The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-10-20
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The editer OF tho Albany, N. Y. State Re-
gistsr, thus Siscourse,h upon the subject of
estsssd cstsrwsuling:
our landlerd 10 the owner of a block of
twelve houses--six on Pearl street and six ON
brsadway-the lo,s meeting midway between n
the two streets. On the rear of these lots
are the outhouses. all under a continuous
reel some twelve feet high, some twenty
wide, snd say hundred and forty feet long.
10 the rear OF the Broadway dwelling house 5
are one story ioa rooms or third parlors, the
foeh sf which you can step on from the win.
oows OF the second stories of the houses
well, what VI that! asks TIE reader.
Thsres greal dea!of L. We don't pre-
,snsts tnow hog many cats there are in AL
sshy. Indeed, we never heard that they
/. were included in the census. We do not
Prstend 10 say that all congregate on the roofs
Of those out houses nightly, but if there's a
cat In ihe Sixth Ward that don't have some
Thing TO ssy on that roof every night, we
should like 10 know who owns it, We are
sgainstcats. We regard them as treacher-
Gus shd ungrateful arimals, as having but
email neral Developments. We are against
eessrwauiing generally, and especially in the
night season, when honest people should be
an bsd snd ssleep. We don't like to be u
wakeaed by their growing and crying, and
inc hundred other naneless noises by which
they frightsn sleep from our pillow. We
give the owners OF the cats that hold their
conventions on the roofs Of our landlords
outhousesn notice that we've ouble-barre lied
gun, powder and shot and percussion Caps
We've got bundle of clubs and basket of
oricksats' and II any cat fails to aype ar ut the
usual time In the morning tho best place to
iook tor II, in our judgment, Is ON that roof.
Last night--it may have been one o'clock,
or Two or three-we were awakened by the
awfulest screaming. and spultering and grow.
ling that ever startleda weary man from his
slumbers. We lsaped out Of bed under the
impression that at least twenty children had
fallen into ns many tubs of boiling water
we threw open the window and stepped out
upon the tea-room; we do not intend to ex-
sggerate, but we honestly believe that we
saw not less than three hundred cats over
against us on the roof of the out-houses. eoch
one Of which had a tail bigger than Bologna
sausage MS back crooked up like all ox-bow,
ana his great round eyes cleaning fiercely in
TIE way Of caterwauing. Two OF the largest
the enc black as night, and the other gray
or brihdl6-seemed to be particularly in ear
nest and tho way they scolded, and screamed
and swers a. each other was a sin TO hear.
we cannot undertake to report all they said
a decent regard for tho proprieties of Ian.
guago compels US to give only a "sketch OF
the debate
"fou inferna' bg.,ailed, humo. o.backed, M.
y'mug.sd thiei.' screamed the gray. "Id
hke TO know what you're out here for this
time Of night, ,skulking and creeping, and moi
sing about In the dark, poaching upon other
peoples preserves"
very well! mighty well!' was the reply,
Tor you to talk you black-skinned, ogre-eyed,
growing and spnttering robber, to come upon
'his rooi sticking up your back aud taking
airs upon yourself I'D like to know what
business you've got to bs prowling around
ana erov Ding into honest peoples company"
I'm regular tom cat, I'D have you know,
and GO where please. and III stand none
Of your big talk aud insolent looks
'insoleni! Hear the cowardly thief In.
soeht' very well, Mr.. Tom cat! very good in.
deed Now just take your black skin OF of
THIS rooi' or you'll get what'll make you look
ersss-eysd for u month
'6et oil this root, think you said! Look
st this set Of ivery and these cuws, old gruy
back you want should leave this roof
Jus'eom and pd, me OIL Try it on. old
sseswsx! Yes! yea! try 1t on once, and we N
sec whose eyes will leok straightest 10 the
nornlng. Como on. old hump. back! old sau.
sags-tsil!
And then they pitched in.and such scratch
ing. and growing, and bting,and rolling over
aad over, we never happened to see or hear
before. About that time we dropped.a brick.
bat, (aeeidsntally OF course) weighing abo :,
q pound, right among them. Whether Il hi,
any one we can't positively affirm, but We
heard dull, heavy sound OF ehug, AS if II huo
struck something son, and the scream o: one
Of the belligerents WIS brought to a sudden
stop by a kiad Of bysterical jerk as though
thsrs had been an unexpected lack OF " indie
seUy II on. II put an end to the disiur bancs,
and all the rlotsrs, save one, scampered. away.
Thst one remained all doubled up in a little
heap, Ike as ifit had thu sick headache or az
inhsmstioa Of the boweis. II any6ody's cal
<>ssd this nsfaiDg with swsllsd head Or
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