The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-07-14

The following chap er or cats is GER
tain'y EQUAL TO any hing We e or real
quite ~ &c ling Doesticks. The ieng'h OF
the articl- may frigh,en some. but y hen
they reach the end, III y wlwsh i, hid
been lengthier. The poor Eircr HAN
mond OF The Albany .Sfate Register. n
Y. hal given csc cats al warning.
ant pr mi ed them me buck shot II they
presumed to 'ntiaue their nj ghi cabals
beneath his window.
We stated long time ago, tina. there
would be trouble some m ,enlght night
among The cats that congregated on the
long >h.d in the re OF orr dwelling -
We gave ,iice that we hid wast-d more
WOO on them than we were able 10 SD re
that We had used up al the brick bis
that We could lay our hands on--tha' We
had thrownaway some hing less than ton
of coal, and had smashed a window on the
opposite block All this proving Of /,
avail, We Sid we had go. d,ubk Darrell
cd gun AMI rcussion caps, and powder
and shot; and some morning after moon
light night, somebody's cat wouldn't come
home 10 bre kfsst, or if il did it would be
troubled with the dumps. We gave ia r
notice OF our grievances, aud what we in
tended 70 do about them.
Well the moon came up on Mon ,ay
night, with her great. round face. and
vent walking up TIE sky with queenly
step. throwing her light. like q mantle Of
byightosss. over all the earth. We love
the clam Of a moonlight mig It. in the sill
spring time. aad the cats OF our part OF
the town love it too; for they come firm
every qusrter-from the sheds around the
Nstionl Gardsn-fr m the kitchens and
from the stables-creep;ag stea,.aa::y and
softly along the fences. and along The sheds.
and clambeTing up the boards that lean
up against the buildings they sat them
selves down, more or lsss, of them, in
their old trysting place right opposite our
chamber window. To all this we had,
10 the abstract, no objection.
If . cat choose to Ike uiet walk by
moon igh'-if be chooses to 20 out FIR his
pleasure or his profit. it il no particul
business Of ours. and xe h WIT a ord to
say. Cats have rights, and we have no
disposition to in etfere with tenn Bat
thu must keep The p ace They m Isl
ge. up no dis d-rly meetings, n, uataw-
iu ass mbles. II they choose to bold =
eonv@n ION they can do il for all us--but
they must 90 about it dec ntly an in or
der.
They must talk matters ov calmly; there
must br no RIO ing no fighting. They
must refrain from the use OF pr,an lam
guase- hey musn't sAear.-Tner.'s law
against al thi.. and we warned them
long ago that We wouli stan no such
nonsense. We sal we'd let dr. W am .ng
them with d ublr ba. relied gun loaded
with power and buck shot, and we meant
it. They di Int believe We had any gun. or
knew how to use it If we had. And one eat
Maltese with eyes like tea PLACES an a
tail like B lagna ~au.age!) grnned and
sputtered. and spit in derison defiance al
our threats. ''very vel !" sail We, Every
well, Mr.. Tom Cat. very we'll indeed On
your head be il. Mr.. Tom CT. Try it
on. Mr.. Tom Cat: and see who'll get the
worst d IT,
We said the moon came up Mond "
night With her q 1t round facs and ali
chs little s'ars hid themselves u II asham-
"a Of thsir twinkle ia tie splsndos vf her
Superior Brightness. VS. retired aftsr
Nh bsby had been put % sleep II his crib.
an1 ~ ruashle Of he carriages and carts
hn1a1oo h ~ rlroots. ~ ~ anrealn
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