He left them with his drover in the road and went on to town and told the buyer that he would need help to bring 'em in.
"'How's that ?' the buyer asked.
"'Why they git away an' go to runnin' through the woods an' fields an' we can't keep up with 'em.' "'I don't think I want 'em,' says the buyer.

'A speedy hog hasn't much pork to carry.

I'll give ye twenty bits to let me off.'" "I guess that Yankee had one more hog than he'd counted," said Samson.
"It reminds me of a man in Pope County who raised the biggest hog in Illinois," Abe went on.

"It was a famous animal and people from far and near came to see him.

One day a man came an' asked to see the hog.
"'We're chargin' two bits for the privilege now,' said the owner.
"The man paid the money and got into his wagon.
"'Don't you want to see him ?' the farmer asked.
"'No,' said the stranger.