The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
THE PYLE FAMILY PIG.
n Hnd . Marvellous Memory. which Mt las
Lea TO Eta UndotnB.

10 HAD . Marvellous 1emory. which Mt Last
Lea 70 Eta undoinE.
THE Sun recently printed a story about a pig
whose owner thought 1t was u wonder, because
when he returned from an absence of a few
weeks the pig showed by unmistakable ways
that 1t remembered things he had been in the
habit of doing for it, said a Pennsylvania man.
eff he thought that pig was such a wonder,
what would he have thought of the Pyle family
| pig, If he had owned It'll I want him to hear
about that pig.
THE Pyle family lived on the Coyle farm. In
northern Pennsylvania. Out of q litter Of pigs
born on the farm was one that was very small.
1t was entirely black. The children of the fami.
ly took q liking to the black runt and made a
great pet of II. As 1t got older 1t followed the
children wherever they won't. and they
taught it q number Of amusing tricks.
Ono thing they were fond OF having
the pig do was to hunt apples which
they would hide In different places about the
yard. One day they buried an apple in ono
corner Of the yard, and sent the pig in search of
it. Tho pig was q long time in getting the apple.
but finally worked its way to the corner of tho
yard and rooted the apple up and ate 1t. Sub
s~equently another apple was buried in another
went straight to where Ii had rooted up the
first apple. but, not finding one there, finally
buried about ts ah the gu! Yard at r. id ngelas p Geee ' and
the pig found them all. but always went first to
first occasion. then to the place where the second
apple was found, and SO on until 1t had visited
every previous hiding place in succession before
"A hired man one day said he would put an
apple, where the Pig wouldn't and n and
threw it into a ducf. pond on the premises.
pig went the rounds Of all the former hiding
towsrd the pond; Reaching ths side Of ths
In, diyed to the bottom, and came back with the
apple in It's mouth.
highly accomplished to spend its days in rural
isolation. and, consequently. removed 1t to moro
Pressed by porcine genius On had walked on With
the day after the pig performed its feat a, the
lamentation in the house Of Pyle.
the town Of Woodruff, Steuben county, y. Y.
on business. Among a number of hogs in tho
Psns Of : hi farmer n0d he hs Was o1S yisiting was a boar boar that hat
black, but OF good breed. 1t was forwarded to
Pyle. and he got, 1t in due time. It was driven
around the premises for a minute or go. and
then, with a grunt OF satisfaction. trotted to one
onds. Then It irotted 10 another hep'I part Of the /
yard. rooted, and then went to other spots hore
and there, roofing n moment at each or them.
Suddenly. 1t trotted to the duck pond, and,
jumping IN, diyed beneath the water. When 1t
reappeared and swan ashore 10 looked disAp-
pointed, but Farmer Pyle and his family didn't.
They knew that they had recovered their pet Of
three years before. and that 1t hadn't forgotten
Its home or its tricks.
That was the sort Of memory the Pyle family
pig had, 1t was too bad its memory was so good,
too, for 1t led TO the pigs, untimely death, One
day the pig was doing its apple trick, when n
neighbOrinR farmer. who had stopped in to sec
the funny act, stole the, apple from the pig and
ran with It.. This made the pig terribly mad,
and 1t chased the farmer SO holly that hedropped
the apple and jumped the fence. More than
three, months passed before that farmer had
occasion to visit the Pyle place again, and the
moment the pig saw him 1t bristled up and went
for him. 1t got the farmer in a corner before
any of tho family could interfere. and the farmer
had to fight to defend himself. He gave the pig
a tremendous kick. which sent It sprawling and
broke one of its fore legs at the shoulder, and
the, phenomenal memory Of the Pyle family pig
had to be eclipsed forever by q rifle bullet"