The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-10-13
MANITOWOC. WIS. OCTOBER 13, 1892.
A PIC WITH A TIN HEAD.
What q Harlem Doctor Saw He Was
Out Walking.

"Did you ever see a pig with a tin
head?" inquired a Harlem doctor of a
| n. Y. Times reporter.
"a pig with tin head9 A real live
pig with tin head?" That was the
reporters answer. 1t was equivalent
to great big @No."
"Well, | have seen one," said the
| doctor. "Saw it the other day up in
Harlem. l was taking a walk all by
| myself-I'm sorry that YOU were not
with me-when, all of a sudden, /
| heard child, little girl, cry out:
| oh, papa, look at the pig with tin
| head on him.
@This little girl was the daughter of
one of those farmers who raise cab
bages, radishes, lettuce, and other
green things for the city market. The
| farmer himself and the farmers wife
| were on their knees pulling the weeds
out of the lettuce bed and didn't hear
| the child's cry. So the little thing
tried it again: oh, papa, why don't
you look up and see the pig with tin
| head on him!'
"Then the farmer did look up and
saw that one of his Berkshires, a
youngish fellow, had stuck his nose SO
| far into great apple can that he real
ly did look like a pig with tin head.
| The farmer ran to the rescue over the
ground as fast as he could in his great
| humping boots. But it was at least
| fifteen minutes before he could catch
the pig, which was rushing about all
over the premises, as though he was
either drunk or crazy.
"At last, however, the pig was
caught, and then the farmer and his
wife set at work to take the can off his
head. Do you know they couldn't
bulge it. The can stuck. fast. 1t
couldn't have stuck faster if it really
had been part of the pig.
after trying all sorts of ways to
loosen the can for about five minutes,
Mr. and Mrs. Farmer at one and the
same instant sat down on the ground
and fixed their eyes upon the pig and
the can, as though each was studying
how to separate the one from the
other. Then it seemed to dawn upon
them that the case was hopeless one,
| whereupon each quit looking at the
pig and the can and began looking
at each other. The wife burst out cry
ing and the man had to bite his lips to
keep from doing the same thing.
"All the while l had been standing
by the fence watching the perform
ance in the yard. l thought it about
time to offer bit of advice.
".What's the matter?' l asked.
Looking up the disconsolate pair
/ saw me for he first time. They did
not answer me in words. They simply
pointed at the pig and the can.
"'Wiil it not come off?' inqui red
just as if | had not witnessed the TN.
successful attempts to get. it off
Tie farmer SHOOK his head sorrow
fully. and then the wife gave a fresh
'boo-hoo'
"'I'll tell you what to do with him.
said |. Take him to tinshop, and
be quick about it,
a minute later the farmer, his wife,
his daughter, the pig and the can and
| myself were speeding down Columbus
avenue behind the farmers galloping
horse. We reached the tinshop in a
jiify, lifted the pig out of the wagon
aud carried him into the back shop.
at was the work of about two min
| utes for the tinmau to unsolder the
bottom from the can. Then he took
his shears out and cut path up the
| side of the can. A little twitch then
and young Berkshire was as good as
ever. except that he had a Slight cut
just back of his righs ear, where the
sharp edge of the can had rubbed
against him.
"'How much?' demanded the farmer
"'Twenty-five cents answered the
tinman. That's our regular price for
uncanning pigs heads.
'Do you suppose, DOCTOR" asked the
reporter, that that tinman ever did
such job as that oeforc?"
NO, | don't" answered the doc.
tor; "hc was probably trying to b.
funny"