The Newtown bee., 1906-12-07
THOSE WILD PIGS.

s. J. Logan writes an interesting letter to the Waterbury American in regard to the SO-called "wild pigs" " He says: In the Semi-weekly American of November 13, there appears under the Watertown items an account of a wild pig roaming the wiles of West Morris, and party of Waterburian hunters on election day saw, not the animal, but his fresh burrowiRgs, and 8 com bine is to form to search for the animal after, I suppose, the wild boar hunt fashion in Germany. The Wa tertOwn account says that last Janu- ary two pigs escaped from farmer in that vicinity, shortly after one died and the other is still at large.
 Fms account bears such a strong likeness to an experience and obser- vatiOn of my own am tempted to give 1t you, whether one is the utRrowth of the other or not. The facts are these: Last Easter Sunday had four fall pigs in my pen and a butcher en, gagged to kill and dress them the next morning. Towards night of Easter day two of the pigs, perhaps appreben- top board of the pen and clambered over. In trying to get them back they suffered fright and divided their courses of escape, one taking to the west and one to the east under such conditions of fright as possessed that swine herd in the New Testament times that went down steep place into the sea. The western course pig took to the wooded pastures that way and was sometimes seen by the school children and herded with young stock turned out to early grass. Once he. came to a farm house with stock. The t1t. h J 11, 1vo
 In an effort to laSsO him he bunted the board fence and went out as though it were 8 paper screen. The eastern course pig took to the brush and woods in that dire ction and while he was not often seen the upturned soil told his hunting places. After some weeks, by instinct, or race feeling or vagrant wanderings, they got together and re- mained so. In midsummer neigh bnr's hired man of foreign birtb, in hunting for cattle to salt, smelt some thing of decaying evidence and look ing about found body much too dead
 70 phew! and crawling with bugs" he said, and evidently in the last stages of recoenizance: The remaining pig was sometimes seen, but at mans ap- proach took to the woods, but the up
 turned turf revealed his haunting
 places. Last Sunday we had cold rain storm, my neighbours young stock breaking from their enclosure sought shelter under a wall at the rear ofmy
 barn, and there, just at night, dis covered the lone pig. At early mOrn- ing l found he had left, and oD the rising hills to the east 1 saw him mak- ing for the woods. l went for my nefghhor, Fred Powell, who has good rife and good eye. and gave him the range Of the fleeing pig with instruc- tiOns to shoot if he saw opportunity, and take with him helper with stick ing knife. Powell went on a still hunt, and in the verge of the woods, through dried golden rod stalks and tree, taking his morning meal. He popped him over and bled him, and the two with team and horse-sled brought him soon after to the scaldinR tub. He dressed clean, white ano nice Epicureans say his liver cooked fine and tender. His flesh went to the Waterbury market undsr der "Billy dressed weight was 19O pounds. If you, MT Editor, or any others, are din- ing off any pig rib roast of fine quality it may be piece of this wild pig, that fattened of the wild pastures and woods of this region. I should have said tbat Supt w. R. Keaveney at the American Brass Company was at my house few days ago and saw the pig and gave him chase. He estimated him as towards 300 pounds. But flee ing game always looks big. Perhaps the combine of Waterbury and Wa tertown hunters have had their fun and search, though they have lost the glory of the sl,ughter.- J. Logan