Didn't read the emails over the weekend so am just now catching up. Re this story -- THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT -- "slaughter"??? This hog should have a seat at the table, not be served at it! :-) > [Original Message] > From: Nancee Seifert <iggy29@grm.net> > To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> > Date: 5/2/2010 9:06:14 AM > Subject: [IADECATU] HIBERNATING HOG.... > > I don't know if this would be considered 'Off Topic' -- or not -- since it > was printed in the Decatur County Journal... Nancee > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Decatur County Journal > Leon, Iowa > March 11, 1920 > > According to the Greentop, Mo., Booster, a hog can live a long time without > food or drink. It has the following item concerning one that disappeared > last fall when Walter Dyer, thrashed his wheat. Search was made but no > trace of it could be found. It was considerable of a mystery but Dyer was > too busy to devote much time to solving it. It seems he was making a straw > shed for some of his stock to winter in and before it was finished the roof > fell in and he abandoned the work. In clearing away the straw imagine his > amazement when he beheld a long, thin, skeleton-like hog drag itself from > beneath the pile. A close inspection revealed the undeniable fact that the > hungry porker was the one he had lost last fall. The hog was little more > than skin and bones. Dyer is sure the hog will regain its lost weight and > be ripe for slaughter long before fall. > > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message