The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-15
WHAT THE CATS SAID.

Our cat letters were unavoidably left
over last week. We herewith present
them. One from Jamaica, says:
"In religion, bowling Methodist,
well trained for village cat, and am al
ways ready every Friday morning to
hear the SITTER read, stay at home eve.
nipgs and do not NEEDLE with other
yeople's business
One from Londonderry, says his cat
ais Democrat and cat-a-lick, very
intelligent, can say mouse as plain as
any cat
| Another orc fron: the sage place says:
"Rcligsous preference, decidedly
! Mormon, political bias Democratic, as
he NAV often he heard in the back yard
calling, Maria, Maria, M-a--r--i--a.'
One from Wndha:u says his cat last
>eall caught rabbits and lots Of squir-
rcls."
Iuo.,e from Lam. 1roT", the writer
saws, his scat has lost g. i'''' Du'
that docsn', effect his intellectual. soi"'
tics, whatever. neither does it lessee.
his usefulness; for he uses his lame foot
AZ II club and tie other one rs claw"
One from Granville, H., after desert
bling the cat, says: eve hope he may
win the prize, for We consider the
SITTER a prize worth striving for
From Springer, New Mexico, we
have, after giving weight, etc.'the fol-
lowing: "From his quiet manners and
sober dress of gray had taken him for
a Quaker till / saw him sporting a gay
neck-tie, short time ago, which was
given him by lady from Kansas City.
fear Ingersoll's residence in the neigh
borhood has led him to think too much
of the vanities of this life. Mr.-thinks
Jake is q Republican, because of his
theiving propensities. If Democratic
power developes no thieving ! may
think Mrs right but Jake has worn
such 3 happy locke, since Cleve-
lands election, that | have no doubt
if cats had the right of suffrage, Cleve.
land would have received another hon
est, intelllg ent( Dvote.'
And this from Bronson, Mich:
"IIaving had the pleasure of reading
your paper most of the time since its
publication, I hope to continue to re-
ceive its weekly visits, telling me of my
old home and friends, through the me-
dium Of my cat. His weight is 10 lbs.,
II l-2 or. (would weigh more after a
good neaD, name, Black Tom, as he is
beautiful coal black all but his nose,
neck tie and stockings, which, are pure
! white and. kept wonderfully clean. Age
8 years. AS to his religious opinions l
do not call him good Baptist, for he
hates water, only tolcrating it as amid
beverage when he fails to get his milk
on time. Politically we would suppose,
being black, lie was a good Republican,
but this know, nc believes in heavy
appropriations. never failing to take to
himself oil there is on the dogs plate,
should the said dog chance to look the
other way moment.
| One thing my cat does that never
saw done by any other cat: in cold
weather he goes, every night, to the hen
house, gets up on the roost between two
large hens aud sleep all night. During
the day time he is often seen rubbing
his glossy sides against the hens or pur-
ring around them as they are in their
nest boxes. AS consequence rats and
mice are scarce in that poultry house.
Hoping that my Michigan Pussy
Cat, will outweigh your Vermont ones,
| will close
From So. Windham we have . letter
giving some remarkable manifestations
of feeling and instinct in the writer's
cat, but we must defer this, as it is of
some length, TO future issue. Mr..
Sergeant, of Athol, whose cat drew the
prize, writee that he designs shortly to
have 'Tom's" picture taken and when
he does will not forget the SITTER.
We assure him the SITTER will appre.
ciate "Tom's" picture and give tia good
plscs in it, choicest album.