go up and smell it and then run back to the herd. Finally one on them took an ear of corn and ran back and ate it. Slowly the other hogs did the same. Each day the farmer put the corn a little closer to the corral with the same results by the hogs. At last he placed the corn inside the corral. As they were inside eating he gradually completed the enclousure, board by board, and the hogs didn't even notice because they were inside eating the free corn. Finally he finished the gate and locked it. The hogs tried to get out, but he had 'em. FELLOW HOGS, WE'VE BEEN FENCED." . Anderson was a past president of the American Agricultural Editors Association. He and his wife were two of thirteen charter members of St. Paul's Southern Methodist Church in Nashville. Anderson died on August 30, 2002 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is interred at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin, in Williamson County, Tennessee. Bibliography Straight Talk: the Wit and Wisdom of Tom Anderson (1957) Silence Is Not Golden — It's Yellow (1973) Drink deeply from the fountain of knowledge. Don't just stand there and gargle. (1970) References External links Tom Anderson Papers at the University of Wyoming - American Heritage Center "Tennessee Authors" The University of Tennessee Inventory of the Tom Anderson Papers at Cushing Memorial Library, Texas A & M University. Photo of Thomas J. Anderson our campaigns.com |- 1910 births 2002 deaths 20th-century American politicians 20th-century far-right politicians in the United States 20th-century publishers (people) American columnists American Independent Party vice presidential nominees American magazine editors American magazine publishers (people) American male non-fiction writers United States Navy personnel of World War II American Party (1969) politicians American political writers American United Methodists Burials in Tennessee Businesspeople from Raleigh, North Carolina Businesspeople from Tennessee Farmers from Tennessee Military personnel from Tennessee John Birch Society members Writers from Dallas Politicians from Nashville, Tennessee Writers from Raleigh, North Carolina People from Sevier County, Tennessee Tennessee Independents Tennessee politicians United States Navy officers Candidates in the 1976 United States presidential election 1972 United States vice-presidential candidates Vanderbilt University alumni Writers from Tennessee