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Letter to Editor
April 8, 1858
The Greenville Advocate
Greenville, Bond County, Illinois
What is this article about?
Letter urges election of town trustees favoring enclosure of hogs, describing their destructive habits and refuting claim they act as street scavengers by citing Webster's definition.
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For the Greenville Advocate.
Shut up the Hogs.
The election of trustees for the town next month is an important one. We want to elect a board who are in favor of shutting up the hogs. These animals with their present migratory privileges are a great nuisance to every property holder in town, and the "rest of mankind." It is hardly necessary to enumerate their vicious and destructive habits, of climbing over and through ordinary fences, rooting up and destroying gardens; and in the case of a neighbor of mine, getting into his cellar and destroying a whole quarter of beef. The only argument I have heard in favor of letting these animals run at large, is that they are street scavengers. Let us give you Webster's definition of scavenger: "A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping and carrying off the filth."—Now is it not evident to every intelligent man, that these quadrupeds deposit more filth than they carry off. Let us, Mr. Editor, take some action on this subject, and nominate and elect a full board who are all right on the hog question.
VIEUXTEMPS.
Shut up the Hogs.
The election of trustees for the town next month is an important one. We want to elect a board who are in favor of shutting up the hogs. These animals with their present migratory privileges are a great nuisance to every property holder in town, and the "rest of mankind." It is hardly necessary to enumerate their vicious and destructive habits, of climbing over and through ordinary fences, rooting up and destroying gardens; and in the case of a neighbor of mine, getting into his cellar and destroying a whole quarter of beef. The only argument I have heard in favor of letting these animals run at large, is that they are street scavengers. Let us give you Webster's definition of scavenger: "A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping and carrying off the filth."—Now is it not evident to every intelligent man, that these quadrupeds deposit more filth than they carry off. Let us, Mr. Editor, take some action on this subject, and nominate and elect a full board who are all right on the hog question.
VIEUXTEMPS.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
Hog Enclosure
Town Trustees Election
Animal Nuisance
Street Scavengers
Property Destruction
What entities or persons were involved?
Vieuxtemps.
Mr. Editor
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Vieuxtemps.
Recipient
Mr. Editor
Main Argument
the town should elect trustees who support shutting up hogs to prevent their nuisance and destruction to property, as they create more filth than they remove despite claims of being street scavengers.
Notable Details
Quotes Webster's Definition Of Scavenger
Mentions Neighbor's Quarter Of Beef Destroyed By Hogs