Ours was a tranquil neighborhood -- in the days when the razor-back hog stalked up and down the earth seeking whom he might devour. He was considered a bird of freedom and when the first curtailment of his liberties was threatened, his human friends arose in arms and the seige of Troy was a fourth of July farce in comparison. Just why the razor-back stood so in with the people we have never been able to learn for it was certainly not on account of his usefulness or beauty -- he had neither. The people were unusually law abiding and would as soon violate a statute than they would break one of the sacred commandments -- but the razor-back hog had inalianable rights which they were bound to respect and defend, so when an honest settler moved into the community, secured a strip of domain and proceeded to enclose it with a "shanghai fence," as per provision of the recently passed "hog law," as it was designated, without the aid or consent of any other nation, they considered i! t unjust innovation and he found it hard to resist public opinion even if he did have the law on his side. The contest was a warm one but time settled it without bloodshed, other than that of a few lean porkers. -- AUTHOR UNKNOWN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert October 15, 2004 [email protected]