Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1903 — A Unique Pet. [ARTICLE]

A Unique Pet.

The wife of the governor of North Borneo has a pet flint few people will envy her. The governor’s house la near a Jungle, and out of this there strayed one morning a baby rhinoceros. Captured as a curiosity, he soon became tame, and now refuses to return to the wilds. Sixteen quarts of milk a day Is what this pet requires, and on It he thrives and grows fat. Ho does not look much like the fullgrown rhinoceros, and mlght'-be mistaken for a curious sort of hog, were It not for bis single horn. He is devoted to his in Istnas an 1 follows her about like her dog.