Evening journal., 1912-09-27
AWidow' Hog
By QAD
Copyright. Isi2. by Associated lit
erary Press.

Nheu you Strike the village you
strike the hog" is an old saying among
those who drive about There may be
Ordinances against him. but they can.
moi be enforced. The hog is turned
loose to make the village picturesque
and he never quits his job until called
: upon to ill the pork barrel.
The village OF Stamford had its hogs
and It's msdholes to comfort them. San
Harris was one OF the fifty hog own
ems. and when he died he left his wild
ow house and lot and a hog. 1t
wasn't poker in a pen. but a hog
that was running at large around tbs
streets OF the village. 1t was agains
the ordinance for live stock to run
large. but everybody felt sorry fol
/, Sans widow. and the hog was not dis
turbed. II was only when Josiah Film,
was made viilnge marshal that the oid
black porker was driven of 20 tn,
+. pound one day. There were folks tina
said it WAX right and folks that sal 8
was wrong. and there was
much feeling about il that after two q
three days public meeting was Gale
? There was big turnout. and thu hf.
7 speaker was Squire Fiatbush. III,
squire always starts every one Of hi,
speeches with the landing of the pl
grims and gradually works own
Abraham Fuller came next Abe ha .
an undeliyered Fourth OF July adore
that he had been holding on to for ST.
erai years. and he mad determined {
ring 1t in On this occasion. he beg.
with the battle Of Lexington. and
; got down To Benedict Arnold before D..
brought III the hog. From that IL
until the colonies won their independ
ence. liberty and the widow Harr..
! the Amer an eagle and that black n
were saudwiched in to make a powe
full speech Of II. and when he closed /
was amid applause Had a vote bee
taken then the hog would have bee
released. but there was a delay Of tW
or three minutes. and it was fata
Moses Taylor got his feet under hil
and rose up and began on that spec,
OF his abou. the rise AMI fall Of ths
Roman empire. He had got it OF q
dozen times before. and it had always
weighed a ton Moses was the only
. man who WAS way up on the Roman
empire. and be knew it and made tb
4 best Of it. In eleven minutes he ere
Rted and destroyed the empire ant
Knocked oul the widows hog, and hi.
own Oratoriral effect was decided to b,
equal to anything OF Clay's.
Ebenezer Schoolcraft had range
himself with the antl-hog anti-widov
party He had resurrected a political
speech he made when General Grant
was a candidate for a second term
Everybody was wondering Just how
he could swing the hog into tn,
speech. but he did It as handsome A.
you please and made it tell. 1t was
over half hog and had there been .
campaign on Il would have elected the
whole county ticket When he had
concluded and sat down with a broken
suspender. there was a general feeling
that the Widows hog would never
emerge from the public pound until
the fees had been paid IN cash.
1t was then that the prohogs put
forth their last card. They had got
hold Of a barbed wire fence man who
could take the top OF a liberty pole
and he rose up with his ears working
His speech was a happy combination
"a OF Napoleon, Washington. Judas Is
CARROT American independence, the
Missouri compromise and the widows
hog. and he didn't give anybody ans
time to rest He was as gentle as a
baby and as savage as a meat AZ BY
turns. and some OF his thunderbolts
made the shingles rattle. He was be
ing paid cash for his speech. and be
wanted to introduce his brand OF barb
ed wire TO our community, and his
shirt collar was wilted in the FIRST
four minutes windmill man or a
sewing machine agent wouldn't have
had one show IN a thousand against
him. Every time he jumped two feet
high and came down to bang on the
desk with both fists he lifted two
y thirds of the audience of the benches
and when he sank his voice in a whis
per and softly waved his arms be
melted hearts.
There were ten men shedding tears
and feeling for that hog when the mar
sat down. and for two or three
minutes everybody chewed tobacco
and kept his feet still. A vote was
about to be taken as to whether the
hog should be turned loose and per
mitted the freedom Of the town the
rect of his life, or held for. the fees
and turned into the pork barrel. wher
Idsh Billings came sauntering In
I.ish is always little late at public
meetings, but his opinion goes good
way.
wed like 10 hear from Mr.. Billings
on this case" says the chairman.
But what it isY' asked L4sh.
ITS a hog case"
\ "Who's hogT'
'aThe widow Harris
whats your dear asked the chair
\ man.
Il hain't got none. While you hav'
(. been arguing the matter he's starved
|. TO death In the pound. and II there's
any more talk here II had better b
N about saving his bristlesl"
q Then Josiah Flint felt 1t his dut,
70 make a call on Mrs. Harris and an
nounce:
'Widder. II is with sorrow that
make this statement that your blacl
Il hog Is no more"
3 'You mean that he is desdF' sh'
asked
H sDead az a door nailP'
e0rh.rk hnovanf I've 49,. hoofn.