The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23
sketch Which ia Truthful
and Affecting.

In The Titusville Herald, in the
BODY rrse of an article upon "Cats. -
were 5iulges in the following fight Of
most naY:
Pine, Young and happy married cou-
IS, who are for the first time
pOnt to become initiated in the
III vsteries Of housekeeping, always
LIST srt in with one cat; in fact, the
fo usually has one given to her
the some unmarried lady friend on
- 3 eve OF housekeeping. For a
~ N weeks "pussy is one of the
! q vorite fixtures of the Preside, and
bee, unges around in the easy chairs
Iva Hh pink ribbon around her
Eos- gck, and dimes upon the pinions
=, spring chickens, favored with
-, VI occasional sip of nectar and
ey, efsteak gravy from the lips of
} Of b. mistress. At night "John
He'd Dmes home, and after booming
md B dressing-goWn and slippers
Presented by his wife on the day
their nuptials) he draws q chair
my fore the glowing CRATE, and reads
es- oud from "Owen Meredith, :"
be bile he holds his wife, and his
IIa lie holds the cat. Happy couple,
h" bppy cat; they are both expe-
~ encing the most blissful part of
ma eir earthly existence for John"
on ll never receive any more dress
I've g-gowns nor slippers, and instead
b. gently smoothing the fur upon
bby's back a month hence, the
Elo lances are that John, upon his
'ty rival home, will mark his en-
Ike ance by kicking the blasted cat
no ross the room, and if, in the ex-
M 8s of her feline affection, pussy
Fances with proudly arched
H. lck, and catarrh-like pur, to rub |
|st ainst Johns shins, it is not I'M
TX ely that a moment later she will |
bu ld herself on the top of the store,
l. soaring through a window, if |
DO chance to be open.
As the honeymoon draws to the |
Eh ose of the first quarter, the pecu-
st arities of the eat shine forth with |
/. newed lustre. At night John is
Fakened by his wife, who has
bard burglars down stairs. "They |
; after our plated ware that we
St ceived at our wedding" says she.
bf phn, sleepily, replies that he
d wishes to goodness they would |
rgle some of the many cheap
y ltter-knives and salt-knives that |
d instituted the largest portion of
/ o bridal gifts nevertheless, he
b ICES lamp in one hand and a
ece of crockery in the other, and
ith his snowy robe futtering in
) 10 midnight air, seeks the pre-
nets of the kitchen. He hears
Otsteps in the pantry, and throws
10 crookery in that direction /; all
still; he must have killed the
rglar. He approaches the pan
y where the corpse lies, when
Phish-t-t-t-ne TeoUaO ]" and, with
diabolical shrek, something
lshes between his neither limbs
feels a sharp pain in the calves,
bop the light and falls over into a
an of milk on the shelf in front of
i'm.
His wife up stairs has heard the
lcounter, and with only one
Aought-which is to perish with
or husband-hies shrieking down
10 stairs. She stumbles over the
Ody Of John, and her head strikes
a custard pie which rests on the
DOR. Thinking it is the burglar
tho has returned to finish his
loody work, John revives suth.
lently to chuck few hard blows
lto the PROSTATE form of the part
er Of his bosom, who speaks, and
be error is discovered A match
struck, the lamp relighted, and
hey look around, Johns legs look
3 if he had been blackberTying