Wick Jarrett invites a neighbor to a gathering at his eldest son, Ulysses’s, home for a hog hunt. The neighbor enters Ulysses’ house and sees the rest of the guests: Ulysses’s cousins, his sisters, his brothers-in-law, another neighbor, and the aged midwife, Aunt Besh, who lives with Ulysses and his family. The neighbor joins the rest of the guests and warms themselves by the fire. The men then get up, go to the cellar house, and gather food while drinking. Returning to where their wives gather, the men chat a bit before everyone goes to hunt the hogs. 

After the hunt, one of the guests, Aunt Besh, approaches Dow and asks if she had helped deliver him at birth. One of the other women tells Aunt Besh not to embarrass their company. When the food is ready, people gather for a meal. Dow falls half asleep while the men jokingly poke fun at their wives. Two of the guests, John and Will, have a friendly snowball fight outside as the other guests watch. After dessert, everyone gets ready for bed.