The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-08-28
sheet Iron On. works.

1t will be remembered that some
time since we noticed reportorially
an invention 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 serenaders
which infest all settled communities
and render life a bore, if not at times
a positive torment. Little did the in
ventor of the Patent Cat" think, as
he fastened the last rivet in the tail of
this remarkable conception, that he
was confereing benefit upon mankind
of equal Importance with those of
the inventors of the velocipede, the
Dolly Warden, or the potato bug pull
verizer But such was the case, and
the favorable manner in which the
press of the country (who are slow
to praise and quick to condemn fraud
and worthless inventions) united in
favorable notices of the Patent Catn
proves that the latter has filled va
cancy in the Patent Office reports that
has long remained untitled.
From Boston to San Francisco
come complimentary illusions to this
invention, and scarcely day passes
that the inventor does not receive let
from men of note, men of
note, from invalids and nerv-
Gus people, from capitalists and 9TH
crs, all seeking more detailed informa-
ton concerning the mechanical Won
der, and asking for samples, and ter
ritory, state, or county rights to man
ufacture and sell the same
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 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, bv which one hundred cats
per day can be turned out by the first
of May.
Only three hundred of the patent
Cats" have been sold up to the pres
ent date, but in no cases have they
failed to give complete satisfaction.
We subioin a few notices of the press
and testimonials:
1--WE have been using for week
past recent invention of a Cleve-
land mechanic, which is nothing more
than sheet-iron cat, with cylindrical
attachment and steel claws and teeth.
1t is worked by clock work A bel
lows inside swells the tail at will to
belligerent size, and tremulo attach
ment causes at the same time the pat
ent cat to emit all the noises of which
the human cat is capable. When you
wind up your cat and place him on
the roof, every cat within half
mile hears him, girds on his armor
and sallies forth Frequently fifty or
one hundred attack at once No
sooner does the patent cat feel the
weight of an assailant than his teeth
and claws work with lightning ra-
piditv. Adversaries within six feet
of him are torn in shreds Fresh
battaiions come on to meet a similar
fate, and in an hour several bushels
of hair, toe-nails, and fddle-strings
alone remain. Baltimore Sun.
mo frst-class printing Office with a
roof fat enough to afford a battle
ground for infuriated felines should
be without one. T. Triton.
ut has saved more than hundred
thousand dollars" worth of boots
jacks in this city alone. and a minee
pie or can of preserves goes further in
my family now than it did before the
war.
-. NJ, Mayor of Chicago"
"How any family can do without
one any more than Dolly Warden,
Is o wonder 10 me.
E. CADY STANTON"
"Send me FIVE hundred (500) at
once C. o. d., with extra bellows and
powerful tone, to participate in the
jubilee ''P. GILMORE.
"The roof our Office was covered
with cats four ranks deep until we
placed two of the Iron Thomas Cats
in position. Not cat has been seen
since, and we have sold Bologna saus-
age meat enough to purchase three
fonts of job type. Every young man
going west should take few of these
cats with him."
ii. g., in Tribune Editorial.
II 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 be-
fore last I wound up the Patent Cat,
and set him under the bed At his
first howl, she leaped fram her couch |
and yelled scat and at the same
UIIilc SldDplliS ~ MN WIN dh uhi-
brella. l can hardly write for emo
my dear mother-in-law will
not take her meals with us for six
months to come. All there is left of
her has been basted together, but her |
spirit is broken. Inclosed find the
money for twenty-five more cats, AID !
also send new claws for the old one,
as the old lady was fought
BRIGHAM YOUNG."
We might extend the testimonials,
but it is useless. The manufacture of
cats will soon be cne of the most val
liable additions to the business inter-
est of our growing city. In the
strangers passing through |
all who are interested in
the determination of the cat tribe,
are invited'to examine into the merits
of this great discovery.-Cleceland
Leader.
California Colony.
A newspaper correspondent gives