, but the mistress
shakes her head, contending that it
is the right time of the moon, and
all will be well.
The excitement begins in the
kitchen when the aged pig stioker,
imbued with a sense of the impor-
lance of his Office, goes to interview
the cook as to the particular knives,
pals and dishpans she can spare for
an indefinite time. In the beginning
she tells him that she can't spare
any, and in the end she let's him
have everything he wants, but he
acquires each article with distinct
struggle and after promise to bring \
it back when he is done with it, q
promise which she knows of old he
will not fulfill. Possessed of the
murderous weapons, he is ready for
the killing.
A veil may be drawn over tho ex.
eoutiou and tho attendant osremo-
niss. The next day brings With i
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nauasr 30 appointed 70 manip1-
late t. he mistress supsEinteudinG |
he delioa4e taGk Of seasoning.
The big black pot n dned with
bubbling squares OF white, and .
Thick wasted, handkerchief turban-
Cd negress stands near, armed with
. big strainer to drain of the lard
and preserve the precious oraoklings. |
The sable high priest who shed 80
much blood at the killing is again
on hand, his head bound up in ap-
proved fashion and his hands busy
soraping the pink toed feet. There
are more pairs of feet awaiting his
hands, besides the heads to be pre-
pared for the scrapple and cheese.
Somebody run and git me hand
full oh turnips outen de patch; dis
we're chine will make a fine Stew
says the COOK, ana Gnen Sne PICKS
out some of the spareribs for broil-
ing and tells the old swineherd to
hurry up with the feet so she will
not have to be the whole afternoon
over them.
II dunno how tits, but we never
see none oh dem big calabash gourd
like we used to have for
packin down lard. It pears like de
seed must a run out observes the
woman at the sausage suffer.
''Well! de people all buy tin can
and jar and things, spendin dere
money like it wasn't hard to git;
dat make de Lord stop dem big gourd |
from GROWN, says the pig sticker.
''Dat's jist where you're right,
Mr.. Beasely,'' says the cracking
strainer. ''Dey even buys broom
outen de store when de tall broom
grass list a-wavin at 'em in de field.
Sioh fool ways is ruination to mig