The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-23
FUGAX LABITUR PORCULUS
EHEU was CREASED. RCT NE
Was CAU6HT ALL THE SANE.

Get Hls lAberty From a Crate and ms
Grease Prem . PlFkln - aSGt Lard On
Deitcaaessen store Exciting Ne
Nival - an Old apSrt IN Jersey GIty.
Sing. o Muse. the perils and adventure
od the ptg that. escaping from Grated
captivity. caused a renaissance of the
sports % the forsfathers In Jersey City
az 2;is yesterday afternoon. sing tho
revival 81 tho pleasures of the chase %
said pig through the streets and point q
moral even ~ that pig adorned a tail.
There stood at the corner % Washing
ton and Montgomery streets an express
wagon destined for a butcher shop and
containing a crate. In this crate was a
pig Of tender years and hesh. The pig
vAs named Eheu. not because that IA the
Latin for -Slas' and 10 therefore appro-
pirate 20 his foreordained and preCes-
tined fate. but because that II what he
called himself.
Eneu had been Grated up in Pompton.
y. u. and had arrived in Jersey CITY 10y
the New York. Susquehanna and wes-
tern Railroad. And here is where his swift
fortune lay. On the n Y. q. a W. railroad
mere ls q baggage man who during the
long intervals between stations IL wont
10 study Latin. lie completed the first
years course on the express between
Pompton and Blairstown. After the
uAin left Blairstown he took up Cseaar
and had divided him into three parts by
the time the train reached Stroucisburg.
"a. On the return he mastered verRil
and Cicero. and by the time the train
reached POmpton he was reading freely
from Ovid and slowly mesamorphOsinR
the express to the devil.
AZ Pompton Eheu got on the train. The
haggage mans attention was hrst at
iSacted TO the animal by hearing him
ejaculats repeatedly: -Eheul Eheu!-
Not knowing the pigs name. the baggage
man thought he was lamenting -Alasi
AlAs'- and feeling q great pity for the poor
creature he loOaened several Of the bars
Of the crate in which he was confined.
So IL happened that when the express
finally reached Jersey City Eheu found
himself able TO escape with slight EFFORT
He waited till he wns in the express wagon
and nearing the butcher shop before he
gently pushed his snom between two
hars and wedged himself through
Quickly leaping 90 the pavement. he ran
down Montgomery street.
A he ran Eheu h@stily reflected on the
possibilities. He might. IL was true. 20
10 Chicago sDd, after reaching maturity.
command tli a hundred for his person
But then in the several months of wait
ing before he should come Of age the Dr,ce
might 90 down. and the thought of de1th.
which had been 40 close upon him few
moments since. made the Chicago IDEA
utterly distastsful He decided thai n
would be b-st to 60 TO the circus az Mad
son Square Garden. over on this side.
" here he would 10 proudly exhibited as
a rare specimen Of the tli hog and live
In luxury Accordingly he directed his
steps 90 the Pennsylvania Railroad Sta
ton.
Now Il 81 happened that az the moment
Eheu e-cap@d down Montgomery street
John White. driver Of the express Ne aon
looked around. When h. snw Ehati ln
iull night Mr. White refined in he horses
and, closely followed by David Madden.
his helper on the wagon. he st out In
pursuit kh"u. Elancing hack noted them
In his wake. and knowing that ~. rn,I-t
eventually he rtaksn End lilo he rnad..
NJ his mind TO die the death " a hero
With joyous pagan grunt hs div.-d INTO
= PASSING delcste~-en shop ana with one
hound waliowed in firkin of hard Nor
did all the yslls Of the Outrd R~d dabca
iessen man restrain HIM
Out into the open and down the street
daahed fheu. pleased to observe thst he
stil had good lead over the eXpte---
men still. the swift pace he had 10 -at
made Eheu persptre. and the lard kradu-
ally melting. diftIsed itself evenly over hia
body. lie Was thoroughly CREASED pig.
and unCOnsciously the eNpres~fnan were
revivIng the most ancient Of rur,l Amer
can sports
At Man str--t stood Policeman Denis
sullivan scanning the distant horizon .
soon he beheld . heck whsrs sky naeta
The feck grew larger and
assumed tn" shape 81 KitsteninE piR
hOtly pursued by two eNproSsmsn. two I
butchers. two children. two dogs and ons. I
telicate~sen man. BrAcing himself for
The fray Policeman sullivan made on.
unge NJ the pig A. he passed f,-"tIy Nv I
Before he could rise the whole cloud 81 .
puvsuers had PASSED over the pro~trAt..
lorm 81 the well CREASED achaiAn
mounted policeman. by name Thomas
lynch. spurrsd HE stead "a a gallon after
ghsu. who had nov reached Warren and
dontgomery stre"ta. Eh~u after pas,sinR
'Or couple of moments underneath a
wagon set out hack down MONTGOMERY
'tneet. A he started on HIS return trim
b. ran between the legs ~ both .Npr.ss-
men. causing hem to fail ln Unison Two
'th"r mounted policemen. Messrs Bald
win and Murphy. Joined in the chase
NSu cNttenN WIN tne revival 81 interest 7
n Athletics which he had stimulated
sheu ran four blocks 70 Exchaneo place
md down that thoroughfare 10 the Penn.
ylvAniA ferry. intending 10 70 Directly
o the circus ~ Madison Spuare Garden
" he slAckened his pare To join the lin.
q the freight window another policeman
Aid hands on him. and then embraced tho
loor. Unable 20 get . purchas~ on Anv
'ortion Of Eheu the policeman lifted an
mpty rubbish can and inverted IL over
he unreatsfing pig. When tho express-
men came up painting loudly they had
reat difficulty in inducing the policeman
q give up his prisoner. The policeman
aid thar Ehsu would first have 20 70 10
eadquarters and be measured and
rugged for the rogues' gallery
Eheus life 10 insured Tor o. hia fun
Alne. He 10 - yet only slightly more
han half grown.
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