Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-24
q essed as Baby is Taken From
Newark to New York.
Owner Carries Little Porker In Her
Arms and Successfully Deeeives
conduetors-stlhed squeai
Hetrays Secret.

New York.-f 1t hadn't been for a
stified squeal and very piglike wrig-
gle the taxicab driver would never
have known that one of his fares
wasn't human In fact, the chauffeur
rubbed his eyes several times before
1t finally dawned on him that Mrs.
Marie Watson's travelling companion
was pig instead of a baby.
The chauffeur wasn't to blame for
being deceived. for several conductors
had made the same mistake. They
don't know even now that the bundle
Mrs. Watson carried 30 tenderly In
her arms was not baby at all. in
spite of its baby cap and fluffy little
coat and the milk bottle which Mrs.
Watson produced every now and then
on her ride from Newark.
Mrs. Watson, as almost every vaude-
vile performer knows, is the wife Of
Sam Watson, who has a barnyard cir
Gus. One Of the star performers was
q wee pig, but 1t got 80 fat that Mrs.
Watson decided that another pig
would have to Join the show, one that
she could hold in her arms without
straining her muscles.
After some correspondence she
found what she wanted in the pig line
on a farm just outside. Of Newark.
The pigs owner agreed, to sell free
on board at Newark, but not Manhat.
tan.
Mrs. Watson and her husband went
into conference to decide how to get
the pig here.
Leave It to me-" said Mrs. Watson.
I'll just bring the pig over on the
train"
Her husband suggested that pigs
were not allowed on passenger trains.
But Mrs. Watson knew what she was
talking about.
Leave 1t to me-" she repeated, and
Mr.. Watson did so.
Mrs. Watson made the trip to New.
ark the other day and met the farm
er and his pig. Mrs. Watson whis-
pered a few words Of pig language in
the little fellows ear and proceeded
to dress him up in baby attire. The
cap was cute affair OF muslin and
baby chiffon, with near-blue ribbon
at the tip. The baby coat was also
blue. as was blanket which Mrs.
Watson had provided. When the
dressing was finished the farmer de.
parted chuckling over the transforms.
ton.
With the pig in her arms Mrs
Watson proceeded to the Newark sta
ton of the Pennsylvania railroad and
boarded train for Jersey City. The
pig wasn't making a sound. Perhaps
1t was because OF those few whispered
words Of pig language Of which Mrs
Watson says she has a smattering
Perhaps 1t was bottle of milk which
the pig tippled now and then. Anyhow
no one on the train imagined that II
was anything else than very quiet
and well-behaved baby that Mrs. Wat
son was carrying in her arms.
At Jersey City Mrs. Watson and hel
charge proceeded to the Hudson Tun
mel station. While waiting for a tun
mel train an elderly man suggested t.
Mrs. Watson that she had better stant
well back from the edge Of the plat
form.
you know these drafts are yer,
bad for babies" said the elderly gen
tleman. Mrs. Watson smiled ant
thanked the solicitous old man. Nevel
once during the trip to Manhattan die
the pig betray himself.
At Thirty-third street Mrs. Watson
hailed taxicab, and in this the las
lap Of the journey was made. At tn,
theater Mrs. Watson alighted ant