Show MANY QUEER PETS I OWNED BY SOLDIERS PH PHILADELPHIA 11 Soldiers arc fond of pe pets A do dog attached to tn a 11 regiment Is sure o of kind treatment lie Ile mad may bo bra nobody's nobody's no no- body's dog doS but ho he la is everybody s favorI favor favor- I ite te An eagle Old Ah Abe wasp was tho pet o of th the tho J. J Eighth I Wisconsin regiment during durin tho the civil war In tho the great review revlow lu 1111 hold holdin ld 1 In Washington at tho the clo close e of or tho the war Wilt man many veterans were cre observed ed carrying favorite crows and possums Perhaps the strangest pet that ever at attracted attracted attracted at- at ranc She a regiments regiment's fancy was a pig attached herself to lu a Kentucky Kentuck regiment on th the tho Wit way to Invade Invade- Canada during the war of 1812 An As the tho men marched out from Harrods Harrods- burs burg one morning the they came across two pigs fighting The They halted to lo see tec cc It out hen Whon th llie lh marchi was US resumed the victorious vie vic pig followed tho the regiment When hen they encamped at night tho pig halted and found a shelter r. r Tho The next morning tho the pl pig started with tho the rc regiment and when It stopped the pl pig halted l Da Day by day It trotted along until the Ohio river was reached A ferry boat bollt transported the troops to Cincinnati but the pig swam the stream and waited on the other side until tho the regiment took up Its line lino of or march During the tho long tramp to the lake lako pl pig pig- rv n received her full tull share 0 of rations Occasionally Occasionally Oc Oc- the men were put on short ra- ra Ions tint hut no ono one thought of ot sticking the tho rc regiments regiment's pet pot When the they came to the tho lakes lake's shore piggy was offered a ao across to Canada She refused to stir sUr from American Ameri Ameri- can soil When hen tho the campaign closed tho the troops t cI to tom American m soil soli where the they h had iad d left their horses As the th lino was was asbe as beIn being beng be- be In ing ng formed a familiar grunt was heard There was pl piggy g read ready to resume the march On the homeward way a the pig suffered greatly reaU from the cot cold weather It t eross crossed tl tho the Ohio river however and then hen K gave gate C out Governor Shelb Shelby o of J. J Kentucky had piggy conveyed to his farm and there thero sho she passed her days dars In Indolence and good living honored ris as the regiments regiment's pet pct |