Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-12-09
NO. $50.
Mr.. Tubbs' Cat.

Nv name is Tuhbs, and l am separated
| from nv wife The alienation is not, be 1t
| understood, a consequence of the name, for
although admit that Tubbs is not a euphon-
ious appellaiicn, still it suits me, and, so far
| as know, was always satisfactory to Mary
Ann. Her mother did, l believe, at the
earliest stages of my intimacy with her
daughter sniff disdainfully when it was pro-
nounced; but my good conduct and the
steadiness OF my devotion, overcame her OBJ
iections tif she had ANY,, and Tubbs, by ma
ternal consent, was added to Mary Ann Clar'
issa.
No, the cause of our separation grew up in
our own family Could | have looked into
futuritv: had forescen; but no matter,
Mary Ann is with her mother, and as that
old lady is up to the average of mothers-in-
law. Mary Ann is very likely to stay there.
Pardon these melancholy digressions.
am not fond of cats; candidly, detest
them. My conservation can therefore be
imagined, when, upon returning home one
evening. l saw, slumbering serenely in the
lap of Mary Ann, young specimen of tins
species of animal. l mildly protested-my
mother in laws subsequent statement to the
contrary Notwithstanding. represented as
glowingly as was able, the treachery Of the
| animal, its immoral nature, its prsnencss to
dissipation and late hours, and expressed it
as my unalterable opinion that no well-regu-
lated family should tolerate its presence. But
no. Did / wish to 'deprive her of every
| comfort?" and her inevitable mother added
that was 'jcalous of the cat!'
yielded. Under my wife's care the beast
prospered. I'll say nothing of its forays up
on the milk pitcher, of its sampling every ar
ticle of food before ] partook Of it. but l
come at once to the catastrophe that desolat-
ed my home. The cat grew dissolute, as
knew it would Absent all night, and COM
pletely done up, in the morning. My moral
sensibiiities are of high order. was in
expressibly shocked, and with a force of Ian
guagc and stcrnness of demeanor that be-
fitted the occasion, insisted that Mary Ann
should restrain her favorite of its liberty.
She wept, but complied. Our enlargement
began here. We had retired one evening,
each in belligerent state of mind, and were
sleeping soundly when was suddenly awak-
ened by Mary Ann exclaiming;
Goodness gracious! listen to that child"
assured Mary Ann, after listening an in
stant, that the noise came from no child, but
proceeded from cat beneath our window, and
that knew from the quality Of its voice that
it was a cat Of the male gender. | am in
clined TO think that my wifc's Interesting fe-
line had made an engagement that she was
| unable 10 keep. There was a tremole in the
squalling of the minstrel without, that sug-
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ueus .''"' c"loitu we o'oo,' No po,r,'e", as
p'a"t ever "s"su ioi '"'os' NJ ','"" eNe,
siRhe" 10, ia'ue ii'o'e u.ePV '".n .o"e.u
Ior orich, NY Proposn,on W wary Ann ~
'.o" 'u' "'i oc' W 4"'.' VI. oe"' ou..;ue
was withdrawn. | grew recklessly extrava-
;.a, go " , "a p ~ -,
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squ"i' ~ 'asp'.e' ~ uena".' u,', e'"' ""'y
am n', eoWe',1 LIZA" ,n,. ". , o.ue'G :'',
ne ma'"''' '''o" ""' o'e" J'''e' oy MI
o'ner cat
!"ere was snol' nerce oo''oI"!L nose
as .houen an enei'ee, "e'e Tying ''e ~a.e.