ABOARD A TRANSATLANTIC LINER.
—* — A few weeks ago a big transatlantic liner was proceeding through a dense fog off the Banks of Newfoundland, when suddenly the loud squealing of a pig was heard right ahead. A few minutes later the ocean leviathan, going dead slow, ran close alongside a smalt washtub of a Norwegian barque, upon whose deck two men were holding a pig aloft by the ears.
By the noise the animal was making it was quite evident that it did not enjoy its position. The barque's master shouted in broken English, inquiring why the steamer came so close. . .. - The captain oftheliner retorted by Wanting to know why in thunder he did not blow his foghorn. At this the former replied, to the amusement of all on board :
“Mo got no foghorn. Me lose him so me use de pig."
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 21, 2 January 1907, Page 5
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