The morning news., 1892-03-27
A CAT THAT BATS BIRDS.
Killed by a Rabbit-Swel1owed by
Trout

Killed by a Rabbit-Swellowed by a
Trout.
NoRrHwooD. N. Y. March 19.-The
usual crowd had gathered at the postofiice
the other day, Just after dinner, to wait for
the mail, when the conversation turned on
cats. Budd Davis, who lives over at
Wheelertown, had had hunting cat that
be said could beat anything In HerkImer
county catching game. An almost incredi-
| bic number of chipmunks, red squirrels and
birds had been brought in by it, he said. 1t
had, In fact, contrary to cat nature, killed
more game than it could possibly eat, and,
by leaving the carcasses about the wood
shed and IN the woodbox In the kitchen had
made itself of a nuisance to Mrs. Davis.
| 'But the curusest thing about thar cat is
the way it ketches snow birds. / never
heerd OF such a cat. You know how snow
birds likes hay seed. The cat seems to ha'
caught on to 1t. The SHOWS all tromped
| down in front the barn where the COWS
stand around. and it's a great place for
| snowbirds, too, cause when the wind blows
it rattles the seed out the timothy sticking
| out the winders over the barn door,"
| but | should think the hay would get
| all covered with snow. so the seed couldn't
rattle.n objected listener.
NAV, it don't. The barn faces the south,
aud the caves shed it Off. AS was saving
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birds come In the biggest focks ever see.
1t was the softest snap for that cat-humphi |
| Any other cat would have been tickled to
death with such snap. But not mine. No,
| sireel 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 runway and waits till the birds come.
Now, that's what call reasoning powers. ~
THAT reminds me of Dan Maginnis' cat
over at White Lake Corners" said the
drummer for Utica grocery house who
happened to be present "You know Dana
Ever see his catl Big black-And white fell
low-regular Jimslicker. It's dead now.
Couple of weeks ago Dams boy caughta 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, aud 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, it was 30 strong.
well, he took it out to the barn and put
1t In the empty grain bin. Say that boys
got sporting blood IN him, he has Ever
see hims His names Dan, too. He put the
rabbit in the grain bin, and then went aud
got the cat and took it out there. Big Dan
he saw him and went along to see the
capers. He offered to bet a quarter the cat
couldn't catch the rabbit in ten minutes,
and the boy took him up, willing to back
his own fighter, ses2
$50 they put the cat in the further corner
and turned it loose, and then Dan saw he'd
lost his bet. That rabbit lust turned round
half facing the cat and gritted his teeth.
They both said so or l wouldn't have be-
lieved it. The cat began creeping up with
its belly dragging on the floor until about
three feet from the rabbit, when it gath
cred itself together and sprang at the rab-
bit-ker biffl yeowl What do you think
happened! I'll tell you. The rabbit just
ducked his head and the cat got hold of his
shoulder instead of the back of his mack. as
he had aimed to. and then the rabbit
reached around bit the cat In the front leg,
t1oppsd over on its back, and, with one
swoop OF those hind legs, kicked the innards
all out of the cat and Knocked it half way
across the bin. AS it lay there kicking. the
rabbit got on his Launches again and began
splitting out cat hairs and looking as uncon-
cerned as If he had been chewing birch buds
instead"
The deep silence that followed this was
broken after little by Uncle Jimmie Keyes.
81 don't remember to ha' heerd of that
ere afore," he said, 'nor any sich doin's,
though, as I've eaid many a time, l don't
have no truck with huntin', and couldn't
expect TO express any opinion. But you
know there's some mighty big trout up in
Mad Toms hole, near my house. guess
some on ye has seen 'em as big as q handsaw
there. won't pertend TO say how big I've
seen 'em, but speaking OF cats reminds me
OF what happened one day last summer
no. let me see; it must ha' been in May.
Anyhow, we have few cats at our house
some Of you mi sht ha' noticed that we
had when drivin' by-not many; / don't
guess we've more'n a dozen now, but we
had considerable many last sDring. AS I
was remarking, that story about Dan Ma
Glnniss cat reminds me of one of 'em.
went down to the edge or the hole one day
and what should / see next minute but one
of our cats about half way across the hole
swimmin' the best licks it knew how, with
its mead toward the fur shore, but before 1
could pucker my mouth to say scat see
one o. them big trout COMM I list held
my breath while that trout scooted, and
the next minute he grabbed the cat and
down she went-yes, sir, swallowed her
alive and kicking"
A silence more profound than before
reigned Tor an interval, and then POST
master Odit said:
"Um-ah-Jimmie, how big would you
say that trout wasp
"Well, Gus. course don't know nothin'
about it. but ef | was to guess I'd say 1t
wasn't less nor twenty-one inches long,"
The postmaster looked around at the store
cat stretched out at full length on the oou n
ter.
Jimmie, was any Of that cat sticking out
OF the trouts mouth after she was swal-
lowedm
mo, sir, there wasn'tn
'Not even the end Of the tailP'
Nav; nary hair"
"SureW
"sartin. She was one OF litter jst
borned that mornin'. an / was drownini Of
en- fer luckH
InE loss Of population 10 France by emigrA.
tlonis mere trihe tho total number of emf.
grants being less than $4,000 a year. and Il il
estimated that Ga per cent u this number re-.
turn % France within Ton years 10 remain
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