Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18
Dressed as Baby Is Taken From
Newark to New York.
Owner Carries Little Porker in Her
Arms and Successfully Deceives
Conductors-Stified Squeal
Betrays Secret.

New York.-If 1t hadn't been for a
stifled 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
it finally dawned on him that Mrs
Marie Watson's travelling companion
was pig instead of 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 so tenderly in
her arms was not a 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 barnyard cir
Gus. One of the star performers was
wee pig, but it got SO 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 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
III 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 it 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 few words of pig language in
the little fellows ear and proceeded
to dress him up in baby attire. The
cap was a cute affair of muslin and
baby chiffon, with a 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 transforma-
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 sound Perhaps
1T was because of those few whispered
words of pig language of which Mrs.
Watson says she has smattering.
Perhaps it was bottle of milk which
the pig tippled now and then. Anyhow
no one on the train imagined that 1t
was anything else than a very quiet
and well-behaved baby that Mrs. Wat
son was carrying in her arms
At Jersey City Mrs. Watson and her
charge proceeded to the Hudson Tun-
mel station. While waiting for tun-
mel train an elderly man suggested to
Mrs. Watson that she had better stand
we'll back from the edge of the plat
form.
You know these drafts are very
bad for babies" said the elderly gen.
tleman. Mrs. Watson smiled and
thanked the solicitous old man. Never
once during the trip to Manhattan did
the pig betray himself
At Thirty-third street Mrs. Watson
hailed taxicab. and in this the last
ap of the journey was made. At the
nea.er Mra- Watson aHghted and