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A Columbia County Boy's Recollections and Memories of Columbia County Florida (2012) Lenvil H. Dicks

A LITTLE HUMOR

A city boy moved to the country and bought him a farm, with the idea that he would raise pigs. So he
bought him a sow, and the man he bought the sow from assured him that he would be able to raise a
good crop of pigs.

So, next morning he runs out to the pig pen, and is disappointed to find there are no pigs. The man who
owned the adjoining farm down the road happened to come by, and listen to the man’s troubles.

He asked him, “Have you put your sow with a male hog?” The city boy replied, “No I didn’t know 1
needed to”.

The man said, “Well, load her up in your wheelbarrow tomorrow morning and bring her over to my
place, and we will shut her up with my male hog tomorrow, and you can bring the wheelbarrow back
tomorrow afternoon and you can take her back home”.

He did this, and the next morning he runs out to the pig pen to look at the pigs, and of course there
aren’t any. He repeats his process each day for the next few days, each morning going out to the pig pen
to see if there are any pigs, and of course there aren’t any.

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However, on the 5 morning he gets a little encouragement. Of course there are still no pigs, but the old
sow is already sitting up in the wheelbarrow.

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