from Time Magazine Milestones by Ellis Parker Butler
Died. Ellis Parker Butler, 67, famed U. S. humorist; in Housatonic, Mass. Author of 32 books, Mr. Butler was best known for Pigs is Pigs, a slim volume about two guinea pigs whose tribe increases while a rural postmaster argues over their shipping fee. Pigs is Pigs was published in 1906, went into 31 editions.