The Clifton Record and Bosque County Tribune (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1990 Page: 2 of 28
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7WE CUFTON RECORD, THURSDAY. AUGUST 16, 1990, PAGE 2A
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Pigs 'Outsmart* Other Farm Animals
A long-running dispute exists be-
tween horse lovers and those who
favor cattle. Naturally, horse en-
thusiasts think horses are smarter
and the cattle people think cows are
smarter.
Actually, authorities say pigs have
both of them beat! Interestingly, the
intelligence of farm animals, I am
told, is based on the animal know-
ing when to stop eating. And, despite
the bad reputation pigs have for
overeating, a pig — unlike a cow or
horse, who will eat themselves silly
and founder if given the chance —
will never eat himself to death. Of
the three, he’s the only one who
knows when to quit!
Pig fanciers say oinkers make ex-
cellent house pets and that they are
easier to potty train than some chil-
dren! Imagine, pet owners are actu-
ally switching to swine these days!
Cows rank second behind pigs in
farm animal IQs. Although I’ve
dealt with a few cows that seemed
as dumb as posts, (Actually, they
were dumb like foxes. They knew
better than to climb into a trailer
headed for the locker plant.) I can
personally vouch for the intelligence
of two. One of these — a steer Eric
raised to be shown at the Central
Texas Fair — was a regular Houdi-
ni when it came to opening gates.
Somehow, the calf managed to get
out even though our son made cer-
tain the gate was closed. So, we
decided to hide and watch. Sure
enough, the steer was able to pull
the bolt on the gate with his mouth
and be out in a flash. Finally, Eric
had to wire the gate shut to stop the
steer from his daily escapades.
We also had a cow, once, that was
hooked on dry dog food. Every day,
she would venture up the side of the
bluff to our back yard and hffp her-
self to the dog’s dinner. Eric decid-
ed he’d put a stop to it by pushing
the pan of food up under our deck,
out of the cow’s reach. A few days
later, he called me out to see the cow
— down on her knees (if cows have
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knees) — sliding the pan out from
under the deck with her chin! And
even though we rotated pastures,
keeping her away from the dog food
for almost a year, the day she
returned, she headed straight for it!
As further prod' of the intelligence
of pigs and cows, I offer the follow-
ing story:
A Jew, a Hindu, and an Aggie were
traveling together in the Midwest on
a stormy evening when their automo-
bile broke down. They walked to a
nearby farmhouse where the farmer
offered to let them stay the night
T have room for two of you to sleep
in the house, but one will have to deep
in the barn,” he explained.
The Jew graciously offered to sleep
in the barn.
No sooner had the Hindu and the
Aggie gone to sleep than they heard
a knock on the door.
"I can’t sleep in the barn,” their
Jewish friend apologized. ’There’s a
pig down there!"
"No problem, ” the Hindu replied
'Take my bed I’ll go to the bam. ”
A short time later, more knocking
was heard at the door.
"Sorry to disturb you, but I can’t
sleep in the barn either, ’’ the supersti-
tious Hindu explained "There’s a cow
down there!"
’Til go, ” the Aggie announced
Within a few minutes, someone was
pounding at the door. The Jew and
the Hindu opened it There stood the
pig and the cow!
Who says piggies aren’t picky?
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Welcome To The Fair & Rodeo
THE 1990 CENTRAL TEXAS FAIR and Rodeo is
upon us again. Clifton is alt decked out and ready, the
fairgrounds have undergone the annual overhaul and
clean-up, and youngsters have been preparing their
livestock, crafts, and foods for the great multi-county
event.
LOCAL MERCHANTS ARE offering numerous fair-
time specials and many of them have published their
in this issue of The CMton
own special “welcome'
Record.
WE HOPE you have a wonderful time at this year's
fair and rodeo. Detailed information about many of the
goings-on are printed elsewhere in this issue of the lo-
cal newspaper, so get ready, get set, and go to the fair.
We’ll see you there!
—W. Leon Smith
Clifton Deserves Pat On Back For Efforts
In Local Hospital Fund-raiser
IF THERE’S ONE THING Clifton-area residents
are proud of it's the GoodaH-WHcher Hospital Founda-
tion — a medical complex that caters to the health
needs of not only Bosque County residents, but those
in surrounding counties, as well. The hospital’s repu-
tation as a high-quality facility is well-known through-
out the state — not only for the technological offerings,
but for the very real concern pnd talents exhibited by
some of the most competent doctors, nurses, and tech-
nicians in Texas.
THE HOSPITAL IS a major drawing card for at-
tracting new residents to the area, and it carries a sub-
stantial influence on the local economy, as many jobs
are provided by its existence.
WHEN DONATIONS WERE sought to be used to
modernize the facilities, local, area, and interested par-
ties from abroad focused in on the project and have
catapulted the funding beyond the soughLafter half-a-
mH'i(THESLCGAN USED TO epitomize the project -
“Making the Best Better’’ — is a description that
Cliftonites and Bosque Countians have been aware of
for years and years. To them, the hospital is the
best...on several levels. It's a rural, country hospital in
its hospitableness.-.and a big-city medical center in its
talent, technique, and technology.
THE CITIZENS OF CLIFTON are very proud of
their hospital, as is witnessed by the success of the re-
cent drive. But Clifton-area residents can be proud of
themselves, too, for going the extra mHe to assure that
the local medical facility is able to continue to offer the
best. Even in these hard-pressed economic times, the
substantial modernization funds were raised, which
says a lot for local values.
—W. Leon Smith
Regional 9*1-1 Advisory
Committee Meeting Set
WACO — The Regional 9-1-1 Ad-
visory Committee of the Heart of
Texas Council of Governments will.
meet at 10 a.m. on Aug. 15 in the
conference room of the Heart of
Texas Council of Governments
building located at 300 Franklin
Avenue, Waco.
The meeting is open to the public
and all interested persons are invit-
ed to attend.
For further information, contact
Elaine Lewin, 9-1-1 director, at
756-7822.
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to avoid gasoline rationing, told
Americans Saturday the energy
shortage is real but vowed they^vill
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— or $1 for a loaf of bread.”
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It’s funny how things turn
out...and turn around. Nowadays,
with the price of gasoline up, up and
away, one might actually wish, for
$l-a-gallon gasoline!
It’s interesting, too, to realize that
Nixon’s inability to keep promises
has been handed down to the latest
generation of Republican presi-
dents...especially the one who asked
us all to be lip readers.
We turned up the old copy of The
Timet while going through some
boxes of old newspapers recently.
The bold headline sent us quickly
aback... especially with the advent
of the Kuwait invasion and the im-
mediate surge in pump prices.
We read an interesting article in
The Dallas Morning Newt by the
author of a 1977 book entitled: The
Downfall of Capitalism and Com-
munism. In the article, Ravi Batra
predicts the demise of both capital-
ism and communism by the year
2000. He says that skeptics in 1977
“argued that the military-dominated
states of communism were invinci-
ble, whereas the American economy
was strong enough to be impenetra-
ble. No one is laughing now as the
Berlin wall has crumbled before our
very eyes and America is sinking
deeper into a vast ocean of debt.”
Batra argues that there are three
possible sources of political power-
military, intellect, and money.
“Thus society is sometimes dominat-
ed by warriors, sometimes by in-
tellectuals, and sometimes by the
wealthy. In fact, history reveals that
in every civilisation, the age of the
military is followed by the age of in-
tellectuals and then by the age of the
affluent or acquisitors. Eventually,
the acquisitors generate so much
materialism that other claaaes, fed
up with the aquisitive malaise, over-
throw their leaders in a social revo-
lution in which the influence of
money is eliminated from politics.
After the revolution, the warriors
come back to power, followed again
by the intellectuals, acquisitors, and
so on.”
Batra, a professor of economics at
SMU, says that different civiliza-
tions are sitting at different levels on
the upward and downward levels of
the social cycle, so they are ex-
periencing different trends. For in-
stance, HA close look at other
civilizations reveals that Muslim so-
ciety is now entering the age of ac-
quisitors... whereas Japan is in the
rising phase of that age. China had
a social revolution in 1949 and
evolved from the feudalistic age of
acquisitors into an age of warriors.
“Latin America is where India and
the West are, i.e., near a social revo-
lution (about to enter the age of war-
riors as they leave the age of
acquisitors).”
Batra boasts, “In the past 10,000
years of human history, the law of
social cycle has never failed. That is
why my forecasts, even though
mind-boggling and far-fetched, have
always come true.”
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Although we are not abeolutely
convinced that Batra is correct, there
are trends — shocking ones — that
only social revolution will be able to
change. It is no longer important
that holders of high public office be
honest, ethical, or even competent.
The new breed of “patriots” have
taught us to expect them to lie and
steal as they systematically chop
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