The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06
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A PIGS PASSION ATE LOVE.
Touching story of the UndyIns De-
N0ffon of Little POrISer.

Touching story of the UndyIng De-
VoH0n of Little POrker.
Now York, Aug. A little pig on
Smiths Island is wasting slowly away
dying, in factof grief because Of its separ-
alton from a COW TO which it was devot-
eddy attached.
Smiths Island, composed OF 100 acres or
more. is about mile distant from Nor
walk. on the Connecticut shore. one Of
Uncle Sans lighthouses stands on its
eastern coast. and its only inhabitants arc
Samuel Armour ana his mother. Mr.. Ar
mour the lighthouse keeper is bachelor
and his mother keeps house for him. 70
soften her state Of semi-isolaton, as well
as because they are profitable, Mrs Ar
mour raises quite little farmyard stock,
such as ducks, hens, goat and a COW.
The name Of the COW is Pansy She is
a beauty Of the Durham breed, with "A back
almost as straight, as "a geometrcal line
and a brown coat SO silky and so glossy
az TO give back The reflection Of the swal-
low skimmine along the meadows. Pansy
arrived on Smiths Island when only
calf, and consequently knows iittle Of the
outside world and its devious ways. From
y
hens and ducks and geese; she even rubbed
skirts with a goat. but one quadrupe1
Pansy had not seen was a pig.
When. therefore. last spring Mr.. Ar
mour brought to Smiths Island from the
mainland a fat little pig, its appearance
caused Pansy good deal OF surprise.
and excited the farmyard generally The
little pig was not popular by any means.
The dog parked at It, the goat butted IT,
the cat bumped her back against IL, and
the fowls pecked at It. AS for Pausy. she
could not bear the sight OF 1t. She posi-
lively hated IT, and had no hesitancy in
displaying her hatred when opportunity
offered which was very often, indeed, as
by the law Of contriteness, Buffo (Which
Is the name Of the little pig) from the first
manifested an intense affection for the
COW. 1t kept her in sight when II could,
II followed her around and showed marks
of evident distress when ciroumst ances
hid her from view. Such devotion could
hardly fail Of reward. Pansy's heart
gradually softened toward the poor little
porker, and finally to parody Mary and
her little lamb. every place that Pansy
went the pig was sure to 90.
Although in time the other livestock
came 10 assume an attitude OF benevo-
lent neutrality toward Buffo the dog was
an exception He disliked Buho from the
first and his dislike increased to hatred
Wnen Nc saw the iJldtttI from WiltH nc
bod hitherto tapped his mornings allow
ance Of milk dedicated henceforth to the
use Of the wretched interloper lie fire.
quently chased Buffo for its dear life, but
after awhile Pansy inierposed IN les be-
half and when Hector pressed Buffo TOO
closely would take the pig in her mouth,
and lifting It high In the air, KEEP Il there
out OF herm's way until the danger had
passed away
a f0nducss for roaming along the beach
together and stopping ont At nights having
developed Itself in the big COW and the lit
tie pig Mrs. Armour decided TO put a stop
70 H. ana one evening recently locked
Buno up i'm the duck house. leaving Pansy
the liberty ~ the island. Pansy did not
accept this condition Of things IN a proper
spirit she nIoaned and mewed ali night
through in front Of the duck house. TO sucn
an extent as TO keep the lighthouse keeper
awake Towards morning there was a
surceare OF Fansy's sorrowing and the
farm yard sank Into state Of repose.
When MIR Armour arose later on and went
to find out the cause of the ciamor Pausy
was gone--also Buffo with the instinct
derived from its wild boar ancestry, the
little pig had simply bored It's way under
ground until Il gained its liberty and then,
accompanied by rs bovine friend, made IT'S
way 10 a distant part Of the island where
both of them were found that evening one
browsing the salt grass on the shore the
other roofing for clans on the beach ada
| cent.
And now stress Of circumstances has
parted the ioyai comrades. Mrs Armour,