Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-19
THE JUDGES CATNIP.
WHAT WAS DONE FOR AN AiLlNa
BABY IN DENVER.
UnIooked-f for Interest Taken In \ Catnip
Garden-A Motley Mass" in the
Front Yard-An Astounding
Spectaclc-Catastrophe
[Enrene Eield in chicaro News.l


The Hon Charles II. Toll OF Denver, has
had an exciting experie.;ce. For two years
lie was attorney general Of Colorado, and
it was near the close Of his administration
. ich, by the way, was characterized by
singular prubity AM abilty-that son was
born :, him One day tie nurse came &c
jude Toll ani aid: The Lady has been
aiiing for week; olsEt to do something
for him Judge Toll thrust his hani down
int, h.s I-Dcl.et and pulled out SJ0-bill-
Get him what he needs, and il that isn't
enough III give you check FOX my whole
bank account the nurse shook her head.
Nv hat lie needs" said she, is simple
remedy, a mili tonic. Now | was brought
ui. DOWN east, and | was taught the efficacy
If catnip tea | krOw Of no better slim
uiant for ailing babe well buy a ton
of catniD.' said jade Toll No. replied
tie uur C. 1T can't l.. bought here IN Colo
radS-yog'il have TO SEMI east for 1t So
Judge Toll t.leyraphsi that very day to
Boston for t.e wholesome herb. In about a
week four dozen healthy catnip bushes ar
rived from Massachusetts, and Judge Toll
WIS the hagp!e~t man ia Arapahoe county
Wen plan. them in the front yard he
said, - when TIC baby gets sick we'll have
a nice 10, of fresh catEip ON hant Tor him
Accordingly the four dozsn catnip bushe;
were planted IN rows in the front yard OF
the Toll estate on Welton street
In a day or two their fragrance began T.
psrmeate the circumambient atmosphere.
Old Uncle Seth Cooley came down from his
place OH Capital hill and leaned over the
front fence AMI gael tenlerly at the odor,
iferou herb and said: WAL, now, I'll b.
gosh darns IL this doesn't remind me of old
., Il
Pelham close on to Shutesbury Plum Trees
was everlastiu' fail . catnip. Say, Jedge,
~ me a i,ookay . them, will ye:'
Naturally JUICE Toll wa, very proud of
his catnip garden, but one night he was
awakened from pleasant sumbers by
frightfui noise in the front yard.
Il seemed - him II the ssulce
WAYS Jf she0 had been opened upon
that once fair spot. He slipped into his
trousers and peerel out Of the window.
Cat! Cats Ten thousand Of the creature:
purring bowling. yawlin., rolling. stretch
iny and crouIns over those catnip bushes!
There were cat uf all color, size, sex, con
dition, breeding, habits, and manners;
black, whit, yellow, tabby. maltese. brin
die, tortois.slicil, striped, spechle1, crushe
strawberry, maroon, Gambose cats-bis,
little, fat, gauut, one-eyed, stump-:ailed,
togthlas-, huarse, lame cats-a confused.
SETTLING mas, Of these motley fe!ine', al
PAIRING and rolling among the catnip bushes.
Nor wa, tia all
By the clear moonlight Judge Toll could
see thou -alIis and thousands of other cat
/ fastening hither. They We're coming dowI
/ from the mountains-from Leadville
I Crested Butte, Georgetown. Central CITY
/ Manitou. A-pen Idaho, Boulder. Loagmoni
.. IA. xx-.fi
/ them. and they we're hea led toward the one
, focal point that catnip bed. On the east
1 another III lit.tuie OF ca swept in from the
arid plain, Il kansas-from Deer Trail
! from MJuOtony Water Tank and the desert
! solitual..; Of the eastern contine, OF Colorado
/ Som. cane over the Kansas Pacific. other;
/ over tie Burlington, while from the north
there was watt! Il dan which b.tokenei
! that anotEc- army %! cats was on ITS way
I from Cheyenne.
IL was an :.,:yua1inS spectacle-nay. II
wa, pro :ipu- We; Judg, Toll under
4 stool II all-ycs. III moment the who,
I truth f..Shel upon aim. Ths-e cats has
/ lived al. these year, tar from the influence
J .. CIVILIZATION, ;,nI hal never been ahls t.
J enis y The advantage, Of the herb that i q
sc.,iiI l. the symmetry of the feline natur'
: They hai heard what catnip wa, Tut thel
. had na..r t1>t0i nor Winfield any. What 1
Revelation .IudSr T'lN, front yari NUT hav
teen them, Hth what c'lerity thel
avai!el theH.selNc, OF tho bonn when tn
/ brcaze, tore lEe icrfaae Of thoe catnii
bash-s to tac:r mountain and prairie homsS
His uu, RING shotgun was at hand, bu
Jalg. Toll hal not TIE rcart t. INTERRUPT
then. pl.A-urc-tAe w"ndrouS carnival o
cats MAS permitted to proceed uniiSturbs-
all that nlght ;,mons the catnip bushes.
Wh.u Ju!c Toll went out into the var,
next morning not "a c,tiye Of tiuss fai
herb, WIS Vi be u1r wa, there a cat TO 10
..en bu', scattered here and there On tn
,ieSpollei turi an orcI>I nal eyc, "a truan
bat # an ear, a CT ual quarter section of
tail or n lie uitury init -, hair gave =,
taeiic evidence TO tn. tragedy winch ha'
bee. enacted over the last few relics OF tina
90 smiling garden.