The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-06-07

- O"Aon'O ~ OoAnK aDle 10 carry bOttI
OF champagne from one end of the cellar to
the other--perhaps a distance of a hundred
ana nifty feet. THUS far the matter is to
ne cats credit, for know of many human
who cannot carry bottle Of cham
just listen.) The performance
y S6s - w ne 80 acrobat!) was managed in
1roache u at, an - did uot nssan aP p
Peeps 9 thing M lsas having gained ID
his, dis co on by fo9l Stfoking lis back.
you 'n,,, saaaeny seized Ms tail, and by that
ground his fore-fest SPRAYING lin the ~. s,e
ready to catch hold of any object within 1 hi,
reacn. You gave him the bottle of wine
winch pussy clutched with a kind of de-,
spa1rlng grip. Then, by means of the afore-
from , 's an you carried him, bottle and all,
fussy, however, soon became q dinSusfad
with this maneuver, that, whenever 6e cav
q friend with bottle of chemDa.na Ioor..
ing, he used to beat a precipitatss fstreat. -
Al comment upon this infamous anecdote
a;cio s4 4hs,n suRerauous. eaIcely MORE ju-
the animals our author affects to honor. are
nus quotations from the poets in their praise,
Everybody knows that Canning did his hest
to sing their virtues, as likewise Graz
ana Cowper. 1t IL no such wonder, SURELY.
that men OF genius, with sympathy for ali
good, should have eulogized one of the most
attractive forms of it, namely, cats. MI.
Ross, indeed, contributes an ORIGINAL ballad
ON this subject, illustrative of q curions L.
gend, but it is doubtful whether even this
though narrating hideous catastrophe-
may not be turned into ridicule by the yanid
and unfeeling. 1t concerns a certain Tom
Cat, the companion and friend of one Widow
Iomklns, but whom she left locked mn in
her room, without either milk or mice:
Poor Thomas, soon as daylight came. walked
up and down the floor,
And heard the dogs-meat WOMEN crv CATS,
meat" at the door;
With hunger he got fairly wild, though formerly
Another day passed slowly, another lust the
With hunger he so hungry was, it did so strong
That, although 1T! very loath, he was obliged to
This whetted quite his appetite, and though,
his stump was sore,
SShe mex, next day he was tempted (sad) to eat a
1" make his life the longer then, he made his
body shorter,
And one after the other attacked each hinder
quarter.
He walked about OIL two ,forelegs-alas! with
out beholders,
Till more and more by hunger pressed he dined
on both his shoulders.
Next day he found (the cannibalD to eating
more a check, '''-'
Although he tried and did reach all he could
reach of his neck;
But as he could not bite his ear All mournfu;ly
lie cried :
Towards the door he turned his eyes, cooked
up his nose and died.
The widow did at last return, and, oh, how she
did stare!
She guessed the tale soon AZ she saw Toms
head lying there.
With grief sincerely heartfelt she owned his
fate a hard 'un,
And buried it beneath an apple-tree just down
her garden.
lo mark what strange effects from little causes
will appear,
The fruit of this said tree ,v,s ,o,,
strangely too, next year an"
who go to chapels) WINS
This cats head was the sole first causa ne oil
the cats-head apples chambers Journal.