The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-02-13
Seven Cat Stories.

At Owenton, KY, last week, a cats
fur took fire as she was mapping by the
CRATE, whereupon she iamped into boz
Of rags, which in turn took fire and des
troyed the house.
Soma years ago there was cat con.
cert held in Paris. II was called "Con
cert Miaulant," FROM the mewing. The
cats were trained by having their tail,
pulled every time certain note was
struck, and the unpleasant remembrance
caused each one to new every time ht
heard the sound.
James Whitaker, repu able citizen o.
Camptonville, Cal has granny" ca
which crossed the plains with him lr
'49. She was kitten then, and is there
fore nearly thirty-four years old. Marths
Washington is the cats name 1t il
estimated that Martha has between 4,
900 and 5000 descendants, reaching to
grandklitens of the twenly-sevtD.t
great.
Many persons who live on Temple
street Hill in Paterson, N. j., declar,
they have seen ghost wandering in the
streets. The Raw Mr.. Hovenburgh oh
who has seen ihs alleged apparition, ba.
no doubt 1t is human being. 1t is des.
cribed by others ss dressed in long
white gown With a white cowl. aud with
cat seated On one OF its shoulders.
A twenty-five pound tomcai, long and
favora5Iv known on Washington etreel
wharf, San Francisco, where he was
born, reared and ensconced in the affec.
tions of his owner, deliberately commit.
ted suicide on January 8 | bv laying his
head upon the pavement and holding il
there until an express wagon had rolled
over it He had undertaken to commit
suicide several times before in similar
wav, but lost courage al the last moment
and fed from the approaching wheels
One morning recently Mrs. Ennis, O
Wickfork, Conn.,, hdard her Cat, about 4
year old, calling very emphatically or
the doorstep The call not being an.
swered, tabby renewed her efforts in
such persistent Kramer that Mrs. En-
mis- curiosity was aroused. Upon go
ing to the door, there was cat with q
fur bag stuffed full OF papers and rags
which had been left in The wood-house
some three rods from the house This
she had dragged ont of the brilding tu
the house, and upon the appearance ol
her mistress endeavored to call heI
attention 10 it. When she succeeded in
making herself understood, and and the
bag had been cautiously approached and
shaken, out jumped wharf rat, much
to the delight of tabby, but to the hor-
ror os her mistress.
Said st. Louis woman 10 the cat
story reporter of the Globe-Democrat: !:
"Not long since I was paying visit to
my friend, Mrs Linchey, in East ST
Louis. While there | observed a big,
black cat playing with white hen. |
called my friends attention to the extra
Ordinary spectacle OF the cat purring al
the hen, when the lady remarked: "Oh,
that's nothing; that cat is the mother OF
chicken Mrs Linchsy then told ice
the cat had driven sitting hen off her
nest last spring, and shortly afterward
there was a nest full of kittens and one
chicken. From The line the chick
struggled through the shell to the pres
ent day it has been member of the
feline family. TIE Cat has at all times
evinced a maternal care over its feath.
cred ward, and the latter has frequently
heen seen to perch beside its foster.
mother"