Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-18
DEPREDAnoNs OF THE PIcNc-HoGs

, eaten sandwiches, with the skins of oranges and bananas and frankfurters. Not one in ten ever went to the trouble of picking up the garbage and burying, burning or removing it.
 The camping parties, who pitched tents and spent the night, were even worse. In addition to all that the picnickers did, they used to did out holes for their fires. cut down saplings to secure room l for their tents and supply tirewood, and broadcast the floor of the grove with empty bottles and jagged tins. No one | of either class ever thought of digging latrine on arrival and filling it up on departure. They didn't always put out their fires on leaving.
 The result has been that for several years this bit of naturally beautiful and | attractive shore has become. by the end l of the summertime, fostering nuisance of decaying garbage, of ragged stufnps, l of nauseous filth which not even the 1 frosts and snows of winter and the cleansing rains of spring could quite re- store to normal decency.
 | It is no wonder to me that the own. | CT has now fenced the hogs out Tse real wonder is that he didn't do it years ago.
 No. that isn't the real wonder, either. l IS T0eSA and picnickers. being two-legged animals. walking upright on their feet and sup 7 posedly possessed of common sense shouldn't use that sense to protect their own future Interests. They didn't need to reach such height of modernly i'm possible altrusion as to consider the rights of the owner. All that was necessary | was that they should think of their l chances the next summer, either at the same place or at some other.
 They knew that they were using an- ! other mans property, on his sufferanee | by his tacit permission and through his kindliness. The very first thought of a | decent being, under such circumstances would be to show appreciation of the liberty granted by leaving the place in as good condition as he found it. The second thought of any being lowered l with reasonable human foresight .wo.1ld | be that he might want to camp there again, some other summer, and that it was for his own selfish advantage to keep the owner 50 good-natured that the privilege would be again accorded.
 But no; the majority showed by their conduct that they were affected in no whit either by any sense of gratitude for tayors granted, nor even by any sensi- ble selfish Cegard for themselves. They couldn't put themselves in the owners place; they couldn't see beyond their own noses. So now they are passing by on the outside Of his barbed wire and looking for some other less attractive place to despoiI and desecrate.
 This is a very small and may seem to some of you a very unimportant mat ter In itself it is. But, as an ex- ample Of a wide-spread and growing characteristic, 1t is sadly significant. I am not disposed to class 1t with bootIes- gIng ana automobile stealing. Neverthe- less, 1t is a sprout from the same root Which nurtures these graver crimes.
 T Anyway, it is a straw indicating which way the wind is blowing. And the wind sage '''''i7 pre-
 It is a significant fact that most of the offenders in this particular case have been parties from the city. Right here understand that I must tread lightly and speak gingerly We farmers are so accustomed to being "hauled over tba coals' that a fresh roasting or two ie
 only part of the days work. If only l farmers were involved I wouldn't hesi- 1 tate to use language adequate for describ- ing the conduct I have briefly rehears- ed. But our city friends are sensitive -..S-S tN4NA must pt uduuleQ With gloves
 Therefore I withhold the adtectiyes .ts gy, fwnich fairly jump at me from the type
 writer keys and content myself with a mild suggestion and appeal.
 Would it not show wiser juagmen,
 and keener foresight as well as more commendable kindliness on thsir nart
 1T, when enjoying a summer davis loat unoer the trees or along the lake shores Of some farmers property, they sbonJd so conduct themselves as to make Fir wiling perhaps even glad to see theIr agaln2 Wouldn't such behavior cast ar anchor to windward? Wouldn't it roaTe for their own future pleasure? Leaving out of sight for +ba ,..,,..
 all thought of legal or moral risbts l wouldn't it be for their own purely ss1
 nsh advantage to act the part of con
 sldera1e guests, rather than assume tb, role of razor-back hogs in a clover field la
 Isn't 8 hearty hand-shake and a .Gia,
 10 see you again make yourselves cor,
 tortable" even from a bagey-kneed oI, larnner' better than a barbed wire fenc,