, 1873-12-14

Denth OF tho E'cltsa1 Pot Of IL 1sn&ffond
ftHNnt.

fberot.
From. tie Louisville luo1.er-Jonrnaf. Dee. 7. >,
Tltcre uecurrot( uu Frluuy atteruuoh, ~ ING
slol.-Luo dept, au accldsut, Which, although
apparently trivial To lilo general public, has hton
tllo Hunlco Of melancholy regret 10 "fl tug en-.
ployoa OF tho railroad coni!!nttY WHO hau any
acc.dlans .l.a1 tl.ecluehlug to dcath Of q cat
aAou. " ycu.s oll usador the wIlaoa OF freight
chr oppus.tu tho baggage room. Tho anlinn. haB
b.en u constant rosldent NJ the depot tof hbeut
1iftcen ycnrH, having beau sent down from l4ar
grange with i litter Ut kisteua whom yours of
ugo by Engineer Swift, Mlo found TINT 'l'a Wls
killing no many OF Ills pigooIia Ed chlchcnn thnt
he was ftreed to ship her to t!.e e'ty.
Previous to hor asIival, tue rAta rolB1lod Hl-
prcmo III tle depot. Sucks Ut uats md coln woro
deliberately rijipcd opcn by their reillursclcan
teeth, allu their cuntcs.ts devourca; nightly "aB-
aailA wore hold over Sle lacoiaed rc1I'si''i,tn oi
pfoduce shipments, nnd co'lsi.noeB bso%'ieh s'ia
tho lairoad Company wcro II! DESPAIR; at1e ~ ma-
rrn,,uo cat. however,, ct olco perceived aud llh"
tered tue depressing situation. sllc had m ull-
usual feline antipathy for iale and, nfor aatut.
ing her plans, went to ,Sor9 anu alauel,teiod
them by the hundreds. 1t III ost.n'ated W CaHt.
en,nlty Of tla Company for twonty years, thu
she has killed during lor tssrcor nbout l,000,o00
rntg. .,
. This excellent service noon began to tell:
G1cds stored III tho depot renalt'ed ls!tact, aaa
the ,at4 kent we'll uut u Tie lnclusure, t'alilnG
occasional iaidH, from which they wero bltro ~
couo out with terrible lonb. 'lusb,' for that
wus tho uu,lie Of tho rcdoubtabla cat, was a
very ugly specimen Of her raco. sho wus n'p;
,,uscd to bo wta. In known as 4 " tortolee-shen
cut" hut a,tr oupscmisnl WIS acknowledged to
10 ,al,aby absurd, 4s alo presented to the cyo
u most llcathenisl mixture of dirty culors: S'o,
however, HUon beca1ilo great fasurile with AL
tic employees, aud woua tule up lor abode ilrst
in one pllico n,ld tlou III another. At ono tlmo
ulo pai1 y long sibit to tho Surerintentcnts o.
tcc, and willie thoro the conductors wero III Tho
ha1,t Of clipping holes iu her ears Win
their tickot-luncl'es, and ty!pg III niue lio-
oenizing l,er vulue to the company, gaye orders
for regular rations to bo gwen lor, aiad the
vouc[lors for tho same came in duly TO DC fa'o,
bou,ipg tho rather unusual RAILWAY entry Of
| scat-nlcat." Wllcn supt. ekilIlIcr cntored upon
tho duties Of bis office, nnI cnmo ncros' t. the
vouchers FOR russ' ncat, ho dll not know y; yl'at
to mike OF then mud wanted to know "Whnt
IL It meaut;" "pusH, however, continued
to lavo her ratious I'LL the tay Of hor deatll,
they Icing only reduced " Mo na,,, ae oo'hpany o~
It wuB pusB custom to GD' Tho ronntIs every
| dny to kill Off whit fow rats Eentured upon he'
| domain, mud When she killed uno slo invariably
brought it up to t1lo baggage-iliaaterA raom nla
Bilo las III i,er lifo-liulo brought into the world
| 7OU or YQ0 Kittens tho larger portion OF WHICH
| hayo hccn killed or stolen: >,
| d fow dnyH before her death, 1t lad been dc.
termincd that, as aho was bceomlng so 81, old, ano
slo SHOULD DO sent to end her days III tho colilt
| try, aud bag was procured to ship her H.
| Slo, however, scratched tho man III tho hand
who WIS handling, her, and tho project wat
| dropped for tow days. On friday s1o went
dowi tic Bteps near tho baggage o.nlastor's dool
to crosB tho truck, Rhe had done thousands o1
tines botoro, and got immediately Under tht
wlcon Of freight.car Which was lacIlng IN, ans
was nearly cut III tYo. Size WIS takeu mp tolid1r3,
| 1..,t nffarnnon