Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-10-27
THREE YANrEE cara
Ons Hunts Squirrels, Another fArtr4d9Ss,
and ONO Is 10 Years Ola.

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Ons Hunts squirrsls, AAsthsr fAStradess
and Ono Is 10 Wears Ola.
The Connecticut cat. says Norwich
correspondent of the New York Sun, |,
attending mainly to routine business
this year, but here and theirs Is one
that shows trace oil genius. Mfr.
Amos Z. Cobb, Of this town, has re.
markable young cat. 1t ignores mice
entirely. It will have nothing but red
squirrels. It goes out into the woods
each morning and catches one red
squirrel. One squirrel lasts fer 4 whole
days meals. The headquarters serve
for breakfast, the fore-qnarters for hin.
ner, and the cat tApers OF her appetite
by picking the hide and head for sup.
per. 1t is hard work to catch q red
squirrel mapping, and the cat realizes
that one squirrel must go long way.
She brings all her catches to the house,
and the back yard is strewn with red
squirrel skins turned wrong side out
MIR. Cobb has in his serandA a lot ol
wire cages, all communicating with each
other, and each provided with play.
wheels, and in the cages sixteen SOUR
rels which ne has caught in traps. The
cat ofteti sits for an hour near The
cages with her eyes closed md with A
very benevolent expression On her face,
and accidentally she let's her paw fall
inside the wire for the squirrels b play
with, Fooling with that sleepy paw
has nearly cost three squirrels their
lives. She has not got one Of, tire wired
squirrels yet, but she has ho,,c, and
spehds An hour each day before the
cages
Arthur keller, Of Preston, has a cat
that catches cartridges. She gets about
one week. When she cannot catch a
partridge, mice, birds, ground.moles,
and rats are good enough for her, Now
and then she takes big flying grass
hoppers, and flies off u window-pane
II is worth the price of a ticket to a
dime museum, Mr.. Keller thinks, to SEQ
his cat chase flying grasshopper, The
grasshopper starts off, flushed with
hope. and with satif{eAl fiutter and
buzz that manifests It's opinion Of y
thing on legs trying to run down a
thing that lrAs both legs and wings.
The grasshopper sails away in a side
long direction about dozen rods and
pumps down in the grass with wirv
chlrp that Is meant to say to the tat
that the grasshopper can take that little
skip not less than twenty-five or thirty
times and not get tired, but rather en-
joys it, The vat, however, means bust
ness, and, with tail erect and claws out
spread, is Mt the first station almost as
soon MS the grasshopper has aliglted.
The grasshopper has to get up again
and be off with an alacrity that takes
its breath away, and before it has taken
half a dozen flights 1t Is a very sur
prised and serious-looking gfasshoppcr
that blindly dashes In zigzng way be-
fore the pursuing cat. At the end of
the sixth or seventh inning the cat
generally nails her prey TO the ground
In the stubble. A fat flying grass
hopper makes dainty lunch for cat.
Rhode Island eats are noted for
longevity. In other States cats that are
not chewed up by other cats die OF old
age before they are 10 years old. They
stay out too late ut night ON fences and
shed.roofs at the expense of their emo
"uuiCs, nutt SutIf NIIdlltV Is early
exhausted, Rhode Island cats are less
frivolous. They keep their heads cool
and do not overwork themselves at
night. Henry Cliff, in that State, owns
a cat that is lSyears old, and her facul-
ties are all perfect, Age has etched
her whiskers' ends and the fringe of
fur along her sides with peculiar de-
signs in pink, hence Mr.. Cliff calls her
"Pinkey." In other respects she IL in
a normal feline condition. MIR. Cliff
takes excellent care of this cat and does
not require that she shall earn her own
living. She lives Oh the fat of his
iarder, and takes only one stroll around
the house daily for exercise. She
scorns mice and all other cheap, coarse
food A mouse might run between her
feet and she would not take the trouble
to step on him. All she has to do is to
SIT on the veranda, close her eyes, and
look wise. Mr.. Cliff hopes to keep her
alive until she is 20 years old. Il is be-
!ieved that Pinkey is the oldest cat in
Rhode Island.