Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1916 — FIRE GONG SAVES PIGGIE [ARTICLE]

FIRE GONG SAVES PIGGIE

Firemen Sent to Capture Animal Hear Clang" and With Duty Calling Give Up the Chase. Minneapolis, Minn. —Ed Welch and Arthur Spotswood, plpemen at Station No. 11, still enjoy a semblance of a reputation as foot racers. They enjoy it yet because they have a good alibi for not catching the pig. To start at the beginning so the pig can be Identified, be it said that the pig was a prize pig. He was won in some sort of a contest and was healthy enough to break out of his pen near the owner’s home. The owner was a woman and she called up the fire station and sent an alarm of pigs astray. Welch and Spotswood had outdone the speedy track athletes of the St. Paul fire department, and were detailed to catch the pig. The pig gave them an awful* chase. It turned into a hurdle race because the pig turned under several fences. The fireman had just got the porcine fugitive in a corner and were closing tri for the capture when they heard a fire gong. They had to let the pig go and answer the fire alarm from the De La Salle Institute. The pig is still at large.