Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-07-12
The Patent sheet.Iron Cat.

IT will be remembered that some time
since'we noticed reportorially an inven-
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 sere-
naders which infest all settled communi-
ties and render life bore, If not at times
a positive torment. Little did the inven-
tor of the patent cat think as he fastened
the last rivet in the tail of his remarkable
conception, that he was comforting ben
eft upon mankind of equal importance
with those of the velocipede, the Dolly
Warden, or the potato-bug pulveriZer
But such was the case and the favorable
manner in which the press of the country
| (who are so slow to praise and quick to
condemn fraud and worthless inventions)
united in favorable notices of the patent
cat, proves that the latter has filed 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 a day passes but that the in
ventor does not receive letters of inquiry
| from men of note, from invalids and
nervous people, from capitalists and 9TH
ers, all seeking more detailed information
concerning the mechanical wonder, and
asking for samples, and Territorial, State,
or County rights to manufacture and sell
! the saDe
We are requested by the patentee to
state that owing to the rise in sheet iron.
and the striking among the miners, he
has not been able to supply the home de-
mand for the iron cat, and has utterly re-
fused to export any quantity until the
close of the present year. Arrangements
have been made with one of our largest
manufacturing establishments hy which
! 100 cats can be turned ont by the first of
next month, and if there is no marked de-
! crease in the numberof Toms and Tabbies
at the end of six months, the capacity of
the works will be doubled, as stock com
pany has been formed, known as the Anti.
| Cat Eiddle-string Company of Cleve,
Lard.
Only 800 of the patent cats have been
sold up to the present date, but in no case
have they failed to give complete satisfac-
ton. We subioin a few notices of the
press and testimonials
"We have been using for week past a re-
cent invention of a Cleveland mechanic,
| which Is nothing more than sheet-iron cat,
with cylindrical attachments and steel claws
and teeth. IL is worked by clockwork. a
| bellows inside swells the tail Mt will to @
| beligerent size, and in a trcmolo attach
ment causes at the same time the patent cat
| to commit all the noises of which the genu-
inc cat is capable. When you want fun, 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 him ut once. No sooner
does the patent cat feel the weight of an as
| sailant than his teeth and claws work with
lightning rapidty. Adversaries within six
feet of him are torn to shreds. Fresh bat
fAllapR ia IN SI SS2me on to meet similar fate, ano
and fiddle strings alone are to be seen.-Bdl-
t6tlOre SIN.
No first-class printing Office with ROOT
fat enough to afford IL battle-ground for in.
furiated felines should be without one.
"T. TLToN."
at has saved more than 100000 worth
of boot-jacks in this city alone, and mince
pie or can of preserves goes further in my
family than it did before the war
81 NJ, Mayor Qf ChiecgO."
"How any family can do without one any
more than Dolly Warden is a wonder to me-
'E. CADY STANTON"
"The roof Of our Office was covered with
cats four ranks deep until we placed two OF
the iron Thomas cats in position. Not cat
has since been seen, and we have sold
Bologna sausage enough to buy three fonts
of JOB type. Every young man going West
should take few Of these cats with him.
al. e."
81 have used the patent cat with much
success in my family. My mother-u-law has
been visiting us for the past eight months.
Night before last l wound up the patent cat
and set him under the bed At his first howl
she leaped from her couch and yelled seat,
and at the same time stabbing 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 there is of her has been basted together,
but her spirit is broken. Enclosed find
money for twenty-five more cats, and also
send new claws, for the old lady was tough.
" BRIGHAM YOUNG"
We might extend these testimonials,
but it is useless. The manufacture OF
cats will soon be one of the most valua.
BILE additions to the business interests of
our growing city In the meanwhile,
strangers passing through Cleveland, and
and all who are interested in the exter,
mination of the cat tribe, are invited to
examine into the merits Of this great dis,
covery. C26geland Leader.