Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1898 — Pig Fooled the Dog. [ARTICLE]

Pig Fooled the Dog.

Here is a true tale of a dog aod a pig. They were both warm friends. They used to eat their cold potatoes off the same plate, and but for one thing would never have had any trouble This was the fact that the dog had a kennel and the pig had none. Somehow the pig got it into his head that the kennel belonged to whichever could get into it first, so every night there was a race. If the dog won he showed his teeth, and the pig had to lie on the softest plank he could find. If the pig got In first Toby eould not drive him out. One rainy afternoon the pig found It rather unpleasant slipping about on deck and made up his mind to retire early. But when he reached the kennel he found the dog snug and warm Inside. “Umph!” he said, butToby made no reply. Suddenly ad Idea flashed upon him, and trudging off to

where their dinner plate was lying, be carried It to a part of the deck where the dog could see it, find turning hie back to the kennel, began rattling the plate and munching as though he had a feast before him. This was too much for Toby. A good dinner and he not there! Piggy kept on until Toby had come round in front of him and pushed his nose into the empty plate. Then, like a shot, he turned around and was safe in the kennel before Toby knew whether there was any dinner on the plate or not.