Show PETS THAT HAVE EASY TIME fortunate indeed is B rd or beast that regiment takes strong fancy to soldiers are fond of pets A dog attached itt ached to a regiment is sure of kind treatment reat ment he ile may be nobody s dog dut he is everybody s favorite an eagle old abe was the pet if f a wisconsin regiment during the ivil war in the great review held in washington at the close of the war many veterans were observed carry ing favorite cious and possums perhaps the strangest pet that ever attracted a regiment regiments s fancy was a pig she attached herself to a ken tuck regiment on the way may to invade canada during the war of 1812 As the men marched out from har rods burg one morning they came across t 0 p gs fighting they haftel to see it out when the march was res lined the victorious pig followed the regiment when they encamped at night the pig halted and found shelter the next morning the pig started with the regiment and when it stopped the p g halted day by day OLY it trotted along until the ohio was reached A ferryboat transported the troops to cincinnati but the pig swam the stream and waited on the other side until the regiment took up line of march r tramp to the lake P aggy received her full share of ra eions occasionally the men were put on short commons but no one thought of sticking the regiment regiments s pet when they came to the lake lakes s ahoi e piggy was offered a passage across to canada she refused to stir from american soil when the campaign closed the troops reer repressed ossed to P soil where they had left their As the ne w s being foin ar geurt brur t ws heard gnei y reals real to e in ml homeward way the pig suffered gre great at ly from the cold deathel it crossel crosse I 1 however the ohio river riler and then gave out governor shelby of kentucky had piggy CO conveyed to his farm and there she passed her days in indolence and good living honored as the regiment pet |