The Portland daily press., 1874-01-05
POETRY.
A Din in Old Holden.
THE CATS TALE AT CAMBRIDGE.

A Dlu III Otu hVlucns
THE CATS TALE AT CAMBRIDGE.
Have Won heard of the tale OF the Cambridge ca's'
When the sage professors held heir chais r. ,,.n,
Where chais and chaps were 10 chad Ira Az, en'
When the Sophs came out SO i ,,d bardly hold in
On a Tuesday noon they couiu l'i"i' Ao1u IL
Back again tiiday eager io ior r, ,n,issd "a,
Neeuvd not to be coaxed nor ooheu III!
This ;s the tale of the Cambridge cats
place lime circumstance as aforesaid
Professor remarked, as we 'o0k our hats,
And civil alden at the chapel door said,
";ent,emen, Friday next We meet:
Proceed we then with onr euci1s tom
r ne theme wi h interest is repete;
The cat Is an excellent illustration,
Fo we reach, to-day, the galvaDic chain
In our subjec Is prolonged concatenaiion,
And IL either Of you, on the wav to tie hal
Don't 60 out Of Your way but 1t might SO happen)
SIouid hear a catelwaul under wall,
Or chance at a cat-nap TO catch one mapping,
Secure, 1t you I,l ase, and bring 1t Lere,
CON what science commands we look with lenience,
Wher., without her behesis, we might be severeD
Bat put yourselves TO no Inconvenience.
Each Sophomore wunk him wicked wink!
Friday came! and what do you think!
Sophs with baskets and Sophs with bags!
piis with bundles in paper and rags!
Cuass whose p ckets Were never so b1S!
Caps, pantalrons or an old boot leg!
One walked in with q butter ke2!
Satchel, lillow-case, bucket, hod!
Nought under heaven or over The sod
Was missing that one might borrow or beg,
Such as ',woud seem To sage or wag
That a Soph might ~ ina "a cat IN!
And when all we're opened free and Wide,
The cats leaped out on every side,
Down to the floor with 4 b lund and q din,
Like cataract down Katahdin!
Cuts!
out Of the brooches and out of the hats,
Out OF the D ,ckets and out OF the Jags
Out of The lapers an out of he rags,
Buckets and butter keg basket and bod,
Gait that were mated and cats that We're odd
Old cats aud yGung cats and cats meli9val
Cats that 10 'ked TabbyliAe, cats that looked evil!
Blak ca and yell W cats, gray cats and white!
Cats with their e. es out ana cat wi h heir sight!
Ca with cauial appen lage that trailedl
Cats with their narr;u ives sadly curtaied!
Cas- whose totose-shell fur told tale Of good hous
Cats addicted to 'ream! Cars given to mcusingi
Cats o. all shades and degrees OF complexion!
Cats from Oil G mbfidge ana each remote SEC Ion!
Kittens! d some Of the 1muel persuasi n,
Who migit have been out on the mcrr OF creation!
Cats! Cats! Everywhere cas-!
Cats! Plenty of them An nothing but cats!
Under he tables and the seals!
Into the galley pots out of reiorts!
Smashing the glasses o'eriurniug the pots!
Spillin. the acids and scattering the salts!
Mounting aloft with wild cat mount vaults!
Exploring the floor without pauses halts!
Cats! Cats! Everywhere cats!
Cats! Plenty of them! And nothing but cats!
Through csmer,dgepor'. Cambridge, East Cambridge
By daylight untiring-at night without rest
For the days interv Mug those 'phomore bras
I'd done nothi1g bnt cleaning and harvesting cats!
Not problem was C jnne IL pentam ter scanned
Whist Thomas or Tabitha proved through the
S, exhus i've the search that, for nrlongs around,
II was months ere cat or a kitten was found!
The Professor, perpexed saw that he must be leni-
Each bad f,ur IL