The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-05-14

example, as assure you that win take no
responsibility in The matter until the cats sre
market and delivered I will inspect and
price your lot after bfeakfast.n y - 81 p
t"'oneword. Mister persisted the old lady,
"sslofe you GO. | see q good many dogs
shsat here; are your buying dogs. toosr
s"No, ma'am I'm entirely in the cat trade;
the dogs have simply followed their owners
here;;" and moving away once more, he was
soon Lost TO sight 10 the tavern.
Time rolled slowly on; the crowd swelled
apace, receiving acquisitions every moment;
| wAisksy circulated freely and operated
charminglyi men got credit and treated lib.
orally at the grocery, who never got credit
before, and in fact, who never even dared to
ask for such thing; good,humor, merri
meet and jollity, seemed TO be the order OF
the cog. though chunk Of light did come
of, springing out Of a discussion Of the re.
lative merits Of cats. Some fifty goods
boxes. averaging about twenty head Of cats
toa bog, were 10 requisition, whilst many
whose stock in trade was limited to one or
two, kept theis cats In their arms, fearing
accidents; things were strung up to the
j highest pitch Of excitement; ihe dogs-and
there were hundreds of them present.
caught the contngion, and in concert "bayed
deep-mouthed weicome"to to every fresh ar.
rival. More liquor was said to have been
drank that day in Brownsville than had been
consumed there 10 the entire previous year;
all waited in painful anxiety, the approach
OF the hour and the wagons! .,e \. ~, =,
i A few minutes after eleven o'clock, It was
circulated through the crowd, that the Ma.
\ jor, had something to say, which he desired
everybody to hear, and that Immediately af-
terwards he would set to work msrking a
few cats, as specimen Of the manner in
which he wanted that operation performed,
Il No sooner was this understood than the
!, entire assemblage. numbering several hun.
!. dred persons, collected in front ofthe groce.
ry, on the steps OF which our hero was
J, standing, leaving their goods boxes, which
contained their feline property. Fifty yards
away, to take care Of themselves.
\ "My friends" begun the Major, address
, ing the congregation from his position. 81
avail myself Of the present breathing spell,
before the arrival ofthe wagons. to tender to
. you and each efyou, and to your wives sad
children. my thanks, my heartful thanks,
and also the thanks Of the inhabitants Of
l Browne Valley, for the very kind and
} prompt manner in which you have responded
!. to our cry Of distress. nay. even surpassed
!, our highest expectations. in coming for.
, ward, as you have done, la1ea with the al.
! est specimens of cats 1 suer saw! intend
9 this morning, to pay you for them, but that's
! nothing, and impairs not in the least degree
! the obligation under which we shall ever
rest. They were your cats and though
!, offered you money for them, yoe were moi
: bound to take it; you could have Fsfased I,
i and kept your cats, Last year, 8 man was
!, sent from our settlement, to the city oil
! Huntsville, authorized to purchase few
T wugon.loads of cats at the same reasonable
4 price [ offer you, but TO the everlasting dis
}, credit Of that selfish city, be it said, he aevs,
! got nary one! This warn't tight, and it warn
3 ueishsorig. ~as siti How different am
e treated here No sooner havo you heart
G our needs, than the voices Of thousand cats
u to say nothing Of some two hundred ant
y. fifty dogs, collected together, rend the ai
2 with their Joyful aeclamationss aud sound
: dread reqpieaa to the rats Of Browns Valley
d Once more !, thank you--from my gizsard
y And now to business; Iwant to do what
o right, nothing mores-Doihing less; the pro
g position which I 6rst set out regulatingth
II price ofcsts. 1 shall rigidly adhere to-. AZ
e we'll aware that the sule will work hard 0
D. some; since baye been here, have see
o cats that were richly worth more than do
s. lar; have seen half-grown cats that wer
1T worth all of seventy Eve cents, and kitten
lc that ought to command half a dollar in an
le parket: am free to admit that am nj
ne paying their full value for some cats; b
OF what is man to do! am an agent actin
rs under instructionsi as an honest man, as
n faithful agent, have no olhet course le
IS me. Now, then, to save hard feelings, an
to that everything may be done on the squal
and above. board, will again announce m
~ terms, from which shall not vary a jot I
at title under any circumstances. One dol'
for full grown CATS; half a dollar for hd!
Il, grown cats; and quorter Of a dollar for k'
81 tens, irrespective Of quality or gender"
Our hero had scarcely finished his Ia
=. sentence, when shout, followed by siu
u ul.aneous and deafening bark from a hui
be dfed canine ihroats, mingled withthe shri
ou howl ofa thousand cats, drew all eyes
"a the direction ofthe goods boxes. And no
re a-speCtacle was presented, which for a N
Il. ment, paralyzed the beholders, and real
il bafles Ill descriptions Every goods b
IL had been cspsized by some mischievess pe
sonsi The cats, blinded BY sudden exposu
.. to the daylight, and rendered furious BY q
il 6eFce din of the dogs, in their midst. plum
En ed muddy and wildly 1t itcir assailants, al
ne over one another, aud bewildsred BY the
] own numbers, circled around and around
To- deDse BODY, sometimes hal. dozen cats 4