The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-06-14

THAT sIIEET.IRON CAT.
A FEW TESTIMONIALS.

City, WHICH was tertneu the "1atcnJ
Sheet-Iron Cat" and was designed
especially for destruction Of the com.
mon feline serenaders which infest
all settled communities and render life
q bore, if not at times positive tor
nent. Little did the inventor of the
Patent Cat think, as he fastened The
last rivet in the tail Of bis remarkable
conception, that he was comforting a
benefit upon all mankind of equal i'm
portance with those of the inventors
of the velocipede, the Dolly Warden,
or the potato bug pulyerizer. But
such was the case, and the favorable
manner in which the press Of the
country lwho are slow TO praise and
quick TO condemn fraud and worth
less inventions.) united in favorable
notices Of the Patent Cat proves that
the latter has filed a vacancy in the
Patent Office reports that has long re-
mained untitled
From Boston to San Francisco
come complimentary illusions to this
invention, and scarcely day passes
but that the inventor does not re-
ceive letters OF inquiry from men of
note, from invalids and nervous peo-
pie. from capitalists and others, all
seeking more detailed information
concerning the mechanical wonder,
and asking for samples, and tcrritori-
al, State or county rights to manufac-
ture and sell the same.
We are requested by the patentee
TO state that owing to the rise in
sheet-iron, and the strike among
miners, he has not been able SO
far TO supply the home demand for
the Iron Cat, and has utterly refused
to export any quantity until after the
close of the present year. Arrange
ments have been made with one of
our largest manufacturing establish.
ments, by which one hundred cats per
day can be turned out after the lst
of May aud if there is no marked de-
crease in the number Of Toms" and
''Tabbies" ut the end of six months.
the capacity of the works will be
doubled, as n stock company has been
formed known as The Great Ameri-
can Cat and Anti. Fiddle.string Com
pany of Cleveland.
Only three hundred of the Patent
Cats have been sold up TO the present
date, but in no case have they failed
TO give complete satisfaction. We
subjoin few notices OF the press and
testimonials:
"We have been using for week
past a recent invention oil a Cleveland
mechanic, which is nothing more than
sheetiron cat, with cylindrical at
iacmcnt and steel claws and teeth
1t is worked by clock-work. A bel
lows inside swclls the tail at will TO
bclligerent size, aud tremulo attach.
ment csuses, at the same time. the
patent cat 10 emit all the noises OF
which the human cat is capable
When you want fun you wind up
your cat and place him on the roof
Every cat within half a mile hears him,
girds on his arnor and sallies forth.
Frequently fifty or Que hundred at.
tack him, at once. No sooner does
the patent cat feel the weight of an
assallaDt than his teeth and claws
work with lightning rapiaity. Ad
yersaries within six feet of him are
torn to shreds. Fresh battailions
come on TO meet a similar fate, and in
an hour several bushels of hair, toe
nails and fiddle-strings alone remain"
-BdLin.ore Sam.
"No first-class printing Office with
roof flat enough to afford battle
ground for infuriated felines should
be without one. L. TILToN."
at has saved more than a hundred
thousand dollars worth of boot.jacks
in this city alone, and mince pie or
can OF preserves goes further in my
family now, than it did before the
war. J. NJ, Mayor of Chicago"
"How any family can do without
one any more than Dolly Warden
i, wonder to me.
L. CADY STANTON"
"Send me five hundred t500) at
once, G. o. d., with extra bellows
and powerful tone, to participate in
the Jubilee. =. GILMORE"
"The roof of our Office was covered
with cuts four ranks deep until we
placed two Iron Thomas Cats in po-
sition. Not cat has been seen since,
and we have have sold Bologna sau-
sage meat enough TO purchase three
fonts of job type. Every young man
going West, should take few OF these
cats with him.
H. g., in Tribune Editorial"
~ have used the Patent Cat with |
much success in my family. My |
mother-in-law has been visiting us for
the past eight months. Night before
last l wound up the patent cat and set |
him under her bed. AT first howl, |
she leaped from her couch and yelled |
Scat and at the same etimestabbing at |
him with an umbrella. l can hardly |
write for emotion-but nay dear moth
er-in.law will not take her meals with |
us for six months to come. Allthere is |
left of her has been basted together,
but her spirit is broken. Inclosed |
find the money for twenty-five more
cats, and also send new claws for the
old one, as the old lady was tough.
BRIGHAM YOUNG"
We might extend these tcstimoni-
ais, but it is useless. The manutac-
ture of cats will soon be one of the
most valuable additions to the busi-
ness interests OF our growing city
In the meanwhile, strangers through,
Cleveland and all who are Interested
in the determination of the tribe, are
invited to examine into the merits Of
this great discovery.