The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
And THE CAT CAMEBACK
Her Long Voyage at
Sea
How She Shipped from
Honolulu.
Missed fer Regular Vessel and Came
Home in Roundabout

the quotation would suggest, to the
| annoyance of the neighbors, but much
to the joy and satisfaction of Captain
Dow of the barkentine Planter The
feline in question is not of the aristo-
cratic breed, but is built on the lines
of heavyweight fighter. Neverthe-
less she has more good hard sense and
intelligence than nfne-tenths of the
pugilists put together, Jim Corbett in
eluded. Like the champion, Jean
knows when she has hold of good
thing, and on the strength Of a couple
Of victories over an equal number of
rats in the hold of the Planter, now
holds undisputed sway over every
vessel that sails between here ana the
Hawaiian islands.
Captain Dow, of the Planter, Cap
tain John Feren Of the sailors home
and the skipper of the brig w. G. r.
win are sponsors for the following
story in regard to Jean and her re-
markable movements.
Six years ago Jean was added to the
menagerie at the soldiers home. In
that interesting place can be found
cid WORKOUT dogs, cats, foxes, mon
keys and other animals that have been
brought to San Francisco from foreign
ports and of whie the shippers have
got tired. In tine same congregation
are parrots. magpies, linnets, canarles
and thrushes:
Into this motley collection Jean was
introduced during the latter part Of
1889 by Captain John Feref1. The
kitten at once made friends with an
cid dog naiifed "B0atswain," who had
served his time OH the American ship
Undaunted For five years these two
ate out of the same dish, made a gen
eral walk around the establishment,
took a midday siesta and at night
would make their bed in the north
west corner Of the clerks office.
This state of affairs could not go
on forever, and one fine morning Jean
was dumped into sack. and, along
with a number of sailors, was shipped
as part of the crew of thes barkentine
Planter. Captain Dow treated her
well. and Jean soon got Used e. her
Hawaii and bach. Never once, how
ever, did she fail to pay a visit to
Boatswain on her return to San Fran
cisco. On those occasions she would
be feasted by the employees OF the
home, ana finally her return came TO
be looked for as d matter Of course.
When the sugar season was over
Captain Dow was Instructed to bring
a couple Of cargoes of guan0 from the
Lycean islands for use on the pianta-
tions. He accordingly made his az
to start from Honolulu,
but when the hour Of departure came
the cat could not be found.
Dow's men searched for an hour
along the front, but finally gave Jean
islands. On his return the skipper
made further inquiries, but no one
had seen the cat. Another round trip
was made, and ON this occasion the
Planter docked alongside the brig W.
G. Irwin. While the sailors on the
barkentine were unbending sails they
saw a cat on the poop of the brig.
The latter was earnestly looking at
the Planter and seemed to take IN
every peculiarity from the truck to
the main dock. The sailors hailed the
deck and called out to the steward
that Jean was on the Irwin. When
the cat heard the cry she at once dis
into the cabin of the Irwin.
on deck with kitten in her mouth.
She jumped on board the Planter and
at once made her way to Captain
Dow's roofr, where she deposited her
offspring in her own favorite corner.
Five trips did she make to the Irwin
and on each occasion she brought back
a kitten to the Planter. Then when
she had her family in safety among
her old friends she hunted up Captain
Dow, who was sitting in the chart
room, jumped up in his lap. licked his
hands, then his face and finally went
to sleep in his lap as though nothing
had happened. Twenty minutes later
she was looking for the steward in
order to get something to eat.
When the Planter returned to San
Francisco the first person Captain
Dow met was Captain Feren. you've
lost your cat, Captain" were the first
words from the latter. Indeed l have
not" was the answer. "She is here on
board and has five kittens"
Feren looked surprised and said:
"We11, when you were loading guano
in the South seas that cat was up at