The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
FATE OF THE PRIZE HOG.
RED PEPPER, RATTLESNAHB AND
NITRO GLTCERINE UNDID HIM

! BLOOMING GRoyE, Pa. Aug 25-"Del Haw-
kins thought the world of that hog" said Deacon
| Ellis "Kill snakes, Tint hog was like a Chris
tan regarding snakes He killed them morning,
noon and night There mint a snake in pike
County that hog Is afraid TO tackle Del was tell.
| lug me only last week But the last snake Del $
| hog tried 10 cat WAS full of nitro-pIvccrine and
red popper and the combination NJ RATHER red
pepper and nitro-plveerino was Too much even
for the prize hog.
ale died doin' his duty Del s,va IN me with
tears in his eves and ~ could 6pd b;s sc,tte,ed
| remains I would nut !, stopc ovc, ,b.r, with at
! inscription But nothing but n drag net through
| pike and the surrounding Counties cor .y., Gather
! together what Is mortal of Tint noble animal
| Del says IL was all a put-up iob nm the mart NJ
| Hunk Durham and allows he will All uonl, full
| of buck shot when be Gee. hin, hut sar. oDel.
ats tho finger Of Providence did this, Del
Don interfere something worse may happen.
| Finger OF Providence, nothing says Del,
| being profane man. and a backslider, it was
| Hank Dunhams new tangled way of killing
| rattlcrst Besides. what happen TO
hog or man than rattler. red pepper and nitro
| glycerne?
| you see, the summer being dry folks about
here had been greatly bothered by rattlcrs. Hank
Durham was great one for chasing and killing
| them and was always thinking of ways and means
for decreasing tho risib,. .un,,v ~ r.,t,ors 4,
pi,,a ra,,, D.. -, =. -.
| hog held the record, and Del thinks that Hank -
| being Jealous OF the hog, and knowing its fond
ness for rattlers laid trap for the noble animal
say late and the finger OF Providence, but Del
says jealousy ana red pepper ana nitrogly
cerihe ana rattlesnakc
iihhk human wa" blowing up stumps on MS
farm this spring and using nitro glyccrne for
that purpose One day he carried out some in
little pail nnd finding he had forgotten some
thing, put the nitroGlycerine down by stump -
being n careless, needless sort Of a man and
went back to the house, When he got back to
'he stump the pan was therc, but all the nitro
glycerihe was gone
Dahgea queer' says Hank. WY IN thunder
shouiu anyone s'eai the giycerne ana leave the
pair
Then he looked round a nd about one hundred
feet away he saw three or four big rattlers lying
the ground and summing themselves as If they
had Just eaten big meal Hank didn't connect
the ratters with the loss Of his ntro-glycerine,
but picking UP rock he threw it at the snakes.
1t hit one Of the biggest square on the back Then
there was an explosion and the air was full of
OF rattlcsnake meat, and fanGs and rattles.
Holy bullfshes says Hank. them ratters
Is what stole my glycerine.
inc hi'ro ElScerine 10 XIII OH inc rattlers' who
wore ge''ihs 10 DC a peskE nuisance on his place
when supper ume came Hank was sort OF ponder
ing over the problem oil the snakes and the nitro
glycerine' and without thinking what he was
doing he put lot oil red pepper on some cabbage
he was eating.
Holy jumping publishes. he shouted, spring
ing for the water pail my whole nsides is on fire.
When Hank got sort of cooled of inside he
had an idea
Surprising red pepper makes me iump about
like that what will be its effect on n big r,tt,e,
who can't get at a water pail right off, And
surprising that RATHER is filled to The brim with
nitro plvcerine what ia roinp 10 he the .e.ct
Of his thrasbinr about in that fasbiono,
"WslI n man don't need to have what .rudr.
Means calls n .mammotb think tonk, n Lnov
tb.tifs RATHER ,ood.d IN IN. ,;,,i, b it, 49,
in, tries IN donce IN. bornnine th.ro 10 s,an,. =,
h. one Iess r,tt,er 90 uanL .ft., rord.r;ns -,
the u,v IN mt bis discoro,y IN va,Lin,- -
finally made a lot of little capsules and filled
them with red pepper. Then he mixed the cap