The ingenuity shown hv a farmer near Milton during the recent flood (says the Free Press) was responsible for saving a litter of young pigs owned by him. As the flood waters on his farm gradually rose he obtained the kitchen table, which he turned upside down, and having put some straw into the “ark,” he put the young pigs on lo it. As the water rose in the stye, the table kept its unusiral burden safe from a watery grave.
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Shannon News, 18 May 1923, Page 3
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