New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-18
PLETHORA or CATS.

Miss Cecilia Bradford is lady residing AT
Lone Mound. Ohio. We shall not make vain
attempt nj being facetious in regard to the num-
Ter of years since Miss Bradfords birth by saying
that She j. Of uncertain age, or that she IS on the
shady side of anything; nor by using any Of the
OTHER ALLEGED funny ways Of referring 10 the asc
of a lady who has seen thrty-cight years of life
and is still unmarried for TO this favor has Mis-,
bradford come. Her age is not, of course, a
matter of choice with her; but wc are convinced
that her unmarried state is. rs she is said To have
been of a remarkably prcpoStSsing appearance
when nj what Is considered manageable age,
beside, being Of an extremely amiabc and even
Disposition and. above all, 10 the shame of the
stcrner sex be il said. that she has long had
sufficient sum invested in Government securities
10 bring her an income of 1000 per annum
Miss bradford. without the least doubt has had
chances TO marry whole bat!aons of noble, dis
interested men who loved tier for herself alone
Now, Miss Bradford, of Lone Mound, has long
had a SLIGHT weakness for eats. no more however,
We suspect. than is implanted in every rightly
oraanizcd female bosom. She has usually had
two or three eats in her houschold-big fat
Glossy fellows. with a capacity for sleeping be
fore the fire which is truly astonishing. Her
household by the way, besides the eats and her
self. consists of a nephew, hoy Of fourteen and
one servant Early in the winter the opinion in
come way became current in the village of Lone
Mound that Miss liradlord's house was good
Mace AT which 10 get rid of the ever superiuous
eat Tie idea probably originated from the fact
that "A gaunt and hungry yellow eat with Il
crooked tail was found at her door one morn
Ing and was taken in BY her and nurscd into
prcsentablc condition. Soon after thoughtful
individual, who evidently did not want his name
known left a bag containing a Maltese eat and
seven Maltcse kittens on her doorstep. Miss
bradford promptly let the Maltese and family out
If the bag, and not being able to find it in her
heart to turn them adrift, they were provided
for This seemed 10 bring the dclugc. Not
only did the people of Lone Mound and vicinity
come troopng to her house with the eats for
which they had no practical use, but the very
cats themselves seemed to become infected, and
many came of their own accord. The town eats,
eats which had never known "A home and had
had their ears frozen off by the winters cold and
their fnr pulled out by other eats all came to
Miss Bradfords. and in their poor dumb way
asked for "a room the ground floor and three
meals a day. 4 man living ont ten miles in the
country drove in night and left two cats, one
with seven kittens and the other with nine
eighteen lively specimens of the feline race. This
wos fine best individual record Each morning
Miss Bradford found new eats 10 fced-cach morn
inc AS She drew aside her curtain and looked out
she saw fresh eats coming on the run. The con
tagion spread to neighborng towns. and man
in Athens sent two cats by freight. while the
CITY Treasurer OF Bclvederc sent three by en-
press and Miss Bradford had to pay the charges.
4 man named Hawkins sent n tive-cggcd cat, and
a short haired fellow who looked like proms-
| ing amateur przc-fshtcr came with brindc