Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-06
Great Mea who Like eats.

Not few great men have been par
tial to cats. Petrarch had his cat EN-.
balmed. Rousseau shed genuine tears
over the loss OF his. DR.. johnson,
sometimes called the "Great Bear,
nursed his cat day and night during his
| Illness, and went himself for oysters TO
tempt its appetite. Southey raised one
OF his cats TO the peerage, with the
/ high-sounding title of Ear OF TOmle-
magne Baron Raticide, Waowlher and
! Sksratchi." To Napoleon, however, cats
were a mortal terror. Just after the
battle OF Wagram an aid-de-camp. upon
entering the Emperor's room, saw him
half undressed, with prOtruding eyes
and perspiring forehead, making fre-
ouent lunges with q sword at the tapes
try around the room. In explanation
he said there was cat behind the
tapestry, and that he had hated cats
from his very infancy. He had crossed
the bridge at Lodi with sublime cour-
age, yet Quivered with excitement and
terror over the presence OF cat.
The foregoing from HdrDGrS Young
PEOPLE reminds the Rochester Herald
that a later great General had peculiar
iondness for the feline species. Two
or three Of the letters which appear in
General Fitzhugh Lees life Of his uncle,
the Confederate Commander-inC Chief,
are devoted TO the subject Of cats, prin-
cipally. When he was cavalry COM
nander he wrote his vile from Fort
Brown, Texas, February Is, 1857;
Tell your father Mrs. General Waite
has a fine large cat which she takes
with her everywhere. He Is her com.
panion by day and sleeps on her bed at
night In public cUnveVances she leads
him in the leash and carries along
bottle of milk for his use. In her OVID
carriage, be sits on her lap. / have been
trying TO persuade her TO let me take
him up to Camp Cooper, but she says
she can't part with him. He must
so to Florida. / have seen some fine
cats I'm Brownsville in the stores kept
by Frenchmen, but no yellow ones; the
dark brindle is the iavorite color on the
frontier" 10 q letter 70 his youngest
daughter, in the following month, he
wrote from IndiauaolR. "You must be
great parsonage noW-siXty pounds! !
wish had you here in all your ponder
osltY. want 10 see you so much. Can
YOU not pack up and come 70
the Commanche country | would
get you such hue aat
you would never look at Tom
again. Did tell you Jim hooks, Mrs.
Yates cat, was dead? He died Of apo
plexy. foretold his eud. Coffee and
cream for breakfast. pound cake for
lunch. turtle and oysters for dinner,
buttered toast for tea, and Mexican
rats, taken raw, for supper. he grew
enormously aud ended 10 spssm. His
beauty could not save him. / saw 10
San Antonio a cat dressed up for COM
pany. He had two holes bored in each
ear, and in each we're two bows
Of pink and blue ribbon. His
round face, set in pink and blue,
looked like big owl IN full
blooming ivy bush. He was snow white,
ard wore the golden letters Of mis- IMAM
orata around his neck 10 the form OF
collar. His tail and feet were tipped
with black, and his eyes OF green were
truly catlike. But l saw cats as Is
cats in Sarassa, while the stage was
changing mules. l stepped around 70
see Mr. aud Mrs. MoBod, French
couple with whom l had passed the
night when l landed 10 Texas, ia 1886,
to join General Woods army. Mr..
Monod received me with all the
shrugs OF his nation, aud the en-
trance OF Madame was ioreshadoW-
ed by the coming In OF her
stately cats, with visages grave and
tails erect; who preceded. surrounded,
and followed her. Her present favorile,
Sodoiska, = large notified gray, was a
magnificent creature, and iE Der trsi
she pointed out Aaisi, her favpriLa
years ago when visited her. IT.
OF French breed and educate
when the claret an6twyter VI
out for my refreshme Dt they
the table for sit-tO.
couldn't have written sucl
Rochester Herhld.