A Fat Hog Versus a Consumptive Woman
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley recently said, with some show of truth, that it was better to be a fat hog than a woman with consumption; and gave an instance of where a woman with a child, stricken with tuberculosis, applied to the state and then to the Federal Government, for assistance, but was told that there was no appropriation to cover her case. But in the same town, there was a farmer who had a fat hog that was taken sick with cholera, and he sent a wire, "collect," to the Department of Agriculture, and received a reply, "Keep your hog alive for twenty-four hours, and one of our men will be there." And within a day, three representatives from the Department of Agriculture arrived, treated the hog, and the animal recovered.