Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-30
A PIG WITH A TIN HEAD.
One of the Sights in PopuIous and
Lively Part of New York City.


Did you ever see a pig with a tin headf"
inquired Harlem doctor OF n reporter.
a pig wi N a tin hcads \ real hive pig
with tin head;' That was the reporters
answer. 1t was equivalent TO a great big
NO"
Well, l have seen one said the doctor
Saw it the other day mp in Harlem. l
was taking a walk all by InyseIf-Tn sorry
that you were not with !ue-when, all of
sudden, I heard a child, little cirl, cry
out. oh, papa, look at the pig with a tin
head on him"
This little girl was the daughter OF one
Of those farmers who raise cablages. rad
ishes, lettuce and other green things for
the city market. The farmer himself and
the farmers wife were on their hands and
knees pulling the weeds out Of lettuce
bed and didn't hear the chjId's cry. 50
the little thing tried it again, oh. papa,
why don't you look up ard see the pig
with tin head on him!
Then the farmer did lcol, up and saw
that one of his own Berkshires. = yoVnGi-h
fellow. had stuck his nose so far into IA
great apple can that he really did look like
a pig with a tin head The farmer ran 10
the rescue, getting 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 crazy.
AT last, however, the pig was caught,
and then the farmer and his wife set az
work to take the can off his head Do you
know they couldn't bulge it. The c;.a
stuck fast. 1t couldn't have stuck faster
if it had really 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 ii seemed to dawn
Upon them that the case was a hopeless
one, whereupon each quit looking at the pig
and the can and began looking at the other.
The wife burst out crying: the man had 10
bite his lip to keep from doing the same
thing.
"All the while had been standing by
the fence watching the performance in the
yard. / thought it about time TO offer n
bit of advice.
whats the mattcrs' l asked.
Looking up the di>conSolate pair saw
me for the first time. They did not answer
in words They simply pointed at the pig
and the can.
'''Win it not come off?' l inquired just
as though l had not witnessed the unsuc-
cessful attempt to get it of.
The farmer shook his head sorrowfuIly
and the wife shook hers and gave t-cSh
'boohoo.'
III 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 be
hind the farmers galloping horse. We
reached the tinshop in jiffy, lifted the
pig out of the wagon and carried him into
the back shop.
1T was the work of about two minutes
for the tinman to unsolder the bottom
from the can. Then he took his shears
and cut path up the side of the can.
little twitch then and young Berkshire
was as cool as ever except that he had
slight cut Just back of his right ear where
the sha-p edge of the can had rubbed
against him.
How muchF demanded the farmer
"'Twenty-five cents answered the tin
man. That's our regular price for I'M
canning pigs heads
DO you suppose, DOCTOR asked the re-
porter, that the tinman ever did such
job as that before?''
No, do not" answered the doctor; ''he
was probably trying to be funny."-New
York Times.