New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-07
PEI CATS AND THEIR WAYS
SToRIE ABOUT SOME CLEVER ANIMALS
OWNED NEAR SCRANTON.

ann cunUK pet CotS eEc suiS 49, oi Penn
sydvania Last spring strange female 60. With .
white face and Beautifully MARRIED with yeiw, bhek
and whitespots, made her appearance st thbsn q
Joshua sayer, a farmer of North Arlington tsnshi,.
She was hfstaved, Jet very tame. and she Iliky
made friens with Nc Sawyer As he went ina ons
part OF thean 10 another to DO kis chores the sags
cat foilowa him, rubbed her sleek body again hh
legs, pure afect.onatey, and won his GOOD VIII Chs
away. Itgas Just aftcr the big blizzard. the snovyss
pretty deeIand the weather quite cold, and wboress
handsome tine cat came from was something thst
Sawyer nesr found out He was bed 10 suppose tn
some one Id dropped hsr near his barn, and he nsd
up his MIND as HIS family had four OF Ave favore eau
around the ouse, to care for the strange pussy and
her remain the barn until warm weather cams. Hs
began TO Cd her Susie, and IL wasn't long befoe sh
readily respnded to her name. Farmer sawyer VS.
milking at 10 time, and the first act Of Kindness he did
for Susie wa 10 take her between bis knees and squlr
milk into he mouth from the udder Of tho cow
Susie see1ed to be grateful toward Mr. Sawyer hr
this expresssn Of hts Kindness. showing her gratitude
by purring Nth ali her might mewsng family and rue
biDg her sids against her new-found friend. Owing
to her lean nd weak condition. milk was oil tho nou
ishment Mrsawyer gave Susie for two or three days
After some her strength had been restored, he gave
her solid foo from the house thrice day. But he dc
not cease osquirt milk into her mouth from the COW
because she lad got 80 accustomed 10 being fed In h
way that SD was invariably on hand whenever N.Y.
Sawyer tooks stool and sat down to MIX In cocfss
Of time SUSIE and the got 10 DO very much attached
TO one anots ana from that time On, instead Of going
TO the place hat Mr. Sawyer had h0od for her 10 sleep
in, Susie nnde her bed every night IN the COWS
mangcr, curing MP IN the hay and allowing the COW
TO eat al apund her This appeared to please tbs
COW sver 30 much, and she took great pains not -
move TIE hE on which suse was snoosing.
wher WAN weather eame. Susie was Is plump ana
! sleek a any ea the premises. She had got 10 10
/ L.. L. a.. kaaE. and an
and mice and made herself generally useful
| Every time that Mr.. Sawyer went into tbs
| barn with his latern after dark. susid
was sure to hear him, and, with now Of
plea,re, would como cantedng 10 where he was ana
beg TO purr and rub in the nveiest manner possible
Thel Mr.. Sawyer would talk 30 her for few minutes
wha she would skip away to her nest in tho msnser
Therst thing Susie did mornings vas 10 sharpen hss
nail the stauohions and then she would be ready
for her regular allowance OF milk Last summed
6uss raised an exact image Of herself handsome
| spotted she-kittsn. Susie and her playful offspring
nov nightly sleep IN tho old cows manger, romp to-
gcter In the haymow and keep Mr. Sewers barn
wa rid OF mice and rats #5- t.H.
| female cat that belongs 10 the family Of hilea
Gsham, q Clifford Township farmer, tried 10 oatvis
he human friends and protectors last fall and how
| vii she succeeded is herewith told Dolly was the
| oil cats name and a cute ouadruped she has proved
| tcbe Two filters OF her kittens had been killed dur
| Ing the Year. the Old eat not having been permitted
tt take solid comfort with single one Of them foe
epn two days after its birth. Dolly mOurncd plain
| tfey for her absent little ones hunted hourly for
thm all through the house and outbuldings aud ysni
| dred about the place In state OF melancholy and
| dscontent The family petted her and took ercel-
| lot Of her, but for time their attentions
ftlod to make her forget her lost kittens. Lste in
fall she gave birth to another litter bat her nest
as entirely different kind of place from whers
| IA NIL had hAan IN In Ia
| slowed that Dolly had made up her mind 10 have
| Sne enjoyment with her little family and thst she
Lad very cunnngiy planned things for sons time
had.
| Mr. Graham's FOLKS knew that Dolly had kittens
onewhere, and for several days they searched high
AMI low without finding them The old cat entered
h, kitchen regularly for her food, and when she efs
III, took roundabout way to reach the place whore
| lei fond progeny were concealed. Members Of Mr..
Gnham's family followed her number Of times, but
Dolly threw them OF tho track by trotting across the
meadow toward the brook by pretending TO DO hunt
| ng for mice In the wood-pIls, and by dashing into
clover patch near by, whenever she saw tia. some
.ne watching her, Every time she left the houss
he glanced behind at every few steps to make sure
nat no ono was tagging her, and II no one was she
| would return to Ter little ones ct once.
For two we&s Dolly outwitted them all, bub
eventually one Of Mr.. Graham's bright boys, who had
come to the conclusion that Dolly's Kittens were hid
1
cats secret by hing in the shed and peeping through
a creck as DoyTas her way from the house to
| the barn, q lear moonlight ntgh& She didn't
know that any watching her, and so shs
climbed up posbf the shed, orawied through mar
row space betwee the siding and pole, and went
out OF sight Til next morning the lad found Dolly
| and four fat KITES away up In the peak OF tbs
| shed near the swaow hole During haylng tho she'd
hpd been stuffed IL TO the very peak, but the hay
had settled some, nd the old cat had made her most
there-the last PIE on the farm that any one had
thought Of searchB In. Tho kittens were taken 10
the house, but befe Dolly had lusssd them all
UP the post and p, them down IN the old nest shs
had shown 50 NTH intelligence and cunning thas
Mr. Graham lot hesaise one of her young ones, snd
since then she has aged around the house. and bean
Orlando Miller, oRspsom. owns . cat that Is 70.
teens. Tl6 is her ,me, and $40 has always hved
on Mr. Miler's farmnd been wonderful %sSs e.,
to more. than hgned kitten: and caught q least
ton Of mice Lo old and feeble now an; ane sSs
rSe bast Is half I'D With coss raw wool for cd
Lb to lie on, and At bout the same time every nsns
up. Then lot OF q clothes and things are tackled
around her until notas but her Eyes and nose n az
has made nss, PM ,olen 9isstssg Tor iSs ga .a
s ns to g Sy oS1 Ms. = s'' sSd sss
S ss s cots 50 she can sescng Without H. Miss Muller
saws that II abe forges, place the cap on Libs hos9
In tho bitter cold nishtd midwir.sr, the old e1 VIII
remind her OF II by WANG With her nighteap On
and her nose poking ofrom mass OF warn cioin'
ling the old cat 70 ve comiea looking object
male cat on the ia Of jsbea Lvinestons. owes
In Newton, Is noted for ltching chipmunky. Yearly
every day last fall Mr.. yingsone says the eat has
brought two or moro CHUNKS 90 the kouso from
berry patch quito distas from the place. The CA
liz a ten FOUNDER. named lk and he seems to hsnker
more Tor ehipmanks thabs does for mice or rats
/ In The nuttirg season Die who had been down 10 .
grove on tho farm ell the rcnoon, came up the lane
! with big gray squirrel hts mouth. II was 50
large that be had TO hold hhesd high % no coald
and every now and then vas obliged to iaS ne
Idssi OF czsrt!on DO landed on the doorstep. Dch
has caught several red squbs also, and d1rag ne
land drsgged them 20 the no, by their hesds. Dies
Ia noble fray fellow, and dislilrs dogs Of every
szs and hns Es hs ana wssd sssgy rSS ,a = I'm