The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-06-12
The Cats of Great Men.
How Much they Think of their Tabb!
Pets.

One man in Fulton Market, says the
New York ,Stt1, has under his super
vision the well-being of 5000 cats. His
name is DR.. Moffet, and his ostensible
business is selling cats meat. Hislittle
stall in the Upper end of the market is
heavily laden with viafde that cats find
palatable, viz: liver strips and finely
chopped OK hearts. The doctors fame
has travelled everywhere, and scarce a
moment elapses in the course of the
day that does not bring in troops of
fresh purchasers. His customers afe
mainly persons of wealth. The doctor
tells his own story thus started in
this business when 1 was years old !:
Tn now 65, and during my experience
L have attended to the wants of nearly
every cat, of respectable breeding, to
be sure, that has ever seen daylight in
New York City. My associations with
these cats when they've been taken
sick, for instance, have led me kind of
into society, and I suppose that ] am
| lust as welcome visitor in Commodore
Vanderbilt's house as any other sport
ing gentleman.
COMMODORE vANDERBILT'S CATS.
The cats that he owns I've brought
up from the very bottle, and when 1 go
to see them, which I do, if they get
sick, it's just as much as can 10 to get
out of the house, with the way they 20
on, bowling and screeching for me to
stay with them.
There is Jim, Buckley, Tom, and
Lullie-just four remember, though,
when he kept nine altogether, but Tom,
which is the biggest one of the lot, and
as cross as scorched hornet when he
gets his hair up, drove the other ones
away, and by George, if they didn't all
trot down to me about two months ago,
and 1 had the greatest trouble to get rid
of them. The ones that remained,
however, got along peaceably enough,
and the Commodore is so devotedly at
tached to them that my kindness tC
them and the skillful manner in which
[ treat them when they are sick, have
won for me his unbounded confidence.
= JAY GoULD's CAT.
There is Jay Gould, who never can
eat his breakfast without he has High.
backed Bimmer on his lap. High
backed Bimmer is the name L gave tC
the ugliest cat | ever saw. He came tC
me about eight years ago, and Icouldn't
get rid of him at ALL. / used to throw
him ont of the house in the morning
when I'd get up, and do you know that
the sneaking wretch waited for me al
the corner, and without paying the
slightest attention to the shower OF
stones that 1 kept flying at him all the
time, he followed me to my stall, and
hung around here all day. In the even
ing Mr.. Gould came along, and noticing
the cat, he took fancy to it, and offer
ell uIU so fUI it. L tlIun ssot intorostoa
in the creature and began to prais,
him. I told Mr.. Gould that he (thj
cat) was one of the two that had come
all the way from Asia Minor, and was
worth great deal of money on accoun
of its sagacity. He then offered me-
$25, and afraid that he wouldn't go any
higher, took the money and got rid o
the nuisance.
This cat hats been sick five times, ant
I've always been sent for to doctor hin
up. 1 guess I've made $500 on tha
cat, and L wouldn't take $50 and hay,
him in my house.
AUGUSTUS sCHELL's CAT.
Augustus Schell has a cat that 1t
thinks more of than his own child, ant
it seems to me that the uglier it gets
the more he lavishes good things upol
it. It's big black she cat, and ha
a short stump Of tail. It's no mouser
but the fondest creature for sleep
ever heard of. The old gentleman
takes it to bed with him, and actual,
has little night cap made for it, whicl
he puts on and takes off himself. 1
has one good point, however-it neve
yells at night. When Mr.. Schell goe
to market, he always takes his cat witt
him.