The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-16
SIX SORTS OF RAZOR BACKS.
A New York Man Asks Mr.. Ill. W
Long for Pure Bred Razor BACK
and the Charlotte Man Begins
to Make Search.
(Carthage Blade.)

Carthage Blade)
Some time ago one of Mr.. II. =.
Longs New York friends asked nun
to get him Il razor back hog OF ehe
best North Carolina type, thlnklh9
that it would be no trouble to get
one, for he was under the impression
that they grew in every back yard
mere. Mr. Long, not being the sort OF
man to let a friend go in need OF any
thing that he might supply began 10
Ilav plans to get hold of a razor back OF
| the most approved sort. Upon lnVeS-
| tigation he discovered that the razor
| back passed from Mecklenburg VITA
| the no-stock law, and that he Woula
have to go further east to get such
a rare animal. Moore county was
suggested and Chatham and Mont
| gomerv The very mentiOn of Moore
| county gave Mr.. Long an idea, for
Ionce upon a time he had seen IAN
| tern jawed pig seeking sweet morselS
laround the station at Southern P1neS'
when he recalled that fact he sat down
land took his pen in hand to drop a
| line to a casual acquaintance, VINO
runs a country store in Moore.
The letter began:
| sMv Dear Sir:-You remember q
man who took a drink at your Wen
one day. many years ago; one OF our
horses was knocked down by a fright
ened hog in her mad rush to get under
cover. Well, / am the fellow. | want
Ton 70 do me a favor. A friend of
mine. who lives in. New York, is very
anxious to buy one or more razor back
hogs. / imagine that you would nave
lno difficulty i'm getting them for me.
lI will pay any reasonable price. Please
let me hear from you at once.
! After waiting five days Mr.. Long
has been rewarded for his trouble. lie
received the following answer VIII
ten in a bold hand:
Dear Sir:-Your letter about tn"
razor hogs got here all right can
get them. What kind do you want.
we've got six varieties here? III tell
Won about ali of them, and you can
see what sort you want
THE Bill Nye hog is getting scarce;
lhe is very rare in this section put l
think / could get you a pair. This
hog can drink milk out of a long
meek bottle. But. as L tell you, his
kind is hard to get.
1.-The Zeb Vance razor back is more
plentiful but also, more popular. Our
peOple are fond of him. He's the KIND
that can outrun a Niger on moon-
light night The ones in Moore can
tell a niggers track from white
mans and if they see where a niger
has lately been they throw up their
bristles and go for thicket. l saw
one outrun Mr. Henry Pages vesti-
bule one day when one of his niger
hands fell off of the car. Let me
know what record he must make II
you order one of these.
'Then, sir. there is the Brick-toter.
This one is peculiar to Moore. | have
a neignbor who breeds them by the
hundreds, and they can be had for a
little of nothing. / don't reckon you
ever heard of this sort. They grow in
the pines and are known as Pineroot-
ers They like roots. That is where
they get their name. In the summer
time they get SO thin that they turn
heels over head when they strike a
root with their shouts.
To prevent the SomerSault act when
the nose hits a stiff root the owner
of the Briclx-toter ties a common clay
brick to each hogs tail 10 hold the
hinder part down: | could get you a
whole family of these for the price of
a Palmetto hat | notice you sell such
things.
Then there are the Pumpkin
stealers. you might like these They
are longer from the base of the ear
to the tip of the nose than they are
from the point of the shoulder to the
tip of the tail and can eat pumpkins
through the cracks of the fence three
rows off. They are not much to look
at, but sure are homes
"The Wood-splitters are popular in
some localities: You hank a block Of
wood at the top of a hole where they
have to jump a little to go through
and the back does the work. Run them
back and forth and you'll soon get
a cord. Your New York friend may
be seeking this hog as they are guar
anteed not to strike. They are not the
kind that organize. There are many
walking delegates among them, but
not of the Sam Parks sort.
1.-The Holers come last. They go
so far into the ground after roofs
that rain storms often come and des-
troy whole regiments of them before
they can back out. But you can pre-
vent this if you will blow a clear
sounding fox horn. That gives them
warning"
Dear Friend: If this is not enough
on the subject let me near from you.
for | would like to get up the hogs
Mr.. Long has decided to take the
Wood-splitters.