The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-02
A REGULAR FELINE SPREE
Odd Scenes Mt q Cat Feast In u Brooklyn
Front Ya-d-UnfRIthiui Nick.

Front -UnfnIth.ui Nick.
Early last week C. H. Anderson. an employee
Of the firm Of NJ. i. Bryant q Co. OF Maiden
lane paid q VI 1t to the historic DunderburR
Mountain In tho Highlands. Coming away he
passed through Sleepy Hollow. made famous
by Icbabod Cranes encounter with the head
less horsemun. and there beside the little
brook which flows under the stone BRIDGE
gathered plentiful supply OF catn!p. Mr.. All
derson lives at 81 Herkimer street brooklyn,
In n region famed for stray cats and. being
something OF a phianthropist. purrosed
giving thom treat So on Tuesday evening he
gathered together a party OF friends and
tca'terel the catnir literally nbout tho
front area. 1t was about dusk. and not q
cat was in sight. but In few minutes
two could be hoard answering each other's
wauinCs across the rect. They crawled be-
neuth the pnings Of the fence and began roll
ing about on the aromatic hsrb. mewnx anh
purring from en- excess OF delight. soon ihey
were joined by others, coming sincly. in pairs.
trios. and squads. from every quarter. till be-
tween thirty and forty were gathered In tho
narrow yard or perchcd hungrily on the al.
joining fence. Such another picture was never
before seen In brooklyn. At the end OF On
hour seemingly. every Cat Ia the Bedford dis
trict wns pre-rnt while half the peoi 10 on the
Ths anSss Would bio IL knots on
the tut aud, after drvnuring the sprig- Of
CAMP, would lick. each others fur wherever It
had touched. and even trRr up the sod and
earth bonoalh. becoming satisfied. they would
stnsGer out into tne Sue, t. AMI: lying % their
appurent ecstacics OF delight. Ii was regular
feline splee.
rs.ss h IL. Sses .sss u Or Of h sG ss
smY a. 4, and !hsy xaf oody ssr%s,
them. and In their enjoyment Of tho novel
ieasI they speedily Appeared utterly NbIivious
but as their pumIers increased this in9,!nn.
e was Ny 1sssd T 10 and NO
more, Flows were eSchaneed. They, were
S %as az svdsny ps ae Inn
| y s!lye. collar Il ON which danGled . golden
bell Iu, h. pSrva himstlt on the eomm"p
bobtui lied tramp q Nv degree One iabhy lad
four half;g' own kittens IA low, ma obtained
/ ibis ret II .svo OF lie show.rsd bonn'iin!
M YHsss bs
Sho holds himself rs as hIvh ~ q ~ com nnndnnt
no autnori,y hut TINT OF his master but Dr.
Young wen to No6r e" Oh the following morn
! I'm bet you t5 thn' Nick will follow mo over
| to m, oifco. and ut You can't call him away
! IRON me-
! "Pyne |" said Nobrisa: Mex won't follow
The doctor had previously rubbed the bot
toms oil his trousers wi h rntnip and in q ing
out passed nenr tho cat WHICH instantly
the peculiar " hisIIe which had. always hs,"re
/ brought Nick to terms, but WI, hout tho slight
est effect, The cnt not My followed pr. lounK
most sycorhan,ic OF coIrtisre, as long as The
Bryant A. Co.. and on Tuesday 10 got M en-:
vel0pe full OF tho herb from ~, Anderson and
Dr"oklyn. lii- family cnI has nm Interesting
group Of k!'1S,s and II: e, envelope was al-
:" and sd nS sss I orca wS
| iied 1t into her domici,s, where 1t WAS torn In
shreds aud the contents m ually enjoyed.