Sixty pigs in various stages of intoxication were seen recently in the village of Bozen, in the canton of Aarfrau, Switzerland. The pigs were being taken to a slaughter house at Bale in a motor lorry when the vehicle skidded and crashed into a great vat standing by the roadside containing about 4000 gallons of new wine. Some of the animals were thrown into the vat, where they made the best use of their opportunity for a free drink, while the others wallowed in a miniature lake of wine in the road. The cost of this Bacchanalian episode wa» £250. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Influenza Colds.—Advt.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22053, 8 September 1933, Page 8
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