The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-11
EVOLUTION OF ACAT.
eRoCLlvlTiES WHICH MADE HIS ROOM
BETTER THAN HIS COMPANY.

Amsr,Ilis aud the raroquet Predatory
Fondness for Sish and >teak-A Method
Of Moral Improvement Dwelling To-
gethsr in Unity Gene fas Good.
Kittens have claw Amar,li hail Il habit
Of sleeping on a chair or ~nfa. and visitors
who sat down on him made the discovery
have cited Also. kittens labor under the I'M
preston that ANYTHING that moves or l. NOV
able Is intended for a toy or Is good 20 sat.
Til, rule Auiarylll> applied 10 the canary,
two soliti>h and Il paroquet Thu caaar,
both amused him and f"i him, ar.l the -oti,
fish interested him for awhile AFTER b. had
rlawed them out III the bowl. lf.t a. nleia q
mistake in the parnquet, This 4. uh' bird
could MAKE more noise than four kitten, ami
not only repul>,-i tie raemy With Il bile that
woutl have done rrr,i', "a a steam rail cutter,
but summoned tie coax Ia tho rs II. with a
s,rtcch that nouhl have nE,Ie foe whistle
proud This was th' tlay Auarylll> got his
tiI,>t ihrI,hinc. AMI VIZ really the only day
ri III, life that h. Didn't deserve onc After
that BE- l,ft thu dom ~, f.yr >to / alone. and
csutine,t hi l,Nity L. llayiuS hall with such
artt l., ot hrir a-hrac u coui Ia broken hy
being hurled from shelves, ulantelS or thu
table, ar 70 toy in. with shadows on the wall
AMI thereby making line Of paw marks on
the ,la,lo
About this tim hr voluntarily refused the
amount Of his milk AMI cono,l ye,l 4 rotolls
and predatory tondneSs for fish ami STEAK.
This naturally l,'i him into frequent alterca-
ton, with tn, cook who hitherto had booked
upon him with great fayor. and visions of
flying eat pursued 10y hot water, HAT irons,
or other projnctiles that came handy were of
daily occurrence in the kitchen. Thcso Incl
dents seemed tn intensity his reluctance 10
lead an honest life. ami certainly did not I'M.
prove his temper. This result was that
no steak, chop nor nackcrcl, was safe except
when actually sizzling On the stove, and that
bcdlam rcigned l~rp"tually from the timo
Amaryllls awokr III the morning until the
| cook went to Ittl.
METHOD OF MORAL IMPROVEMENT.
There Is Il dog falcler on upper Broadway
who In secret method for the moral I'M
proyem,nt Of cats, and one tine June morn
ins Amnrylli, paid him an unwilling visit.
For several days after hi, return h. was
gruuttr than ever AMI retired into the oh
SECURITY of thu coal lin, whence he finally
emerged covered with SCOT and rcckloSsncSs.
| From this time forward h. lost his appetite
| for midnight ramhl,s in adjoining lot,. but if
| the Broadway process was supposed 10 cure
| a cat Of felony as regards catablcs il must
have been wrongly applied in this ease.
| Amaryllis' one ambition in life now seemed
| centred IN his desire to live unlawfully, and
h. extended his ,(cprciations into every
| hou ,ehold in the neighborhoc whose back
| fence he could scale. Once he came back SC
| fast that he Nhi1zed, under the impetus given
him ly ladlc Of hot water, but he grimly
chung to the chop tina. had got him into the
| trouble lie rarely ,lined at home now, but
| seemed to consider if he could steal his dinner
elsewhere il would te a saving for the house
| ho!l
, So the LAY, passed AMI ArpMyllis ripencd
| int, n full grown eat Iii, Broadway visit
seem tn have Softenc,l some Of the asperi
ties Of his disposition. and court plaster an,
poulticrs were less frequent necessities in Tia,
household He grew more mclitatiyc, ;u,,
got into the hadn't ut SPENDING quiet hour 81
two in the ba,rnirnt. near the furnace, whcr
he would doe in peace anil plan new am
more daring efforts in burglary One da,
the butcher entered, AMI with him a tenlc
young bull pup Of which h. was proud. TIN
butcher had passed through the room lefor
| .Amaryll> awoke aud took in both the pui
and the situation Tn" next minute ther
was n row, AMI cloud Of blue fur and dog
meat. When thc butcher returned, which.h'
did suddenly. Amaryll| hal vanished to tn
| attic. nine stair, ut time, and there wa
nothing bN which the butcher could tel
whether hi, pet had struck cyclone or rul
foul Of a sausage machine.
DWELLING TOGETHER iN Unity.
Meanwhile mice had forccl their way int
the dwelling, anil the problem of keeping tn
provisions became daily more complex |
they were locked up the mice got in thcl
Gne work, and if they werc not Amarylli
got in hi, The idea that nature designe,
him as a motisetrap never seemed to oecu
to either the cat or the mice, but both hal
moniled AMI dwelt together III tho sam
cupboard in unity.
hulul ' Ills uAS bl'uHpv1i,V' INV u "'N'
know not Perhaps some neighborin
cook, wrought to frenzy BY ong.continue
evaporation, has compensated the loss Of
family steak by the concoction of an elabc
rate rabbit pie in which our only treasur
has played an important part Perhaps til
butchers dog, after waiting till he grew VI
cam, buck and renewed hostilites Pei
haps Amarylis has found the limits G
home too contracted for the notions g
wholesale piracy, and he has sought wide
field in which to spread himself All knot
Is that his favorite corner by the furnac
knows him no more, and that cooks III th
neighborhood sing the whole day long
We tried our best Ia give Amaryllis away
and. by employing man to spread anon
the criminal classes, a report that he vi
valuable. tried TO induce some one to stet
: him The only other measure seemed to |
TO pack up and leave the holi~e empty unit
, the starving mice would fall to and ,lcyor
! him But now that hc ga gone for soo'
, and
, Pleas, suppress tl" foregoing articl
. Anarylli, has returned al & c. in Ne
Work Time.