Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-03-18
From Rochester Democrat aud Chronicle
Advertising for Cats.
BY ]. B. SWEET.

NJ. Silly lives in the village, and
owns house and lot. lie bought some
young fruit trees about three years ago.
aud set them ont, but the mice girdled
them the following winter Mr.. Stlty
was tJo good christian to disply any
temper at this, but he WAS perplexei to
know how all things worked together for
good.
The next season he planted fresh 10
of trees, aud all advised him to keep two
or three good cats. Now Silly hs' lived
about sixty years AMI thirty Of them had
been as married man. lie never had
any particular liking to cats aud Human
his wife hated them; hut when Stilty
urged the advantage of keeFius a few to
XII! off the mice aud save the trees, Han
nah coucen,ed.
The pair never had but one child, and
ba became a minister, married, aud went
west several years before Conseq lently
the old p ople lived alone together hnpW.
". and caught mice with traps. "Wsll,
Hannah" said Mr.. S l. y, after they had
mutually y agreed to keep cats, ''if we get
these eats, we walt good ones. We dou'S
want any Of these yawling. sqaalling
mewing, disagreeable cats. What do you
think Of the plaa O. advertising for some?
Hannah thought pcrhap. it would be
best.
They were going away to be gone a
couple Of weeks but had set an exart
day on which they should re ura. Ae>
cording'y Mr.. stilty concluded to let the
advertisement work while they were
away, and in the meantime ssmehody
would be prepared to furnish them with
a frst>cIass qua.iy of cat. He wrote the
not,ce and it appeared .he very next day
in the Muddleyilie CaullfDwer, reading
Us follows:
NY PARTY HAVING 4 FIRST
Aclass eat, tor which they have no fur
tber Use aud not wishing TO Lave the ca'
Of it, wi confer favor by calling with
cat at my residence on Callow street, at.
ter offict hours, on the evening of Novem
bcr 10. Three eats are wanted.
JAMES C. STILTY.
1t 81 happened that Mr.. Stiity in naw-
ing his son. had with paternal pride per
petuare | his own name and although the
young Salty had affixed "Jr..' "A spr'
Of rear guard previous to his being or
dained as minister, the title Of "Rev." "
10 the ether end OF his name soon led Il
the withdrawal of the rea guard.
1t also happeued that the newspa ape'
where he lived exchanged with the on'
published in the village where bis father
lived. 1t happened. too, that when the
Caulihuwer rea ,hed the sanctum Of tht
western editor, the latter saw paragraph
in it which he clipped, and not waiting t,
Paste It to a sheet, handed it to the COP
positor. Old Mr. St,ty's notice hap
pened TO lie on the other side of the plec,
Of paper. aud the composltor, happen nl
to see that particular side, set it up. L
also happened that the Rev. james G
Stilty was taking short vacation and wa
out Of town with his wife, but expec et
TO be home about the 10th Of November
When people resolve to get rid of tbei
cats they are apt TO remember all thei
good traits. Thereforc. it happened tha
all the cats in Muddleville We're goo,
ones; they wers spleud d cats. The SAM
feeling existed in that village out West
Mr. Stil.y missed the train that sboul,
have taken Hannah and himself home
aud had to wait tor another, which arrives
at Mudd'eville about uridBigbt.
The Rev. Mr.. Stilty and his estimabi
lady got hpme about 9 o clock, and bein
tuel, retired, ..,..f..
The following letters enght 10 be pub
lished, as they explain thiags: 20
Vaudeville, n. Y, NV, 18th, 1874
My Dear Son Your mother and
are trrublcd with--would you believe il
at least 200 or 800 cats. There NAV b
more. They came last night. Oar oex
door neighbor says she believes there ar
, over 400 of item. She NAV be right, bu
, you know that your mother aud | neve
like to exaggerate anyth ny. There
4 Just this much about it, We are complete
" 6verrun with cats.
We advertised for three good cats
keep the mice tbinned out and save OF
tree. Instead af only three. we had
4: regular shower Of cats. We went ava
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