New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-13
Ct Ooo 435 1t now amounts, it is said. to at ie's
clOO 900 600.
TIE FAMILY CAT REJOICETH AGAIN.

From The Boston Advertiser.
Now that nearly al The vacationiss are Wcl set bsa
IN their winter homes the life Of the family cat Its
grown 10 be- more pleasant on thah IL Eas -
through the summer months e i ave'G az in the
n,si,or 81 summer oifiugs Wherever the family
Goes the family dog Is usually allowed to fonpW
the many -tobgucd waves Of the rcsounding sea but
the sleek wcll-icd cat is abandoned IA the care %
until the return Of cool weather This Is not 80 ihucn
the fault Of tho family II Is Of the cat BeI III,
jcctS 10 travelling, and will make the occupants OF
an entire railway miserable, when taken Oh a
Even the boldcst man will not undertake To carry
cat with him without m0urhul ml'-NIes, dnu
experience in hat line will last the average hah
So the family cat usually remains at home ne d d Ing
s .f 5W of Snson p loneliness The last
few months he has been seen. some niss on la, .ro
gard sinking and detected. NIeichcd and morose.
The cat IS the perfect type OF me courier III
disgrace For months he has basked In favor ana
has received the attentions Of his admirers with com
paccncy hat sometimes was an exact copy OF the
denly he finds himself alone. deserted diSregarded;
The shock 10 his pride must he terrible one ana
at once to the level Of the lcsstavoied animals Of his
neighborhood formerly 50 contemporary Regarded by
lie grows careless Of hi, personal appearance nee
p pat He ' grows cynical and Indifferent
to the rules Of propriety and sometimes ne
finally disappears from the scene OF MS
umphs and becomes Of the npmeess herd OF
street cats an Ishmaclte among his kind. For such.
Indeed there IS hope. and they meet with Violent
death; hut usually some faint hoping against hope
some remembrance Of past hndncsscs chains the
great body Of deserted city cats TO their cherries
home until September comes at last.
Then the lot OF the family cat IS again favored
one. With the return OF his admirers and patrons;
MS scfeSteem IS rcSaincd. Al first with look Of
poignant approach he suffers himself to be fed and
carcSsed by those who have so long left him In
loneliness Then his dainty air and faSdious tastes
rcasScrt themselves. The days Of gloom and misery
forgotten and the humble ncighhOrs who cared for
him in his hour OF wrctchcdness are apparently only
remembered with unrratcul contempt. To-day he
prs con cntedy and cOmpacently under his rcgancd
favor and looks and acts the patrican in everything
Neither remorSe nor regret for the days Of his DO
hcmian life finds place IN his thoughts and he lazy
struts around his home with full sens" Of his present
importance. No longer the greasy scraps oi IN"
kitchen table awake I'm him sense Of hunger and he
yawns politely over his cll-preparcd meal. He
accepS his bettercd condition not with thank'nncSs
but with proud C0mplacency. and turns his back upon
the few who helped him In more sorrOwful days {:
but I'm truth, in this ne docs not dllcr from some
other beings who have undergone similar changes IN
fortune and n cynic might point many moral from the
study Of the annual experience Of the family eat.