Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-05-16
A PIG WITH A TIN HEAD.
One of the Sights In q Popuious and
Lively Part of New York City.

One of the Sights In q Popuious and
Lively Part of New York City.
ibid you ever see pig with a tin headi"
inquired a Harlem doctor of reporter.
"A pig with a tin headi A real live pig
with n tin headf" That was the reporters
answer. 1t was equivalent to great big
mo"
"Well, have seen one," said the doctor.
saw it the other day up in Harlem. l
was taking walk all by myself-Pm sorry
that you were not with me-when, all of
sudden, heard child, a little girl, cry
out, oh, papa, look at the pig with tin
head ON himp
"This little girl was the daughter of one
Of those farmers who raise cabbages, rad
lshes, 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 child's cry. So
the little thing tried it again, oh, papa,
why don't you look up and see the pig
with a tin head on himl
"Then the farmer did look up and saw
that one of his own Berkshires, youngish
fellow, had stuck his nose SO far into a
great apple can that he really did look like
pig with tin head. The farmer ran to
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 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 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 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 the other.
The wife burst out crying; the man had to
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 1t about time to offer a
bit of advice.
Looking up the disconsolate pair saw
me for the first time. They did not answer
in words. They simply pointed at the pig
and the can.
"'Will it not come offp inquired just
as though had not witnessed the unsuc-
cessful attempt to get it off.
'fThe farmer shook his head sorrowfully
and the wife shook hers and gave a fresh
'boohoo.'
cpl 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 a jiffy, lifted the
pig out of the wagon and carried him into
the back shop.
ut 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. A
little twitch then and young Berkshire
was as good as ever except that he had a
slight cut just back of his right ear where
the sharp edge Of the can had rubbed
against him.
"'How much2' demanded the farmer.
"Twenty-fve cents answered the tin
man. That's our regular price for un-
canning pigs heads"
"Do you suppose, DOCTOR" asked the re-
porter, that the tinman ever did such a
job as that before?"
mo, do not" answered the doctor; che
was probably trying to be funny."-New
York Times.