The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-01-05
.NUNBER..30


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y-The,iac4 that D.. Qiivea EveIi in 4 api.
form rewsOf houses IN. the I4sK Ward OF
Philadelphia, wss the resaen why he was
uhfortundte.. 6Ke moonlight night last
week the noise made bye BE cats on his
roof was simply awful. NJ Oliver lay in
bed, tHs1ng IN vain TO Gst-toz sleep, and
grinding his teetaslp rage, qnt,lat last the
pproar overhead became upendurable--
Ar. Oll<er crept out OF bed seftlv so thar
Als wTtc would not be wrl7ened He pet
on his slippers, seized boot with each
hand. apd, clad in the SNOWY robes Of
ed upon The roof p
There were thirty or iof1y cats holding
a kind of-a general synod out there II. the
cool OF the evening. eDioying the brscing
air and singing glees.s As-AIr. Oliver ap-
| preached the cats moved over to the next
roof Ar. Oliver advanced and Hunsy q
boot at them. They then adjourned sud
denly to-the summit Of tho adjoining
residence. Mr.. Oliver projected another
1 boot and went over after the FIRST ono
In this manner the synod retreatef and
Oliver advanced until the end Of the.now
OF twenty houses was reached, when the
cats arranged themselves in line along
the parapets rufhed up their fur, curyei
their spines and spet furiorIsly at Oliver.
That bold warrior gathered up his boots
and detsVmlned to retreat 1eHdik ked
back ever dozen houses, and descended
through trap door, He went down stairs
to his bedroom. and opened the door
fhere was man in the room II the act
of walking up and down with a baby
Before Oliver had recovered from his
amaZement the man fang the baby npon
the bed, and seizing a revolve.. beg n
firing rapidlyat Oliver. II then dawned
tupon Oliver that he had come down the
wrong trap door. He proceeded up stairs
again suddenly, the man with the revol-
yer practising at him in painful manner.
When Oliver reached the roof, heshut the
trap quickly and stood upon 1t. The man
fired through the boards twice, and then
hooked the door upon the inside.
A moment after Oliver heard HIM
springng watchman's rattle from the
tront window. ,Asssoon as the neighbors
knew there was a man on the roof they
all few up stairs and fastened their trap
doors, and Mira. Oliver fastened hess, with
the finn convection that some predatory
villain had entered while she slept and
stolen her Oliver When he tried the door
1t was fast, and Mrs. Oliver was screaming
50 fiercely that he could not make himself
heard. BY this time the street was filled
with policemen, all Of Khom were.blazinc
away at Oliver with thkir revolvers, while
the young men in the houses across the
street kept up steady FIRE with pistols
shot-guns, and miscellaneous nlissiies.-
Oliver, with every advantage for forming
an opinion, SAID that Getlysburg was .
mere skirmish- to it.
He hid habind n rb,r,na-- arJ L.. =.
against the bricks 10 keep himself warm
: .whlie the policemen stationed thernselve.
all around the square TO capture him wher
/ he would slide down one of the water
!, I spouts. But Oliver did not slide He ss'
out on that roof all night, with the bittel
. AIR circulating among his too trifling gar
, mentsl listening tofthe yoWling cats anC
J the occasional shouts from the picket Int
/ tbelow, and thinking of the old Jews VIII,
/ used to pray from their housetops ans
[ 1 wondering II Mussulmans We're eyer sbo
! ter bothered with cats and polieemsi
! when they praetised their evening -devo
! | tons on the roofs. And then he wonder
I | ed how 1t would DO 10 take OF his night
r shirt and wave it over the edge Is q ia,
4 Of truce rtl - 80 ~
: BE, concluded not 10, because. Of th,
= danger Of a bullet from some misguides
!. policeman not familiar with the rules Q
/ / war. When daylight came the neighber
1 rallied.in = crowd. armed with all kindso
1 weapons from hoyitzers down, and noun
ted 10 the roof Oliver was taken dow
) aRd put 10 bee, and be now has more in
q huenza for any man Of his SIZE than Hn,
4 other citizen OF the Foarteenth Ward II
3 gong q move as soon 8 3
Il gets wei: he . going to move into
q house that stands il the middie Of
> prairie Of some kind. and be intends {
2 steacil ms name 5n.White n the trap
|. door. 5s.