The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-23
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SHEET IRON CAT WORKS.
A Few Testimonials From the People

!. iSPoil loiidiiy au lnVen-
tion OF young man residing in this city,
which was termed the '"Patent Sheet iron
Cat" and was designed especially for the
destruction of the common feline serenad-
IIers which nfest all lsettled com munities al, d
render life a bore, if not at times a. posi-
tive torment. Little did the inventor of
the, Patent Cat, think. as he fastened
the last riyet in the tail Of his remarkable
conception, that he was conferring a bene.
/ ht upon mankind Of equal im portance
with those of the inventors of the velocci-
pede, the Dolly, Warden, or the potato bug
pulyerizer,t But such was the case, and
the favorable manner, in which the press
/ OF the country s(who are slow to praise
/ and quick to condemn lrand ana worth
! less inventions), united in favorable no
! tices of the Patent Cat" proves that the
latter has filled vacancy, in the Patent
Once reports that has long remained un-
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From Boston to San Francisco come
complimentary illusions to this inven-
J ton, and scarcely a day passes but that
the inventor does not receive letters of
inquiry from meu of note, from invalds
and nervous people, from capitalists and
others, all seeking more detailed informa-
ton concerning the mechanical wonder,
and asking for samples, and territorial
state, or county rights, to manufacture
and sell the same stsittI .feT- hna.s
We are requested by the patentee to
state that, owing to the rise in sheet iron
and the strike among the miners, he has
not been able so far to supply the home
demand for the 'Iron Cat" and has ut.
terly refused to export any quantity until
the close of the present year. Arrange
ments have been made with one of our
largest manufacturing establishments, by
which one hundred eats per day can be
turned out after the first of May,
and if there is no marked decrease in the
number of "Toms" and "Tabbies" at the
end of six months. the capacity of the
works will beidoubled ,las a stock company
has been formed known sas7the Great
American Cat aud Anti Fiddle string
Company of Cleveland. io1I.iJ oa 13l7
. Only three hundred Of the T''Patent
Cats" have been sold up to the present
date, but in no case-have they failed to
give complete satisfaction. We subjoin
"a few notices of the press and testimonials:
'NWe have been using for a week past
"a recent invention ofa Cleveland machan
ic, which is nothing more than a sheet
iron eat, with cylindrical attachment
and steel claws and teeth. 1t is worked
by clock work A bellows inside swells
the tail at viii TO belligerent size, andia
tremolo attachment causes, at the same
time, the eat 10 emit all the noises of
which the human cat is capable When
you wan fun YOU wind up your cat and
place him on the reof Every cat with
in half mile Uhears him. girds on his
armor, and salles forth : Frequently fif
ty or one hundred attack him at once No
sooner does the patent cat feel the weight
of an assailant than his teeth and claws
work with lightning rapidity. sAdver!
saries within six feet Of him are torn to
shreds. Fresh battaliohs come on to meet
a similar fate, and in an hour" several
bushels of hair, toe nails. and fiddle strings
alone rem ain. - BdH more San aVyj 80
"No 6rst-class printing Office with a
roof fat enough TO afford a battle. ground
for infuriated felines, should. be without
one r. TILToN."
s"Ithas saved more than hundred
thousand dollars worth of boot jacks in
this city aionesandaa mince pie. or can of
preserves goes further in my family than
il did before the war.GiasIs 81 57uls
bwo7s s7sJ NJ, Mayor Of Chicago" 8.
.'fHow any family can doawithout' one
any more than a "Dolly Warden" is a
wonder to me. 7aE sCADY STANTON q
J"Sendam me fives hundred (500)1 once
CO I'D. with extra bellows and powerful
tone, to participate in the Jubilee. = s1ni
-EToi9i74o7q 5ta ''P. GILMORE p7sa
"The roof of our Office was covered
with eats four ranks deep until we placed
tive of the sIron Thomas Cats in position
Not a cat has been seen since, and we
have sold Bologna sausage meat enough
to purchase three fonts of job type
Every young man going'West should take
few of these cats with him. IL. G. !. in
Tribune Editorial. 'F 1nsaaiEs bed =
s.I have used the Patent Cat with much
success ia my famiiy., My tnotherin law
has been visiting us for the past eight
mouths. Night before last | wound up
the "Patent Cat" and set him under her
bed. At his first howl, she. leaped from
her bed and yelled Seat, at the same
time stabbiug at him with an umbrella
/ can hardly write for emotIon-but my
dear mother in. law will not take her meals
with US for six months to come. All
that is left of her has been basted toge
ther, but her spirit is broken Euclosei
find the money for twenty five more eats,
and also sebd new claws for the old one,
as the old lady was tough. = s@A@ -.
ia' "BRIGHAM YOUNG
We might extend these testimonials,
but it is useless. The manufacture OF
cats will soon be one ofthe most valuable
additions to the business interests of our
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