The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-31

her large property to Archbishop Rudan.
In trust 20 build for them a free htpital
in our city. shows that they were nj for
gotten or overlooked.
One thing, however, surprised tncom-
munlty In general when this WILL Ill as
IL was OF loving tboughtfulnesS fl the
welfare OF others and kindly reeoJi tion
OF pleasant relations with her frieIis and
the humber members of her houshOld,
was made public, and that was this .Care-
fui as MRS. Joauson faa been f,rake-
provision for so many whom she haIeyad
and valued she had utterly forgten or
neglected to take any legal steps telsure
the future comfort and well bei- of
large number of dumb friends wo had
occupied an enviable place in her imedi-
ate world during her life.
Not one word was said in the who cara-
fully considered document regard q the
disposal or care of the beautif1Elec-
tloneer horses, the valuable Holstei and
Jersey cattle. the prize winning do. the
cOckatooS, parOquets and canaries tn ,be
lovlng-hearted woman of wealth hadath-
ereu around her In her lovely hoe in
S0noma County. More than this, noone
word was said about the little annals
which were Mrs. Johnson's especialsts
the graceful and beautiful eats whitehead
placid lives of mOuselesS but othelise
highly satisfactory luxury aud indoltce
their every want supplied by attelve
servants in delightful apartments of hEr
own under the wide-spreadng roo DIFF
Buena Vista, her country seat.
OF these wonderful cats MANY tAs
have been told, but they have been moliv
apochryphal s.Dce no Turkish harem &
ever more jealousy guarded from the.
trusion OF strangers than have alwJs
been the rooms devoted to the Occupa ~
Oh these fortunate feline pets. 1t has [, n
ha b.
beauties exceeds 200 and that thew arAl,s
gentiest, the best trained, the most ae,-
tlOnate and the most altogether IoyeIr6f
any 200 cats that ever existed, as n,
they may be since they are the mil,IL-
aires OF their kind, and have had everib-
vantage that money could give them SEa
their first advent into this world of AL
Nearly all OF them are AngOras-rhe fall.
lie pet cat of civiliZation-but rumorjIs
declared that among them are memt,
not only OF the tortoise she'll or Spanh
family, but OF the bluish-gray Chartreu
The Chinese, with pendalOus ears. the ~
coiored TobOlsk and the twisted-taid
Madagascar breed.
However true this may be. certain lis
tnat MIS-. johnson was very fond of evtv
member of her numerous feline fan,i.
aud that while she lived they suffered
nothing for which the heart of the mt
pampered cat could wish. Now, howey-
tnat the kind mistress to whom they WE
each and all so dear is no longer HE
many have wondered how it will fare VII
me pets that she can no longer care T..
Dogs, horses. COWS and birds have specsc
Vaine Ooth IN the eve of the law and
public estimation, but cats are in r.;
ouicasts. They are not legally propern
anu although one can give them away the
are VIGOROUSLY ayerse to such a procedure
themselves, aud do not easily transfer
Ihelr affections to strange people, while
strange houses are an abomination in their
eyes TO be deserted at the earliest oppor-
UNITY. SO 1t is that cats in wholesale
quantities are hard to dispose of satlsfac1
tt3rlly, and so it is that the executors Of
MIS-. Johnson will find themselves. as one
Vi them expressed 1t yesterday. with lot
OF white elephants on their hands,
Although Mrs. johnson made no writ
ten statement IN regard to her wishes con-
corning her cats, certain beQuest made
IN ner Will is understood by those fitted to
read between the lines" to cover that
ground. Miss Helen Shellard. conDec
non through MARI iage of Mrs. Johnson's
family, is beneficiary TO the amount OF
$4,000, and 1t is stated that portion of
the Income OF this sum is to be used by
her IN caring for the cats and kittens of
Buena Vista.
We are IN rather peculiar position as
regards these especial animals" said one
OF the executors when inquiry was made
concerning them. Miss Shellard will prob
ably take charge of them eventually, but
as it Is no small task and expensive to lock
after and feed so manyi in the way 10 which
they have been accustomed, it Will not be
possible for her to do so until she comes
into her legacy, which may not be for some
months yet, as legal processes are slow.
We wish 70 get an order from the court
allowing US a certain sum for their main
tenance until the property is settled, as is
done In the case OF livestock in general.
but cats do not come under this head
there are no property rights in sucb ami.
mails, legally they do not exist, therefore
1t is very doubtful if any such provision
can be made for them. Certain il is, how