The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-12-16
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.sIIna fhf Attention ni thH Adt,uIH.f.
e ffv days aFu. to shm lt called =
breed ~ political cats thai ls fosnd
b,r president Dols hnd The Adtsi.
as'f nsru des.FhAusd % typ,i VI tho
breed. aud Sc ssuaiIs organ 10 Justly
Indignant bat turh a breed .s permit.
Tod 30 iuies, thess Islands The aIlu.
son 90 thIs busrl of cats reminds us 81
aupIHer breed ~ cats known az the
".ouu-rals' ~ Maine. and that one Of
th' political Cpon-Ua,s has been donat-
cd By the state Of Maine no this Para.
dice ~ che Pacific, aud is now, with
much ,rosG-brol LrOei,y, attempting
.u destroy the tropical breed OF eats.
Readers of this paper may rccall q
description 81 these Maine cats. given
some months ago, pair OF them being
exhibited la Washington by the late
Mr.. Frank y. Hastings. These coon
cats are said 10 h. a cross OF the domes-
tie cat and the Wild coon that lnfests
he woods Of Maine. They are large
In size, the hair upon the body Is long.
and the tails are bushy. Their singular
appearance invariably attracts attan-
ton, just A. cross Of the hippopota-
mus upon the wild goose would arrest
fh" eye. These coon-csts are heavily
endowed with stupidity. lack personal
pie'y." and are OF no practical use. sx-
ccpting as they present a curious freak
Of mature. The kittens are captured by
entarpris,ng boys, and are sold 70
tourists
All types Of the animal world are,
according to the BuddhIsts. reproduced
In man. The State of Maine seems to
De especially favored or cursed In this
correspondence between the animal and
human races.
owing to a singular concentration
Of events, one or more OF these pOl!ti-
cal cOOn-cats of Maine have been
| brought here, for some all-wisc pur-
pose As it might have been expected,
! this breed OF political eats has resolved
10 'xtermInatc our own breed OF po-
| iitical cats" as Mr. Sewalrs Organ calls
the members Of the Dole Government.
In displaying their feline strategy.
| these cOOn-cats are justly proud OF
those vicious instincts which are in the
breed. II Is said that these coon-cats
| never make direct warfare upon other
| animals. not even upon rats. In their
natural habitat, they spend the wake
! ful moments OF cat-life in progressive
splitting" with interiudes Of cater
waullng in moD2rel notes. II a domes-
tic cat appear. they instantly retire to
the branches Of trees. from which pro-
tected spots, they may conduct their
vocal warfare against civilized cats
As their occupation Is exclusively spit
ting and caterwauling, they search foi
no food beyond that furnished by the
dead birds that have been rejected by
the civilized or domestic cat.
The Advertiser has repeatedly said
that annexation would not be an "un-
mixed blessing" We have now the
truth OF this prediction. But the adj
vantages OF annexation are SO import
ant, that we must submit with patience
and resignation to the angry splitting
and discordant caterwauling OF this
brace OF political coon-cats that Maine
ought to he thankful she is rid Of. and
We ought TO be thankful that she sends
no more. She sent us the late Mr..
Stevens. a splendid type OF the stalwart
domestic cat. some time ago, and in
gratitude for ii. we will endure the in
Fiction OF this mongrel breed. Greatly
Obliged to Mr.. Sewall's Organ, for sug-
costing the existence OF political
cats"