The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-12-14
CHANGES CLIMATE, is GLAIHlEB
GREAT PRAISE FOR HIsE By SEC
REEARY COBURN-
One Of the Important Factors OF Our
American CiViIiZatiOn-Wealth
Producer.

(From a talk recently delivered at the
dinner OF the Kansas City Knife and
Fork Club
No reflection, hygenic or sanitary,
IS cast upon your city when I say
that for the hog, it is the most IN
nealthful in the world can count
back SiXty-fOur million Of him that
have come to Kansas City and the
records show all dead Therefore, as
his next friend, and OF his family, !
come here to make a few remarks
and introduce resolutions
From q repulsive antiquity through
the long progress OF years. he has be-
come civilized. Is a debt-payer mort
gage remover and a buttress Of pros
perity. He yields great luxury. He
must be reckOned with by the luck
less explorer OF the Yukon He is an
automatic reducer Of the corn supply
and raiser OF the price He is a bu-
colo bond, whose coupons are large
Etters Of Pigs
He IS patent pig a condenser Of
ham, head cheese, blue, bristles, but
tons, fertilizer, saddle covers and sau-
sage He IS a mint and the yellow
corn IS the bullion which he trans
Enits in coin In all homes he IS on
the tables, highbOTn, rich and poor
He IS with the soldier in the camp
snd the sailor on the deep.
AT Sz.75 per 100 ne IS q plebian and
We won't speak to him when we meet
him on the street At 1925 per 100 he
is u gentleman and a scholar. He stops
assOciating with the country people
and comes to town and becomes an
aEistOcrat. But soon he falls under
harmful Influences, gets il in the neck
at the packinghOuS6S and Is bled to
Heath Then he becomes the COM
fmerce Of the nation, the fat Of the
land.
Speaking Of making pork with corn
there may be other foods as shown by
the story told at the corner grocery.
Il can remember" said the philOsO-
pher, when rattlesnakes were so
thick that we couldn't raise corr"
What have rattlesnakes to do with
pigs?" was asked.
Why, the pigs used to eat en-" ne
answered.
How did they catch them ?"
MY sister" ne said, put a hat
with a stuffed bird on every pig. The
snake would try to charm the bird,
and then the pig would get him.
That's the way we kept our pigs
alive"
The pig gets one luxury dishwater.
Dishwater contains preserves, mOlas-
ses, pepper, tomatoes, onions, steak.
gravy, milk, pickles, grease, cheese,
and eXiied dishrags- It IS sour and
sweet, wholesome and tOOthSOme.
In Texas they have the razor back
hog. He IS made up after Swiss cot
tage architecture The highest peak
OF this corrugated back Is SIX inches
above his tail. His tail hangs like a
dishrag from q back window He
leaves the impression OF a man start
ing late to his Office in the morning.
He lives on roots and peanuts He viii
help his neighbor gather the crop
by crawling under the fence at night
Crossing him with blue blood gives
little Improvement The only effective
way to cross him IS with a railroad
train Then ne becomes a highbred
Berkshire. His ham is more juicy
than the hind leg Of an iron dog or a
pine knot
The city hog lives on tin cans and
tropical plants His tail has been
chewed OF by dOgs-he is curtailed-
His picturesque back is enhanced BY
a scalding from the cook
He can hide himself in a haystack