The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-31

the best way OF increasing his legacy.
Watson advised him to invest the mon
ey IN young hogs. In six months, or
SO, the hogs would be ready TO market
and would fetch three to four times
the original outlay. Watson partieu-
larry recommended bacon hogs, the
long. lean and rangey fellows that sell
at a premium in the Chicago stock
yards
Watson was a breeder Of bacon hogs,
and it was natural that he should rec
ommend this breed to Jake. SO Jake
invested his $500 in bacon hogs which
he bought from Watson They were
young hogs. shoats, they are af-
fectionately called by people who adj
mire pigs. With some people young
pigs are as cute and cunning as puppies
are to dog fanciers, or kittens are TO
women.
Hogs Thrived Amazingly.
Everything went we'll with Jakes
shoats. They thrived amazingly. At
three months they doubled in weight
At four months they were putting on
flesh roportionately-not fat. but
flesh
Jake did so much dreaming of his
round the world trip that he didn't
have much time to look after his hogs.
His wife had to do most of the look
ing after. and all the feeding of them.
Jake spent most of the day at Watson's
department store discussing the pro-
posed trip with his friends. Every
body was enthusiastic over the mat
ter and the renown 1t would bring to
Hopkins to have a globe trotter as a
| OCca sf0paIfy fho.4rb Soma
wag would soberly warn Jake to avoid
being gulled by the fellows who wanted
to show him how the pyramids turned
round, or the explosion on the ocean
beach.
! Promised Friends Foreign Cards.
Jake promised the boys all kinds OF
foreign eurios-a Filipino bolo for Sam
Templeton. which in case of emer-
gency could be used for a corn cutter
a stone from the pyramids for High
way Commissioner Charley Kne as a
sample for road building; some East
India bubonic plague germs for DR.
| Blowkey; a Japanese bath tub fol
oscar Spingle, who needed more baths
than he was accustomed to taking; 6
sandwich from the Sandwich Islands
for Joe Benn, who was always hungry
and a Chinese birds nest for the edi-
tor Of the Hopkins Weekly Hay Press
who is accused of printing a lot OF
stale news of the birds nest variety.
Family Not Overlooked.
Jake's family was not overlooked
Mrs. Jake Gentry was to have a cash
mere shawl. which Jake would buy
when he touched at Bombay or Cal
cutta. Jake's son, Jake Gentry, jr.
who was destined for the ministry
was to have map OF the Holy land
| bought at Jerusalem, although tn,
youngster pleaded for a shotgun IN
stead. Miss Jeanette Gentry. Jake'i
daughter, a girl of musical promise
was to have a Grecian Tyre and a Jap
anese kimono.
The enthusiasm grew as Jake's hog
grew and fattened. Jake's trip wa
the one absorbing topic of converse
ton in Hopkins. Those who wer
promised souvenirs were anxious tina
Jake should get away and make
quick return. Those who were un
promised secretly hoped that he woul
not overlook them.
Hogs Nearly Ready for Market.
The six months were up. The shoat
|
market but the market wasn't salts
factory.
Jake, who was fierce to get ava,
was for immediate shipment in spit
CT the market But Watson persuade
: him to walt until the market took a
r upturn. Anyhow. argued Watson,
the market don't improve no risk wa
} being run as the hogs were gettin
hco rio oil Ia1r
anxious to start on the round tn
? world trip, reluctantly decided to wal
Heard Stricken With Cholera
. Then something happened The hog
E were stricken with cholera Jake
!. wife was the first to notice the drea
2 disease. Jake had been submerged !
/ his preparations for departure and til
= making out Of list of presents fl
] his friends that he had neglected tn
s animals.
Jake was frantic to rush the hog
whether sick or well, to market, whic
e is a common custom among hog raiseI
v Unfortunately DR.. Bill Blowkey, our e
3 hcient veterinary surgeon. advise
: Jake to let him dose the herd with h
n heretofore unfailing hog cholera cur
S asserting that it would pull the
through all right. In an evil momel
S Jake agreed, instead of rushing II
: hogs to market.
Hog Cure Fails to Cure.
= DR.. BIowkey's sure cure didn't wor
n Half Of the hogs died. Jake consoI
| himself with the reflection that the
were enough left to take him as f
as the holy land and the pyramiC
maybe Port Said.
Then half those remaining succum
&c, much to the distress of Jak,
family, the friends to whom he h.
= promised curios. and DR.. Blowke
ie whose professional reputation W
.e waning.
ie At this stage Jake, who was a oh
h osopher. reflected: IN save enouj
% of them to take me to England. tt
globe trotting business is a hurnbr
q. anyhow. A trip TO the old country
,e far enough for me-"
/ The Hog Herd Wiped Out.