The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-08-21
Seventeen Cats.

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Went IN lhe SPARKS from the anvil uhueF
lht oIachS'h'thS haillner for mo
mcnt the room seemed awe Wl,h them.
ii WAS all eats. mere was general
cat lhS through the alT' SfuGTHinI over
tle iloof, disappearing through the door.
+ rom the Top OF the CUPBOARD, from the
NlhdoW slII5' iIoiIl tnt fllal'S' from com
iortaPle HOOKS pehlhH me stove there
Was one rush OF cats.
n, u gray cat and the gray cat mother,
''i i''''''' '"' y t''' room 'o7'''iei
but the panic was not universal. mere
were lew Shelldahs al ms W incheslef.
Commence was presently IeStored' ana
balSE was sent "ut 10 "l!hg PACK lne
Inna"a\s one ny one untii the ehtlre
lellhe ahlIN was Ie-asseihhled l"I my
Inspection. Yes, mere were seventeen,
seventeen cats l'Ii 'lNlng m enc mouse !
hao come to Fne mouse loE Hliltieht
purpose hut l'und myself setting
gown 20 inquire INTO tHe'r history.
Nhtie ojd the\ alI come from Mtfe
thel born aAd bred On the premises
oA- ho. most OF thcm are refugees
our house Aas become sort 9l asylum
lof homeless wandering cdts. we pt2al,
as al cat families must peSIn, NltH one,
ana most OF ihe others nave come: After
we h@0 tilite OF louF, each adlltlp1 TO
the huHhtr seemed matter "l course,
ana We nave never turned any away.
They seem to be all sorts ana KINDS =
"oh. YES. there are only two or three
alike. lhere are hVe graIs, 0r tahhles !:
tour Maltese three black ana whites !;
one AianN, "lih htr SNORT tan; ana the
rest iilt scattering
And every one has name
'lrs. indeed and bifthdaT, or What
we caIi birthday, that IS, II not the daN
she was born, then the day she came to
us, which answers the same purpose !;
and We have thr weight OF every ollet
~ thinh I"a II nave |" Tell Inc ABOUT
them All
wen, wen begm with the ioul Mai
teHc. fnsJ comes katie. she Is the
head q the iani!t Hhe was Il l"uudling.
Sht came TO us in ~. ana evidently
had haa hafd childhood. she Is 9ood
and klnd' and has been oAe ol the best
ot mothers she lives over the store.
and never stays ont nights She used
to- De a great ratier bat she mas lost her
teeth mostly and has retired on past
honolN. We suppose her to ne about
fourteen years old, and she weighs seven
aud NAN pounds. She has raised a
large family OF children, but OF them But
te}cup Is The only one lett,
Buttercup was born March 23, l0eo,
and now weighs seven pounds. She used
t0 distress her mother when she was
Young hN Mtr venturesomeneSs. and
wouldn't mind hit. She is kind and
good now, bul full Of mischief. She never
goes in or out hy the door bat always
through the top of the window. if she
can. She loves high places, the upper
edge Of pictures and Of the looking glass,
and the tops Of trees. She can open the
door, and she Will 20 upstairs all 10y her
self and fetch things down III her mouth,
Just for the fun Of 1.-THE clock-key, lit
lie bottles. the mouse trap-all sorts of
things.
"NeXt come Kitty Martin came July
>, le7r; weight, seven pounds. Kitty
Martins speciality is music. She loves
IT, If she is out doors and hears the
piano she will cry to come in, and will
then climb up on the piano TO listen.
Kitty Martin likes to be petted. She is
a great ratter, too. once she caught a
rat that weighed a pound and quarter.
She will rattle the door knob with her
DAVIS until somebody comes and lets her
in.
'',Jack Wtherell comes next. Jack
Nltherell is about eleven years Old. He's
d monstrous fellow. He weighs nIne and
a half pounds. His tavorite place is on
the bookcase. He was brought up in
d fish store and when the fish store broke
up he came to live with us. once he
was stolen and carried off in a bag, and
this makes him very timid. He used to
do all sorts of tricks He would 90 into
the tank in the fish store-right into the
water after the fish. He's lazy fellow,
Witherel sometimes be doesn't get up
till ten OF eleven in the morning.
1.-The last of the Maltese is Jack Car
field. He came to us III November. 1850,
lust about the time President Garfield
was elected. That was the way he cot
his name. Jack Gartield'sa a Grave and
solemn cat. He's very fond of raisins.
He will 90 into the store. watch his
chance. and when he thinks nobody is
looking uut his paw in the box and take
M all he raisips he can grasp in his
claws and make off with them. But he
generally GroI,s them all as he jumps
down otf the Shelf to the floor. He will