Daily Republican., 1880-03-08
PROM YEsTERDAY's LATE Kpr,,o.
CATCHING A GAIT

A Dover Animal Caugbt I'm .
Tho Chase.the Captare, II. r, r.r
I'm. sW
For some time past II was evid.,,
the people Of East Dover HundrsSu u. '. y
the collector whose name was Ca,,. .ut
determined so far as he wae con"s,I s W
that a number Of Republicans of "
hundred should be disfranchised ;. 10y ~
refusal TO receive their taxes. ~ W
der to d. this he had TO move "a 49,. "
and cautiously as his feline ins,al'! sU,'
would allow him to safely yen,us'
For some time he lodged around h'
place to place in the County vh' Ivy
citizens wanting to pay their .sN t.s
would be most unlikely to apd I S;S
colored and white men followed I ~
sometimes as far as ten miles 10 M
taxes but without coming IN ~ E
him. VIVA
Something had to be done To b.,,
OF this animal roaming at larp4 % Wv
detectives were put upon his t,,%.
who traced him at last to his own Soa
icile in jones' Neck, where his fsIi., %
mate and kittens were glad to weIrm'
him home. The situation of as,n
was reported to the Republicans =,
Dover and it was not long before tb.'.
were knocks at the door by the w IA,
payers who wanted to pay their tars
Under these circumstances sometbir,
had to be done and done quickly tbg
the sacred precincts of Pussy.Csn,
home should not be invaded with
ruthless and clamoring horde of voter
intent on paying their taxes.
The feline instincts Of Mr.. Cats ws,,
equal to the emergency, and the fami
nine feline Of the family was instru,td
to say that there was case Of sm,I
pox in the family. Not wishing to sy
pose themselves to the attack Of such
disease the party left bu,
were not long in finding out that Can,
could lie as well as cheat. Defective,
we're then pat upon the track Of Nj,
Cats as he perambulated over II.
county, and finally he was traced 10 \
house not far from Cowgill's corner,
where 1t was expected that he wsuld
remain over last Sunday.
Having fairly treed their game
number of Republicans from DOysI
started out on Saturday night to max,
sure OF the animal that had been lsail
ng them such a wild goose chase ovs
,he country. As they were proceedin,
llong towards Dover Landing the sOaH
'f carriage was heard approachin,
out the vehicle seon came to a halt h
although the night is the most favul
Ible time for cats 10 roam around, hi
particular Gait was not anxious to nst
NE carriage, much less three or tonI
oming from the direction of Dover.
moments hesitation and a 1.-THE for
prang from the carriage and ran intd
he adjoining woods.
The second person in the cariag.
Vas not quick enough to avoid the grou
t brawny hands which were laid upol
i'm. The Republicans under the lsp
f Richard Harrington, Esq, had caugh
anne but were not aware until atte
hey had caught it that they had d
heir hands such an important person
ge as the Assessor of the HundreI
Tho was plotting around the collector
D keep him out of the way of the ai
ayers.
Here was bad dilemma for the as
sssor, and SIS resistance was useless
9 thought the next best thing he could
ossibly do was to make clean breast d
;, which he did, promising upon th'
onor of man that he would have Mr.
ats at Mr.. Harrington's Office at
clock on Monday morning, when b
ould receive sll the taxes the Repul
cans wanted to pay.
Promptly at the time appointed Nd
ats was on hand, and the taxes I'd
persons were as prcmpt
'celved, but without any comprOmis
the part of the Republicans tbs
lese unfaithful officers should b
reened from prosecution before th
nited States Dirtrict Court. This end
the Gait hunt of Kast Dover Hun
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