The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-10

Surssa b. : Foster nelhsl ~ n.s
talis q Ihe urr.
1amas "a Maddox. gnptin,endenl ol
he Mleoufl District Telegraph Com
pany, has g cat besides ne usual r.
firc complement of z.1c iirrz. tAs= 60
has a past, and. unicss al sigma fail. q
future which falls to The lot Of few
cats. says the st. Louis Republic.
His name u ToWser. and. althoush
bis mother wps q well-bred lady, Tow
ssr has al the characteristics hab,,s
ana trailtles Of a dog. IN early Kitten
hood Towsers mother fell a victim 70
the deadly cat rife Of a small boz aud
Ar. MADDOX found q foster nofher for
the kitten In a kind-hearied bet dog.
With young family and troubles q
her own. The canine mother took
kindly 10 the little foundlinr ana Tow
ser. the kitten. grew fat and Sassy win
litter Of PUPPY foster brother. asd
sisters.
When the kitten was weaned Ne
showed no tendency 20 abandon The
dogs life which he had learned TO lead
and began 10 exhibit an the canine
characteristics which be had nuraed
with his adopted mothers milk. In
stead OF mewing and caterwauling like
a melancholy orphan cat be began 70
bark like the other puppies. and sroWi
like they aid. and he became the won
der Of the friends and visitors At the
Maddox home He was named Tow
ser" and responds 10 the whistle Of hia
master like a sure enough dog. Per-
haps the oldest trick ToWser has learn
ed h that Of wagging his tail. which be
does. not Ia the serpentine manner q
hia ancestors. but IRON side 10 side. In
the vigorous and uncompromlslng Style
Of a dog. rowser expresses fear. too.
as be has sen his foster brethren "a.
and runs to cover. During the hot
weather Towser suffered considerably
from the heat aud might have been
seen sitting about IN the shade. pant
Inc With his tongue out. In the manner
supposed 10 be peculiar TO the dog.
He has none Of the slnlater traits Of
hls tribe. does not parade along the
narrow edge Of back fences IN the dead
Of night, and gets from place 70 place
In dos trot or a real gallop instead Of
In the soft-fooied and obaequious man
ner Of other cats. TOwaer has master.
ed that mysterious hee-masonry Of
dogs which has been the wonder Of
naturalls,s for an time. and seems 70
have but little trouble in forming the
acquaintance Of strange dosa which he
meets on the street corners and about
the bases Of friendly lamp-posis and
telegraph poles. Occasionally he has
run across an ugly terrier. which. ac-
ceptlng no Oyertures. would attempt to
rend Towser on the spot, and Il IL only
on such rare occasions that Towsor'a
feline propenslties come 10 the surface.
When a dos attacks hlm be viii climb
a tree or a fence. where be viii &c
growing and barking at the enemy
until be satisfies him that he Il not
really a cat. but a dos In all but ply
steal conformation.
Tovser is very fond Of a run through
the streets with his master. and from
long jaunts over the granitold pave
ments and rough streets his once vel
vet paws have been covered with cali
icus oorns until his football Il no long
er inaudlble. and his ioe-nalls are a.
rough and strong az those Of a dos.
-Towser has a pronounced antlpaihy
for women. and will rush Al them,
barking furiously and growing &c II he
would bite them: his bark Il worse
than his bite. however. for he has new
er been known to bite any one and has
earned for himself the reputation Of
being q very doclle and intelligent dog.
or cat. a. the case may BE-