Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-05-11
CATS FOB COMPANY.
a WATcf4MAN HAS TWENTY-THRss
AND He LIKES TSEM.


vate,I and Loving Tets.
Thee. wheetl Vice., wheeE
It was such whistle % the Pied Pipei
0s Hamlin may have given when he
called tile rats from the famous old city
tlta watery grave ia the river Woser.
Rnt instead of rats there came from a
little shanty in Alderman Duify's coal
yar,I at the foot of East Twenty-sixthl
street the quserest colony of cats to be
fonnd perhaps in Christentlom. They
gathered about the watchman of the
ward. Charles MELVILLE, q short thick
set man with bristling brown mustache,
who walked with a slight limp and is
familiarity known as doc" because of
his veterinary skill. in answer to his
whistle.
Great family, amt it," said the
Waterman after moments pause, dur
inu which he counted them to see If the
cats were all there. Amt another like
it in the city. The black one's Mig Hes
J wears old. and the nost intelligent.
Larry, the brlndles is theasaine age, and
is the biggest of the lot. That black and ]
white small sized cat is Cinders.
Klinlsels. over there, is black and whites
toa. She's the dead spit;ofi herslaethsE,
Ia Ginders. Most. people can titeAl tilstaa
apart. That staid looking oldsweaaaaa
over there is Minnies She is 8 years
old. being the OLDEST of adj. audi
tie grandmother of most of tues
babies. Tie lively little lady wsth tsassi
is-e liver colored kits is Ginger Fhssgs
think they a1,s going 10 ges.seaetinns-tsll
.as Sec huw disappointed they leas
when rtiev inlt they amt.
Nothing 1utiavss ne sa,Q slaSfsls
Tint l4us. the gentleman las sssss
YuII.'
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nslI u-zai1res rlszt et1ssy 0tisssssss
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ami r1r-lfsf lTia1r uni vveszr- with dSrpot>.
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r-lisssE I-1ni-. vf1srsfils vs4rc1lrzs1l lieezrs.
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7Es.s a. ann, sElEssf Galiss si -rslla- sslryssss
-IlEst-z1-Ea uuaisz agIItss IlII sslLts III irrru
TI71ilss-s .1-zi Iifea-sS Lanterns mn sznuTv
1ares irreznzi IN -hs rrss- N -ilEs nrez-ur.
uil11r -isss lITrnl-. ssIelE mi iuur sllf II
rInazss aI1 saHlegsE 1fIs aaTS ware urlIlz-
inE. themselves IlFsz-Ezsrt1- III hume. Tia
Waterman llrzest IN 4 SsnElI pieza Gf
messr 1nIn a t.Dsaz aIlIu lesrsin ID ci1rp 4
IN. Instantly 1siH GaEs were III l1usn-
Inn I1Iit v5rEiiesf lIrn IlranEfv When
ia Gilraw duw1 via1 Ia. had cu1 s.sca
car picked IN piece and took II OF Cd q
curner IN eau T. There was no serau1-
niing 0r ighElug save among the kittens.
Il keep the cats for company" said
their master. MOST Of them | have
raised from kittens which friends gave
me. I used TO have tribes OF them but
a guod many died Of distenper There
usEi 10 be SO many of them that when
went through the yard al night with
l;iItsrn WAS almost afraid Of stepping
On them. You can't teach them any
tricks except To jump over sticks and
through your hands and 90 come when
/ YOU call and Co suck 10 yOu like broth
I sr- \ dog HIS got more intelligence A
cat l-ves aDor1 twelve years. The talk
al1ssJs1 their having nine lives is rot.
Z EEey are a-vfIlIy delicate creatures and
esassis the disGeEnper very easily. You
e.Ivs5nit overfeeei them don't believe
/ n living them milk; it's toe heating. 4
Ii-5!ss meat once a day Is al they need
Taey each rats and mice enough to
keep them from being hungry. Be kind
6iS them BnsIagsrsol says q kind word
I 90 Z Ga1nb animal Is better than a kick.
- rae Of MY eats are great fighters.
Atlazise II a perfect John l. Sullivan
She VIII tackle anything IN the shape of
. dog that comes along 4 big bull ter
rIer chased Cfnders the other day. It
was great to- sse Minnie go to her aid.
Those two cats got that dog down and
eIsswed him En1II he howIed- When
I they let him UP he had hardly any hair
Y On him. He put his tail between his
legs Ind ran away a. If the old boy was
after him When acat fights, you know,
he lies On ais back and paws with his
hind feet Wherever the claws strike
/ the fur flies.
= II strange cat comes around they
viii chase him away If they don't Ike
him If they think he Is a pretty good
fellow they viii bring him IN here when
call them to feed CInders has almost
turned Protestant through kindness.
Size runs OF TO the female training
school Up the street and the nurses make
a great time over her and feed her. |
K hare forbid her going there, but she
won't pay any attention to my orders
Then Melville went on 20 tell what a
comfort the cats were to him the long
winter nights When he reads IN his
IitsIe home the cats climb on the bench
where the lamp stands and sit there, On
his shoulder and about the arms OF his
chair for hours. quiet as lambs--New
York Press.
Coming to the Point
fsPaua. what il a cOnfis1ratiOuy