Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-01-18
Lowry's Cat.
a Good Story OF the Rocky Noun
$ tain MOuser.
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; Jim Stewart, sometimes ealle,
the Commodore" is the most,ne
ted darkey in Erie. lie Is a goOt
natured, shrewd sort OF a. fellow
somewhat addicted to doing bust
ness now and then on the de.e
my Didler .st3 le, as the followln!
incident will testify: Living nea
the residence of the Hon Morr,w
c, Lowry, he was frequently EN-
ployed by the latter to do odd jobs
around the house and in the gar
den. One day Mrs. Lowry con
cluded that the peecaiilloes of i
worthless tom.eat, long an attache
of the family, were such as de,
manded the intictiou of a capital
punishment, and Jim was called
upon to play the part Of execu-
TONER. After a long chase the
victim was captured and put in a
basket, over which, an old shawl
was securely fastened. The next
move was, how to dispose of the
prisoner. Mrs l., suggested
drowning, but jim, with tears. jim
his eyes, protested that be- could
no more t.drown that cat" than he
could drown ss;hisself = that were
he. to DO so, his conscience, acting
on. a naturally tender heart,
would trouble Linn 20 much at
nights that he was sure that he
could never sleep a wink thersaf-
ter Not wishing, tesruin Jim s
peace Of mind, Mrs, ,Ls comprom-
ised the matter by giving him a
dollar, and directing him to dis
pose of it in any way he pleased,
SO that she should never see it a.
gain. Putting the dollar in his
pocket and the basket on his arm,
jim started down town. He bad
not got out of sight of the Eouse
when he met Morrow. wal ,ing
leisurely toward his home, and the
following colloqdy ensued
Morrow Hello, Jim, what have
you got there
Jim. One OBJ de celebrated Rocky
mountain cats, sab.
Morrow A Rocky mountain
cat ? Why, Jim, were did you
get him, and what are going to do
with him ?
Jim : l golly, sab Didn't you
heah OBJ de big bunch ob dem
cats cnm to town Yesterday from
Kallorny, sab ? Bes mousers in
de wurl, sab, and dis .is de biggest
and bes one ob de lot, sab. Dey
are gwine to give me toah dollars
for hun at the Reed house, sab.
Morrow (recollectins the gen
eral cussedness" Of the family cat:)
Jim, we want a good cat up home,
and guess III take this fellow,
but-but-don't you think four
dollars is steep for a cat =?
Jim Why, all de res sold for
five dollars, sab.
This decided Morrow, so he.
paid Jim the price asked, and
told Lin to carry the Rocky
mountain cat, up to Mrs. Lowry.
Jim had, however, very; .impor-
tant business elsewhere, and he |
begged Morrow to take the basket
himself, which the latter consent
ed to do. Arriving at home, he
took his prize into the sitting room,
carefully closed the doors, sIig htly
lifting the. basket covering, and,
smiling beneyolently at Mrs. LIS
apparent astonishment, remarked
"My. dear, I've brought you q
Rocky mountain cat-the best
@ r,-,-,--, =.
At this moment the cat jumped
out of tie basket, and commenced
rubbing himself against his mas
ter's legs. Morrow stopped: short,
while his wife broke in impatient
ly: r. .si-f.- a.ttt -..
la me, Morrow! Why that's
the. same old cat | gave Jim Sew
art a dollar to drown, not more
than ten minutes ago"
What followed we know not,
bptra few minutes later the Hon.
Morrow Cd,L Lowry might have
been noticed on the streets Of
Erie, armed with walking stick,
and wondering "why a man can
never find that niger when he
wants to see him badly" -
A Winnebago county (Wis. Wo-