Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-06-30
Bubbles Learned Cat.

MIR. Bubble was well-to do old gent,
and if he had any particular weakness it
was for training birds and animals. His
house and barn were filled with them,
greatly to the disgust of Mrs. Bubble, who
hated everything of the kind. He had a
learned pig, precocious rooster, a trick
dog, a comprehending COW, marvellous
horse, an educated rat, and the Lord knows
how many other things. But as yet he had
no learned cat, and his heart yearned for
one, He hal tried to train two or three
different ones, but his trick dog had trick
OF worrying them out of existence, or out
of the neighborhood, and so Bubble was
still under cloud. If be only had learned
cat he felt that his cup of happiness would
be complete.
Finally he obtained fine large specimen,
one quite large enough to take his own part,
so far as the dog was concerned, and he at
once set about educating him. Contrary to
his former experience, he found his new
delight quite tractive, and in a few weeks
he had Tommy" so well developed that
he would perform several tricks wonder
fully well, and one afternoon. while enter
tanning a company of friends to dinner,
Bubble had to tell them about his latest
animal wonder.
'sYou would be surprised" said he, ''to
see what genius there is In that cat Tom
my.
Some one suggested that the wonderful
feline be summoned into the presence of the
company, and accordingly Tommy was
sent for.
Now, my friends, as the preliminary
overture to his performance, propose to
show you how nicely he can walk over this
table without disturbing the least thing, or
offering to eat whatever may be in his
reach"
Mrs. Bubble protested, bu. he would
have his own way. and Tommy was order
ed to leap upon the table and walk over it
carefully.
But learned cats are quite as unreliable
as any other, and Tommy didn't appear TO
be ambitious for fame on that occasion.
The first thing he did was to turn around
and put mis- hind foot in the butter. Then
he started forward little and in trying to
get at tat buttered lnstep he knocked over
the cream pitcher, the sugar bowl, and be-
coming more and more demoralized he put
one of his fore paws into u cup of hot tea.
Then he gave growl of pain and made a
dive to get aawy, knocking the tea pot over
into Mrs. Bubbles lap, and receiving cuff
which started him in another direction, and
caused him TO overset dish of gravy. Into
this he stepped, and then jumped upon the
head of an old fellow without any hair, and
producing stampede which tipped over
the table and produced a regular hurrah.
Bubble was all The while calling: Come
here, Tommy, poor Tomlnv." but his calls
were disregartied by that educated cat, and
Mrs. b. seized stool and sent it flying af-
ter poor Tom. The stool and Tommy
went through the window together, carry
ing away the sash and all at one fell swoop.
After comparative quiet had been res.or-
ed, Bubble tried to convince the company
that the cat was little cut of training. but
on account of a subsequent conversation
held between him and his wife, it is safe to
say that he will not exhibit his learned cat
again right away.