Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1883-08-18
Saturday, August. Is. 1888.
A Tough story.

A NCtS, WY touSh StOis IL WhiSh "
chicken, a rat, cat, dog and a boy
figured was going the rounds in the
East End yesterday. The story is
vouched for by good authority, and on
this account is all the more remarka-
BILE. 1t is related that Mr.. Sam Me-
Curdy was sitting meath the shade of
a tree in the back yard of his residence
on Clay, near Franklin street, talking
to some friends, when his attention
was called to hen with q brood Of
young chickens and a large rat that
had just emerged from its hole and
was quietly regarding the young
chickens with the prospect Of meal
in view. As the rat came from his
hole the house-cat awoke from her
afternoon nap and caught sight of the
rat. Crouching low, she awaited de-
velopments, and stood prepared to
spring upon his ratship. At the APP
pearance of his ancient enemy, tho cat,
a Scotch terrier, which had been sun.
ming itself in the wood-shed, pricked
up its ears and quietly made for the
place where the cat stood. At this
moment boy named named Andy
Quad came upon the scene. The
chickens were not cognizant of being
watched by the rat, not did the rat see
the cat, nor the feline the dog, who
had not noticed the coming of the boy.
A little chick wandered too high and
he was seized by the rat, which was in
turn bounced upon by the cat, and the
cat was caught in the mouth of the
dog. The rat would not cease his
hold on the chicken, and the cat, in
spite of the shaking she was getting
from the dog, did not let 60 the rat.
1t was fun for the boy, and in high
glee he watched the contest and the
struggle of each of the victims. 1t
seemed TO him that the rat was about
to escape after time, and, Selling a
stone, he hurled it at the rodent. The
aim was not good, and the stone struck
the dog right between the eyes. The
terrier released its grip on the cat and
fell over dead. Ithad breathed its last
before the cat in turn let 60 the rat
and turned over and died. The rat
did not long survive the enemy, and
by the side of the already dead chick
en- he laid himself down and gave up
the ghost. -a-@n,
The owner of the dog was so angry
at his death that he is said to have
come near making the story complete
by killing the boy that killed the dog
that shook the cat that caught the rat
that bit the chicken on Clay street.
[ louisville Courier-Journal.
Much has been said and written Of
the great estates and large possibili-
ties of Mexican haciendas. But prob
ably few people in the United States
even yet realize the extent of some of
these tracts of land, where a million
or a million and a half of acres often
constitute a single estate in the hands
of one owner.
There are many such estates in Mex
leo large enough to hide away many
European principality, large enough
to awaken the envy of many a land
proprietor in the Pacific coast states
of the Union. These are to be found
in many of the central and Northern
states Of Mexico. The famous Salado
ranch, for example, contains over SIX
hundred square miles of land. 1t lies
partly in the states of Nuevo Leon,
Coahuila, Zacatecas and San Luis Po-
tosi, on the highway to Mexico, and on
the line of the new railroads. 1t &C.
cupies the central table lands of Mex
leo at an average elevation of four
thousand feet. Chains of mountains
traverse the estate, rich in mineral
wealth. The boundaries of the estate
extend more than one hundred miles
from north and south, and fourishing
farms and large mining towns are met
at frequent intervals. .