Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-06
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Editor Keowee Courier: | wish to
bring before the readers of your eX-
cellent paper the characteristics of Il
new breed OF hogs recently developed
i'm this county. Solomon says there is
nothing new under the sun, but with
due Difference to Uncle Sol, think
he is mistaken, for we have right
here in Oconee a tangible and ocular
demonstration to the contrary.
Rev. Mr.. Stansell--by the way, n
fine young man-while teaching in
the upper part Of the county, came
| across what he considered a very re-
| markable hog. lie decided to buy
her, paying fancy price. She is a
peculiar hog as to form, habits, diet,
| ctc.--in fact, she is made OF pecul-
! iaritieS. She had the frame Of a
| 300-pounder, but weighs only fifty
| pounds: her head, or proboscis, is
two-thirds the length Of her body.
| After keeping her three weeks and
| starving her into eating nearly gal
lon OF corn, Rev. Stansell decided to
sell her.
She seems to not take to civilized
food, whether from patriotism, want
| ing to save grain for our allies, or
not, is not known. Any how she
| seems to thrive best on wire grass
| and hickory nuts. am more in
| clined to think it is from pure cuss-
| edness; that she has the soul Of an
old, defunct Kaiser in her, hence re-
! fuses to make meat for us to carry on
the war.
She has attracted q great deal OF
attention. Some came with an eye
! to purchase, and among the latter
was John Peay Che will vouch for
| what I here state.) While peeping
! through a crack Of the stable and
asking questions, the SOW caught his
eye, and, being in one Of her playful
moods. rushed towards him, swapping
her jaws like an alligator; and John
believing "discretion the better part
| Of valor," turned and fled. Whether
he stopped on reaching home or not
is not known, as he was still running
when last heard from.
Will Brucke was the next applicant
for the prize. He struck a bargain
with the parson-of course paying a
good premium--and being man OF
nerve, he grabbed pitchfork and
sailed forth to conquer or die. his
mind busy as to how he would cap
ture the SOW. He fell upon a novel
plan, as the sequel will show. Catch
ing her head turned slightly, he
knocked her senseless. and while un-
der the influence of this opiate, by
using dispatch, got her home and
Gagged before she revived. it being
but 400 yards distant. One timorous
soul said that people had better stop
going to see her without having their
lives insured. but think there is no
danger, especially when she is asleep.
AS to feeding her, one need run no
risk, as one could stand at a safe
distance and shoot corn into the pen
with shotgun.
The originator OF this breed is a
mountaineer who had nothing else
to do but to fool with hogs. He has
immortaliZcd himself, and Messrs
Stanscll and Brucke are deserving OF
| scarcely less credit as promoters.
1t has been suggested that. if prop
| erly trained, this breed OF hogs could
be used to advantage by Gen. Perish,
ing in France as couriers,. as they are
as quick as lightning (and almost as
| fataD, and would laugh at wire en-.
tanglements, as they can go through
any hole that will admit their nose
| Bro. Stansell says that hog sure
got on his nerves, that he now find:
them much steadier and rests better
of nights. The hog is still observing
grainless days; she is now put en-
tirely on substitutes.
had almost forgotten: The name
OF the breed Is "The wonder" Sht
has a pedigree yard long.
a Friend.