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Show SOLDIERS "ADOPTED" BY PIG Odd Mascot That History Records as Attaching Itself to Company of Kentucky Volunteers. There is in the history of the state of Kentucky an odd incident in connection con-nection with the invasion of Canada by the Kentucky troops in 1S12. A company of. volunteers, destined for Selby's army, assembled at Harrods-burg Harrods-burg and formed a nucleus around which the military recruits of the country gathered on the march to the Ohio. On the outskirts of the town named, so the story runs, the company saw two pigs fighting and delayed the march to watch the combat. When the march recommenced' it was observe that the victorious pig was following the company ; and when the men encamped en-camped at night, the animal lay down near at hand. Of course the soldiers fed their plump recruit. The next day the pig followed them, and this it did daily on the inarch to the river. |