Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21
TABBY WHIPPED EVERY DOG.
Angora Cat Revenged the Slaughter
of Her Kittens.

In Athens, Ohio, there is an Angora
cat with a fighting record. When she
appears on the street every dog within
sight sinks off with his tail between
his legs. Not one of them dares to
pass her, and yet, under ordinary cir
cumstances, is peaceaOle, law
abiding cat She made her record last
summer, and the tale of her provoca-
ton is tragic.
In June she became the proud moth
cupied basket in the barn, and every
one petted them and made much of
them; but one fateful day, while the
mother was away, rats killed all four
of the kittens When the bereaved
parent returned a dreadful sight met
her eyes. The owner of the cat had
kennel of fine hnuting dogs. Tabby
had had various skirmishes with them,
and had reason to think them evil
characters. She evidently inquired out
the theory that dogs we're the meanest
creatures she knew, and the dogs must
have killed those kittens, for she rose
with her white fur bristling and her
eyes blazing and made a Decline 4or
the kennel-yard, where five dogs were
summing themselves. Swooping down
upon the innocent dogs, she took them,
one at time, and punished them until
they fed, covered with blood and yelp-
ing dismalIy.
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had killed her helpless babes. She
didn't know what dog had done the
deed; but she didn't intend to take any
chances on allowing the guilty one to
escape, so she started out on the war
path, with firm intention of whipping
every dog in town. The next door
neighbor owned a valuable pug dog,
who was lying luxuriously on blue
silk cushion on the front veranda. In
at the gate came an avenging Nemesis,
splitting fire and slaughter. In two
minutes that blue silk cushion was
spattered with red, and the pug was a
candidate for dog hospital. Tabby
left him bowling in agony, and rushed
on in her mad career, tackling every
dog, big or little, that showed his head.
The righteousness of her cause spurred
her on, and each contest added to her
thirst for gore. An Italian greyhound
was fit for nothing but carpet rags
when she got through vii him, and
dignified ST. Bernard has been blind N
one eye ever since he met incarnate
fury in Angora guise.
The crusade atLracted the attention
of passers-by, and q crowd soon COL
lected and followed the cat Betting
on each event ran high ard the excite
ment grew. Finally the cat neared
butchers shop, in whose door sat a
bandy-legged bulldog of great renOwn.
The fame of that bulldog as a fighter
had spread far and wide, and everyone
prophesied that the dauntless con-
queror had met her Waterloo. She
made straight for the bulldog. He
rose and waddled out to meet her. He
would take her by the back of the neck
and break her back with one shake.
Then suddenly something fell from the
sky upon the back of his own neck,
and blood rained into his eyes and ears
When he could see again a wild and
demoniac cat was standing ten feet away
from him, but she didn't stay there.
She flew through the air, Landed on his
back and clawed burrows before he
could touch her. Then she was gone
again.
The unequal contest lasted five min
utes, and at the end Of that time the |
bulldog, whipped for the first time in
his life, skunk into the shop, and Tabby |
hunted for another victim. None ap-
peared. She had cleaned out the town, |
and, after looking vainly for more
worlds to conquer, she trailed sadly
home and sat N the barn door wailing
all the afternoon. Since then
every dog in town will cross the street
to avoid her.-Cleveland Leader.