Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-06
CATS LOOKED ON WITH SUSPICIOUS.

The cat has always been looked upon
with suspicion by the masses. A Finis-
terre cat which has served nine masters in
succession is believed to have the right
OF carrying off the soul of the ninth to
hell. In Upper Brittany there are some.
times seen enormous cats engaged in hold.
ing meeting. II any one presumes to in.
trude upon their presence, they surround
and tease him for time. Then long
needle is driven into his heart, and he is
dismissed. Hypochondria ensues, and he
slowly wastes away. A black tom-cat.
says Russian proverb, at the end Of seven
years becomes a devil A Breton farmer
who neglected to take the usual precaution
Of putting his tom-cat to death before it
completed ita seventh year, was found
dead in bed one morning with his throat
terribly torn. Suspicion fell upon innocent
persons, who were likely to be hanged on
circumstantiai evidence. Luckily, boy
Observed that the cat OF the house was al.
ways watching the corpse with eyes that
blazed with rage. SO he fastened to the
dead mans arm string, the end Of which
he dropped through the window into the
yard. Then he told the police to watch
the body secretly, while he pulled the
string. They did 60. When the boy gave
the string pail. the corpse's arm jerked.
The cat imagined its master bad revived.
With one bound it sprsng ON to the bed,
and furIously tore away at the corpse's
wounded neck. Whereupon it was con.
demned to be burned alive, and the sur
pected persons were set free. II is be-
lieved, we read, that cats viciousness dc.
pends to great degree upon the length OF
its tail. IL the end OF its tail be cut off, it
IL unable f0 foGo - 4Lo 49, -
bat. When Walloon maiden wishes to
refuse suitor with contumely, she gives
him a cat, and tells him to count its hairs.
It is generally believed in France that
bachelor Who treads ON cats tail will find
no woman to marry him till full year has
passed blythe Saturday Review.
VIoLETs FOR PRoFrT.-It is reported on
what appears to be good horticultural au-
thority, that the ravages OF microscopic
insect in the violet fields OF Southern
France, threatens the entire destruction OF
that profitable industry. If this be SO,
acre, and even ten acre violet farms may
soon become California institution.
Wide awake horticulturists have known
Tor some time that it was worth while TO
keep an eye on the course OF events
IN Southern France, for the occupations
which now prove lucrative there may,
ere long, from exhaustion Of the soil
and development of new diseases, cea 9
to do 80, and will, like viticultur,
become a possible heritage for the Pa.
cifc coast. Where is the capitalist wfo
will carefully test the possibilities OF coil
and climate here for the commercial growth
Of flowers, and the manufacture Of pure
perfumes for the worlds markets? There
need not be too many tried at once; the
violet, the rose, the bitter orange. tbs
acacia, the jasmine, are all desirable ana
profitable If rightly grown and used, bu'.
even az in some seasons the bees hnd scant
honey even in the white sage, 80 IN some
seasons, even in the best OF flower Lands, ,i.i,.
the blossoms have comparatively little
sraaranCe Some years however, the per-
fnme Is better than usual A flower farm
l. beautiful to look upon, and gives EN-,
nIovment = to larger number OF women and
pph;1drsn per acre cultivated, than does al
Uu,st.sI most any other branch OF horticulture
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