Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-15

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horse, cut from another picture. with
landscape background from . third
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The Lon~est Of Cat Js.rnsyA
There are so many cases on record Ia
which cats and dogs have made long
! home-returning journeys that no one
can doubt the possession by these AMI
mails of a wonderful instinct that
guides them toward their goal over
country that they have never travers-
ed. But how far can an animal travel
thus, and find it's way? A case which
is now on record shows that cat can
make such a journey for mt least SIX
hundred miles-and that In the winter
and early spring. when prey upon
which to subsist must be relatively
scarce.
In January. 1897, a family named
Nading removed from Topeka, Kan. to
Shelbyville, Ind. The distance between
these two places Is about five hundred
and fifty miles, as the crow flies: but to
any creature without wings it would
probably be nothing less than six hun.
dred.
The Nading family brought with
them to Indiana a fine Maltese cat TO
which they were much attached. They
were evidently more attached to the cat
than he was to them. for he had NO
sooner reached Shelbyville than he be-
gan to NOPE. He passed three home
sick weeks there, and then disappear
ed. The family supposed that one OF
the million Of fatal accidents to which
cats. in spite Of their nine lives, are
subject had happened to him, and in
their minds bade him q regretful fare
well.
On the 4th of May they received q
letter from relatives In Topeka, which.
said In effect:
"YOur old Thomas has arrived herel
He seems to be very tired and hungry.
but otherwise is extremely cheerful,
and is eager to be petted. He Is now
taking a long nap"
How the cat travelled the great dis
tance-crossing the Wabash river, trav.
ersing the wide prairies and ciIcuitin.y
the many towns Of Illinois. certainly
crossing the broad Mississippi and
probably also crossing the Missouri. as
cending that great stream through the
whole width Of the state OF MissOur!
and finally winding through the score
of thriving towns in eastern Kansas
before the capital was reached will
never be known. unless some one can
master the language of the cat suffi
ciently to "interview" this one success
fully on it's memorable Journey.
What myriads Of hairbreadth escanes
from the jaws of dogs 1t must have had!
What cold and weary night marches
without a square meal! What sniver-
Ing winter days spent up in a tree or
Oh the summit of a telephone pole tir-
Ing out some waiting and watching Ter
rier! And all this merely to get to To-
peka, without the assurance OF my
kindlier welcome than the spurning
boot at an unfriendly doorstep.
The cat should surely be chosen as
the emblem of pure civic devotiOn--of
the sentiment Of utter loyalty 10 n place
for the sake Of the place and not sor
what one gets out of 1t.