A FASHIONABLE PIG.
During the progress of.a:picriib;atWiri'chester,: (Canterbury) .'a'.vpry.vamusing.incident ■ happened, ~ which •.'the. , Timaru ■Herald"' records. 'A young woman, about, to! take: part .in' a, game of rounUers,, :had' placed her- ."Merry ; Widow;";;; or.:other: artistically" desi'gned; : .hat,-.oi:-;.a,'willow: •stump.-. A big pig,'.belougirig-to.the owner, of-;the' : . picnicking grounds canie;:along,-, 'aid, ; while.Vexamining'the ; hat, got-_ .it; caught on the ; ring :in: its' nose,, and. off it; -went with' the-.hat on;, its', snout,; The owner:"of-,'the" hat, ,with ; all;.her;friends, < iiiiuiediately■'-, gave V.ohase,.; but. wore- too; .of .theipig. ;Thosi"ht,: they saypofv the >pigwth:the liat,: and' the.'pursuing .crowd, -was.;too ;am using '' for - ; words; •■ > A t.-; last ■'■ fc. bright youth '.canie;: to; the.-rescue; with/ a longpoW arid^Eecurcd^the^at/. It;was not. much? damaged, ; and allenSed happily.,.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 706, 4 January 1910, Page 3
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113A FASHIONABLE PIG. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 706, 4 January 1910, Page 3
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