The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-12
THE PIG AND THE BEAR.
A Vigorous Defense Of Two Much
Malfgned Animals.
Our Animal Friends.

Our amman FRIENDS.
Because the pig by nature roots for his
grunts to express his feelings and likes
a cool mud bath in hot weather does NOT
mean that the unfortunately misunderstood
animal prefers filth to cleanliness In facf
the saying las dirty as pig ought really
to be changed TO as dirty as the person
who keeps a dirty pig"
Than the wild pig no animal is cleaner.
A nasty, vile smelling pig sty is disgrace
to the man who forces his pigs to live in IL.
A clean, well fed pig is both happier and
healthier than filthy pig. On some farms
that case you have noticed the
shining, pink skinned. white haired
bodies of the common little white pies In
good copdition. they are allowed a run in II,
the grass, and they live in sites in actual
comfort.
If the pig viii eat corn husks. potato par
ings, and other table refuse. do you suppose
for moment that the poor creature likes
filth mixed with that food? There is no.
thing nasty in the refuse from our tables
In eating up the remains of the food which
stomachs are not intended TO receiys
the pig is very useful. But the corncoh
is as clean as the corn. Surely IL ought 10
be- The best proof, however t.,at -the 80,
is preferably clean animal is the ,xav he
manages TO keep clean In a wild stare.
ITO eat like pig" means of course. to
ner, as an animal with the pigs snout and
mouth has natural right TO do: but 10 ba
dirty a pig is an embarrassing e1.iff.
cism on the carelessness OF our own kind
and is an insult 10 the helpless domes,i
Gated pig Keep the farm pig as he would
keep himself, II he were free, and Won will
learn from him lesson In cleanliness.
The habit of comparing our own ATTACKS.
or fretful i'll temper with the temDer Of
the bear has given US another unjust adj
age. There Is an historical excuse for il
that may be OF interest TO our young people,
In the old days of ''Merrie England. :" The
dancing bear. led around by a ring in his
nose, was a common sight on the Streets
Those bears sometimes broke loose and
then there was great hubbub among the
frightened people: for. you may well i'm
agine, the tired, tormented bear was as
cross as he had every excuse 10 be. He
didn't care to harm anybody. He wanted
only 10 get rid OF his human tormentors:
but they hooted at him and ran after him.
and always caught and punished him. so
that the life or a supposed tame" bear
was as hard and unlovely a life as you
could find.
The big. blundering. clumsy bear. in his
natural surroundings. Is as harmless az
any OF the big wild animals. lie prefers
running away 10 running after a Eaan. He
won't even night, IL he can get of without
H. bear, too. can be made happy very
simply. Anyone who has seen the bears OF
the Yellowstone Park can tell you that.
You may have read In print as many times
as we have seen IL that IL is the custom 10
put the hotel refuse in the Yellowstone
Park where the bears and other protected
Wild creatures OF that region can come at
night TO- feed One OF the most entertain-
ing spectacles recommended 10 the guests
OF the hotel Is TO watch the bears at their
dinner hour. Punctual In attendance, kind
ly toward one another, these great animals
very rarely show themselves "as cross -
bears"