, 1879-07-25
FELINE DOARDERS.

FELINE DOARDERS.
Singular Morning Scene in tho I,owcr
Htrsots Of Nav Ynr't City-Cstf which Aro
Cared For By n Professional rurveyor.
ktto Iurk-Ntrutd.
A Herald reporter yesterday, Wills taking tlie
early morning air in tho region Of tic deserted
Ba.tery, notcad Two cats, sitting like miniature
'CarJatldcs, one on cnch side Of warehouse,
eagerly poer!ng around the corner and occaston-
ally tIterchanging renark, which led him to
beileye That tho cats had sona special object In
so sitting and 60 pcurlng. A walk through
Bridge, Btone, Water, Pearl. Front, and other
ndjaccnt warehouse streets revealed more Gals,
all evidently with BONO fixed purpose. Kittens
wore thrrs, too, but they displayed mono Of the
the tolumn aspect Of bummers. 9cdRtoly sealed
at tic front dours OF tleIr respective warehouses
as |! they themselves wcFo the pr6prletora, they
looked up md down thu street as II awaiting
Il Thc soiia indiyIduals oi tho cat family who
looked nt,or the welfare Of tic great brick bniId-
ings lntruated to st1eir charRo occasionally were
intrudcl upoo hr strange cat, OF lha tramp
kind IN fact, WHOSE coat showed sigma Of wsar,
away by the mnr9 FIapectnbla memDnrs OF lite
cat fraternity, whu with hisscs md other feline
exp1etiyos expelled him ignomtntonaly from the
NclruCCEuUUut All uOHU'tlHu bGt{iEA ~ Ut
niivo with cats. Cats crawled from little squars
holes In doors; cats came out from under trou
gra.ngs; cuts assembled from nefEhbortnR
liousefops where they had becn making night
lad uother local habitation nor name, tuok
most, other cats from distant warlA, but which
teemed intent On aoncthinE, !lsltod u!a PRO,
cuct; black cats, gray cnta, Maltese cats. nnsl
oil Other Varieties of tho fe'fns family wore rop
Tic cause was presently npparcnt. A man In
bluo checkud shirt. With heavy basket Oil llls
arm laden with small packages Of meat, came
s'sy es 70
md in many cascs tails too. From this basket
tl,u man, on meeting regular boardcr, took =
package Of meat wrapped IN brown paper ntll
not rcgulnr boardcrs made spasmodic atten,pts
In sonia cnses TO asslst tho regular bourder In
tho consumption OF his food but as a fnlo Vcro
unsuccessful. The purveyor knows all Ills GUS
the MuIte.a l,vca ut No. 10 State s.reet, and II
she inulitca for her breakfast at No. 40 he ptn-
ishcs her By refusing to give her her rasions.
| 50, too, he knows thatthe huge, tawny cnt which
bridge street has no b1slncss in STONE street.
| liz hns studied Ills boarders, Inns them 1Dwt
| ltur,' uni no cat now darrs be ou any oth0r
! premises but his own at breakfast hour.
ing Lilo cats 80 fmpatcntly wait, md whom they
fondle, purr about nu.l ngalrlst whose legs they
ruG tileir supertluous fur, be said:
"Weli, haYc been ID this business for sew
week, tho actual amount varying at different
| scasons OF the ycur. l take ont about 100
pounds Of u,cnt in tic morning for delivery
among my cat family, AMI it's pretty hard work,
grub ,i round, iii iLo eat. ii the country know
ine, antl iul!aw me, md somett,neP feel ~
Though was the fatsr OF ihs whole rat tribe,
Keportcr-Whou, do you supply With cats
Turyeyor-ihero arc lots OF stores III this
mcghhorllood wtuso occupants dcn! In pork,
cheese, hams, and other Uasaba matter Of thai
description. Now oil tlicso Rtoree ore mostly
plu who occupy the stores have to keep plont,
| OF eats to keep the rata down. These cats have
to he fed. Tley aln't q E0!n' to cut ham te
focl lllc cats, Mlstl cats don't like salt Ment any
here here 70 feed thctn. &c. as Ind real one tIms
icd ,lla cats, thought would 70 into thu busi
,lesa on 4 sn,alfer Bcnlo.
Ks.ortst1What :; H., do son charge per day TO
I'HryuYos-Fiya cents, and Its too cheap a
that. buy my nIcnt AWAY up-town and lIay'
to buy wrapping.pupcr to keop the scparat
1Ieces In; aiNt, what's more, don't board IN,
cats On boarding. g.house hash.
| Reporter-."You don't mean to say you tec'
them on tondcrloiu stcak1
| Purycyor-Uf colrsB don't gEve 'om chufc
I cuts, Ul1k ! uQnk 4CCtA F4ul OIl pO0f ETuQ+
don't gvo 'cm no cuttings from dead animal
ns 1l,ey aay they do In London and other placc
where cat's.ncnt men go round, but l give 'c,
good. fair, deccut food, varying !. fron day t
day. lalyays Eiys r.. e;u =; fll ,, on Friday; There
It's cheaper to inc than meat ou tlut day, an
cats Iiko fish anyhow. a change of diet Is goo
ipr cats ~ we'll ~ nun.
ltevorter-flnw do you feed them dur'n
1.ensl Do you Innke them observe this fort
dusn md follow tne Churcl, directions rs to tllut
purvayUr-N0; / feed fom Oh tnent rtgh
along, except on Fridny; anyhow you couldn
make d cut keep Lent Us long al there was a ~
Or mouse to DO caught, or uuy ea.ablo on I'll
TIlc cat In tbs daytime IL rather agreeable m
las It's Use. AT hight, however, tile reverse
tho case. Among tue down:town warsho4ae
cat'a nlnro unpleasant pucrliarittcs DO put rnal1
themselves 10 conspicuous us they do In III
town yards. they afs very necessary. A dow
than slx cats horo. They 60 on duty when v
.. lock up, about o'clock III tho evening. II "
didn't the rats would play high carnya! and O.
our stock 90 that It would hs utterly unsalabl'
s es, .us f IT, tosss @ sAss'f e, s ,1s t. t S
1t moro than meat. hut we hava sometime
other goo.ls n stock which, II 1t wasn't for ou
! eats, would speedily Ge ruined. We used t
,, trouble, rs wc lad to send to Washington sla
ket for meat, aud whci. tho men cn.no toul,
and offered to supply them with food for ccn
day apiece we accepted the ofcr gladly. It
:, cheaper 70 pay couple of dollars week tla
to llaya the place oyerruu with rats"
Ths meat man B0td, IN response to an Il
sulry whether he over Hissed cut from tho al
! pointed place: "Oh, }as; | .omet'ues IN
mno,s t4s% asaa n front OF thu store whsF' they ar
"Are their situations filed at oneel" asks
> ! "Vcll, - suro can't tell" said the pu