Litchfield enquirer., 1832-10-04


workmen, who rejected il. as being too hard.
The Doctors cabinet Tnaler, named WOllas.
ton, was employed TO make a candle-bOx of
1t, aud as he was saving up the plank, ne too
complained of It's hardness. But when the
candIe-bOx was finished, It OutshOne in beau
tv all the Doctors other furniture, became an
object of curiosity and exhibition. The wood
was then taken into favor; DIR. Gibbons had
a bureau made of it, the Duchess Of Buck
ingham another; and the despised mahoga-
nv now became prominent article of luxury,
and at the same time raised the fortune of the
cabinet maker, by whom it had been so little
rsgarded.-Libr0ry Of Entert'g knowledge.
Extract ota Letter to the Editor of the COxrunt dated
MANCHESTER, Sept. 5, 1889.
In the room where now write cat is sit
ting, or rather lying on the bed, nursing
Young rat about four inches in length from
the tin of the nose TO the end Of the tail more
than half this length is in the tail. The cat is
about Ave years old, and this is altogether an
unprecedented circumstance in her history.
She seems to have taken this new protegee
as a substitute for kitten day old, which
died, and during two whole days she has
manifested as much affection for it (if the
word affection may he properly uspd,) as ev-
err she has foi her own offspring, seldom lea
wing it for many minutes. This is the more
remarkable as she has been notorious for her
destruction Of every thing Of the rat and
snake kind, and has subsisted chiefly upon
the spoils Of her fangs. She is what should
term an uncommonly intelligent cat, making
use Of many means to express her wants, and
endear herself to the family; Of course so
successful destroyer of troublesome animals
would hardly fail Of securing friends. The
cat was at first found sleeping on the bed with
the rat under her; on bringing them down
stairs and placing them on the floor. the lat.
ter manifested very little disposition to escape,
but would make short excursions Of two or
three feet from its protector and return again
to its embraces on being called by that pecu-
liar low NEW. Pussy at last wished to re-
turn to her lodgings, and now there appeared
to be a singular contest between her feline
propensities, and her newly adopted protec-
ting principles ; she sprang at the little animal
and we supposed it would be destroyed; but
-no-she took it in her month with all the
tenderness of mother, (Which it allowed
without strugge) and came to beseech us
to open the door up stairs to her chosen
sleeping place. This has been repeated ma
ny times though she seems to be little puz.
zled at its sprightly motions, SO entirely diff
ferent from those Of her own species at the
same age Of a greater size. fsf ~,
The rat Mt first endeavored tn gain susie
nance from the cats mouth, tn which the lat
ter submitted very quietly, and with appre-
tension we saw the little animal half buried
in the jaws fits singular nurse, where it re-
manned several seconds; having since been
fed with milk il has discontinued this practice.
A kitten some three or four months old being
placed near our new family, evinced great
desire to become more Familiarity acquainted
with young Mr.. Rat, although too much in
undated by her older purrins neighbor to
perfect the acquaintance. However, the lit
tie gentleman shortly removed all obstacles,
BY -springing towards the mouth Of the kitten
where he would undoubtedly have met his
fate, but for the Interference Of his new moth
er.s Up to this hour the attachment appears
to haye been Of a mutually growing nature ;
the rat is perfectly tame, may be carried
about the house in the open hand, and re-
ceives its food there, pussy following with
her maternal news and giving the most une-
quivoeal demonstrations Of satisfaction and
pleasure when the animal 10 placed at her
feet. In fine, the occurrence is well worthy
the attention of the curious as we'll as of the
naturalist, and is an instance Of transferred
maternal socitude which may not be expec.
ted often to take place.
From Tallahassee paper Of the 18th ult.
we learn the following facts - Sentence Of
Death having been passed by the Superior
Court of Florida upon man Of the name Of
Rogers, he was respited by the Secretary,
Mr.. Westcot, until Gov. Dnval should arrive,
from whom strong hopes of executive mercy
were entertained by the criminal and his
friends. Accordingly on his arrival formal
application for pardon was made but at the
time and place appointed for the hearing.-
The counsel TOR the criminal found nothing
but the Governors written refusal 10 inter-
fere in the matter. Upon this he was applied
to, with the appreciation Of Judge Randall,
who presided ON the trial of Rogers. for an
other respite till the meeting of the Court Of
Errors; but rather than meet the responsible
ity even Of granting this application, he resign
ed his office as Governor of Florida. His Iet-
ter Of resignation to the President, with his
commission enclosed, together with note to
the Secretary. requesting him to put the let
ter Ut resignation into the post Office and as
sumo the executive duties, were handed 10
Mr.. Westcot. who thereupon secreted him
self to avoid the application for the respite
but being ferreted out and compelled to hear
It, ne declared he had no power to act in The
case, and IT he thought he had, he would re-
sign too. During the progress Of this farce,
Rogers was'rxecuted; upon which the Sec