AJITDROSCOGGIN COUNTY SOCIETY. £§9 



found by those who have inadvertently '■'•taken the wrong pig by 

 the ear.'''' The voice of the hog is agreeable, especially to the owner, 

 although according to modern notions, not strictly musical, when 

 provoked or alarmed ; at other times, it is highly suggestive of peace, 

 happiness, contentment, indiiference, clear conscience, and good liv- 

 ing. The hog does not like to be cut up, and hence it is popular 

 with him, as with us, '■Ho go the whole hog'''' as long as he can, 

 and finally will always ^'■root^ rather than die.^^ In politics, he 

 inclines to "/ree 5oi/," never voting nor attending any caucus, but 

 manifesting his preferences by "actions which speak louder than 

 words." In practice he is a teetotaller, and hence is always able to 

 get out of the gutter without assistance, which some of his biped 

 companions are rarely able to accomplish. 



With these introductory remarks, we leave the hog, 'ph'iloso'phi' 

 cally considered, and proceed to state the result of our observations 

 upon the individual swine introduced to us by our fellow citizens of 

 the county, on the morning of Tuesday. 



Your Committee propose the following awards, viz : 



To Robert P. Briggs of Auburn, for the best boar, the first pre- 

 mium. 



This boar is a full-blooded Suffolk, sixteen months old. This 

 animal is so fine a specimen of that breed, and withal so cleanly, 

 that we are inclined to hope that "the true proverb" touching his 

 lady does not apply to his case, and that after so thorough a washing, 

 he will not, like her, "return to" his "wallowing in the mire." 

 The Suffolk is rather a small swine, but is valued for his omnivorous 

 appetite, readily eating almost anything given him, the consequent 

 rapidity of his fattening, and the superior quality of his pork. * He 

 was raised by Mr. Briggs, and has never had any corn nor meal. 



Milton Carville of Lewiston, directed our attention to his Suffolk 

 boar, seventeen months old. lie is somewhat smaller than the one 

 just noticed, and has run at large during the summer in the woods, 

 picking up his own food. By reason of these hardships, his hide 

 has become a trifle the worse for wear, and in that respect as well 

 as in his general appearance, inferior to that gentlemanly brute. 

 Your Committee, therefore, venture the suggestion, that while every 

 thing like dandyism or dressiness should be discountenanced in a. 



