Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1896 — A strange pic. [ARTICLE]

A strange pic.

With tha Face of a Pleaiant-Looking Old Gentleman. A pig with a human face is In the possession of 1). A. Suimuls, of No. U 4 Vanderbilt avenue, Brooklyn. It isoue of the most remarkable monsters ever produced by an abortion of Nature, The pig Is dead and Is preserved in a spirit Jar, which enables Its strangely human features to he Inspected. The pig's head differs from u human being’s only lu having the long, pointed ears belonging to normal membera of its family. This gives it somewhat the nppearunge of u goblin or other creature of the Imagination, with a partly humun shape. The head, apart from the ears, la like tlint of an old man. It la free from all hair except eyebrows. These are well grown and arc a remarkable übuormlty In a pig. The forehead la high and the skull rounded at tbe top and of human shape. It suggests considerable intelligence and a well balanced character. The whole face Is oval lu shape and, is similar to that of an old man of dignified appearance. There Is rather too little nose for a very good looking, man; but still, this member is distinctly humun in shu]K>. It is small aad snub, and Is utterly different from the sharp snout of the pig. The clilu is heavy and well rounded. It Is perhaps the most human of all tbo features. The eyes ure much larger thnn those of an ordinary pig. The skin is us white and smooth as that of a delicate womun. Although it must be called n monster, on account of its strange physical abnormality, tbe littie pig is not repulsive. On the contrary, it Is quite amusing In appeurance. If it were alive and well It would) he a decidedly Interesting animal to have about the house. How it came to die Is a curious story. It was born on May 12 last on a ranchnear Areclbo, on the island of PortoRico. The mother produced only thisone animal at the time, Itself a very unusual circumstance. In spite of Its grotesque appearance, the little pig seemed to enjoy good' physical heulth. But ills mother hart no affection for him. She was disgusted and alarmed at his unnatural features. She gave ldm little nourishment, aud in consequence he died on May 18. Tbo fact that lie remained alive for six days In a half starved condition sbow» that he must have entered life wKb fair health. The mother is a perfectly black sow, and perhaps this fact increased her feeling of repulsion for a young one with human features and a very white skin.—New York Journal.