Passes Dog Off as Baby to Take it on a Train.
Because it would cost $1 fare for her dog, while babies could ride free, a Mrs. Welchel, of near Lead Hill, Ark., recently “put one over on the railroad company” by dressing her pet dog in baby clothes.
When Mrs. Welchel, with the “baby,” climbed aboard the hack to Lead Hill, Fido let loose a series of barks. “Her hand exposed,” Mrs. Welchel turned back a veil, and from the bundle of supposed humanity there appeared the head of a fice.
Conductor Clyde Miller, when told of the success of the ruse, merely remarked: “It takes a woman to beat the road.”