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Show H' THE OBLOQUY OF THE PIG B A Chicago dispatch notes that a B pig's bead was proposed as an em- Hi hlcm of the city of Chicago, to bo Hi used on badges for tho coming Chris- B tlnn Endeavor convention in that H', city next Juno. Chicago people havo B' naturally protested and somo other H subject will be chosen. Tho Incident K1 raises tho question as to how far tho H lowly reputo of tho pis Is deserved. B If you want to think up tlio mean- B i est possible epithet, you cn'l a man B a noS or I'-B- No othor term com' B pares with It In contumely. Dog ap- B pears In the term a dog'j Wt, which H signifies that a person Is greatly B abused, but couvoys no suggestion of HI reproach. Skunk gives tho Idoa of B a rather active power for malevolence Bk pntltlliiir thn noraon thus described H ' to a certain backhanded respect. I'tg B suggests moro course grossness, with 1 I out redeeming fcaturo. H I Probably tho contempt In which tho H pig Is regarded Is duo to his sup- H ( poscdly dirty habits. Man of tho H old tlmo farjners used to keep him B primarily to work over stable ma- H nuro. Tho pig is said to prefer clean H quarters. Certainly in his Infancy he H comes forth a protty ball of whlto B ness. Ho Is doomod by custom to H dirty" nnd odorous servitude. What H wonder that bo puts both foot In the H trough since eating Is his ono con- H Eolation. H Under the food producer's art, his H flesh Is turned Into golden bacon, H ' whoso spicy tang Is tho most appo- H tltlzlng sensation of tho provision B shop. Ham and pork uro tho back H bono of tho tablo In theso days of H ' high cost of buef. B I'orhaps somutlmo tho pig will ho H kept In cleaner and sweeter quarters. H Tho raising of food under such con- H dltlons should bo moro wholesome to H the consumer, and moro prolltablo to H l tho producer. Tho pig might oven H ncqulro a social Btntlon equal to that H of the ox or tho sheep, and perhaps B bo nccoptablo us an omblem to any B city that was prominently concorned B '" Pfcparlug him for tho market. |
