Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-27
STORIES ABOUT CATS.
HOW A RABBIT OvERcAME HIS
FELINE FOE.
4 Cat That Spread Bait to Catch SneS
Birds---What DO You Think of -
Trout Swallowing a Cat?-A
Good Fish Story.

The usual crowd had gathered al
the postofllce just after dinner says
the New York Sun. to wait for the
mall when the conversation turned
on cats. Budd Davis had had a
hunting cat that he said could beat
anything in Herkimer county CATCH
ing game. An almost Incredible
number of chipmucks. red squirrels
and birds had been brought in by it
ne said. 1t had in fact contrary to
bird nature killed more game than it
could possibly ca. and by leaving
the carca 3ses about tho woodshcd and
In the wood box in the kitchen had
made itself a nuisance to Mrs. Davis.
''But the curusest thing about that
cat Is the way it ketches snow-birds.
| never heerd of such cat You
know how birds likes hayseed?
The cat seems to ha' caught on to it.
The SHOWS all tromped down in front
of the barn where the cows stand
around and it's a great place for
snow-birds too cause when the wind
blows it rattles the seed out the
timothy sticking out the winders over
the barn door
1T was the softest snap for that cat
-humphl Any other cat would have
been tickled to death with such snap.
But not mine. No stree! She can't
wait for the wind to rattle down the
seed, but has to go up on the hay and
claw around there till she's got the
seed scattered over the ground. Then
she gets around the corner and sits
there like man on a runaway and
waits till the birds come, Now that's
what call reasoning powers.
That reminds me Of Dan Magin-
mis- cat over at White Lake Corners "
said the drummer for a Utica grocery
house, who happened TO be present
You know Dan? Ever see his catP
Big black andy white fellow-regular
jim slicker. It's dead now. Couple
of week ago Dams boy caught big
buck rabbit He was out with the
dog, and the dog chased the rabbit into
brush heap. The boy skipped
around on the other side. and the dog
began to claw its way into the hole.
and out came the rabbit on the kids
side, and he grabbed it by the nap OF
the neck and its hind legs and brought
it in. Made him sweat. though, il
was so strong.
"Well. he took it out to the barn
and put it in the empty grain bin. He
put the rabbit in the grain bin and
then went and got the cat and took it
out there. Big Dan he saw him and
went along to see the capers.
They put the cat in the further
corner and turned it loose. and then
Dan saw he'd lost his pet That rab-
bit just turned round half facing the
cat and gritted his teeth. They both
said So or / wouldn't have believed it.
The cat began creeping up with its
belly dragging on the floor until
about three feet from the rabbit when
it gathered itself together for spring
at the notwithstanding! yeow! What
do you think happened2 III tell you.
The rabbit just ducked his head and
the cat got hold of his shoulder in
stead OF the back OF his neck. as he
had aimed to. and then the rabbit
reached around. bit the cat in the
front leg, Topped over on Its back and
with one swoop OF those hind legs
kicked the innards all out OF the cat
and knocked 1t half way across the
bin. AS it lay there kicking the rab-
bit got on his launches again and be-
gan spiting out cat hairs and looking
as unconcerned as If he had been
chewing birch bark instead"
The deep silence that followed this
was broken after a little by Uncle
Jimmie Reyes.
Il don't remember to ha' hecrd o.
that ere afore F" he said. NOR any
SIGH doln's; though, rs I've said many
a time. l don't have no truck with
huntin. and couldn't oxpoct to ex-
press any opinion. But you know
there's some mighty big trout up in
Mad IONS hole near my house. I
guess some on We has seen 'em as big as
handsaw there. won't perteud to
say how big I've seen EN- nut speak,
ing OF cats reminds me of what hap
pened one day last summer-no, let
me see; it must la been in May.
Anyhow. we have few cats ut our
nouse-some OF you might ha' noticed
that we had when drivin' by-not
many; l don't guess we've more'n a
dozen now. but we had cons derable
many last spring. AS / was remark
ing that story about Dan Maginnis'
cat reminds me OF one of 'em.
went down to the edge OF the hole
enc day. and what should / see next
minute but one OF our cats about half
way across the hole swimmin' the best
licks ii knew how with it's head to-
ward the fur shore but before could
quicker my mouth TO say scat see
one o. them big trout a comm. l
jist held my breath while that trout
scooted and the next minute he
grabbed the cat and down she went
yes sir swallered har Nlive and kick
ing"
A silence more profound than be-
fore reigned for an interval and then
Postmaster Odit said:
.Uh-ah-Jimmie. how big would
YOU saw that trout WASP"
We'll Gus course 1 don't know
nothin about it but ef was to guess
I'd say it wasn't less than twenty-one
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