The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-24
CAT TO BE CRENATED.
Tootsey, the Aged Angora, VIII
Have a Shroud.
lChicago Amerlcan.


When the late Frances Wizards old
pet cat shufles off this mortal coil no
/ touching epitaph will mark his grave
and perpetuate his memory to future
generations. Mr.. Toots is not to have
the old-fashiOned orthodox burial, but
! is to be crenaated according to the most
approved and Up-to-date methods.
Since the death of his famous mis-
tress TOotsey has made his home with
Mrs. Leland T. Norton of 4630 Grand
boulevard. He is a large white Ango-
ia gelding, over 10 years of age (rather
advanced years for a member of the fe-
line family. and his death may be ex-
pected at any time. He is suffering
from a disease similar to the "snuf-
fies," which is so prevalent among the
/ Belgian hares. But Tootsey's malady
is not infectious, and the other cats in
Mrs. Norton's cattery are privileged TO
enjoy his proud and honored company
without any danger, but rather with
benefit to themselves. Any visitor
quickly observes the respectful rever-
ence which the younger cats seem to
entertain for old TOots when they are
brought into his sick room.
When Toots is stretched upon his
bier q small red lace handkerchief will
cover his face. Toots always has been
fastidious, and now, during his period
of invalidIsm, there is always a dainty,
fiimsy square of cambria tucked under
his pillow, to be used in wiping the
moisture from his eyes. On the day of
the funeral his body will be wrapped
in a. winding sheet of white silk and
placed upon q slab which will be SOL
EMMY showed into the big furnace that
supplies heat to the Norton mansion.
When Tootsey's friends view his re-
I ,esi inc will in little
myTTh or fTankincense over the body
and while ToOtsey's flesh and bones are
being consumed by the fiery furnace
the spicy incense will counteract the
/ disagreeable OdOr Of Singed hair which
might be emitted through the furnace
chimney and which might prove OBJ
/ jectionable to Mrs. NOrtOn's neighborS.
Pussywoods is the name of the bury
/ ing ground where all the GriStOcratic,
/ blue blOOded cats in the neighborhood
of the city find their final resting place.
1t is said that Miss HiginbOtham is one
/ of the lot owners and that her $500
white AngOra cat viii one day be buried
/ in PussywOods. But the location of
this interesting cemetery still remains a
mystery. Miss HiginbOtham is out Of
town, and various other members of the
! BeresfOrd Cat club and the Chicago
! Cat club refuse to give any informa-
ton on the subject.
Mrs. ,rton said she was not inter-
ested il. 5sywoOds.
NO. I , mot tell you anything
about the cat cemetery" she said. Il
know nothing about it, for the reason
that l put all my dead pussies right
into the furnace and cremate them. I
think it is much the best and most
/ sanitary plan"
Mrs. Norton is obliged to perform
: this greWsOme Office every little while.
for, besides her cattery. where every
variety of the blue blooded puss is
raised. she conducts a cat refuge. To
this haven Of warmth and shelter
! comes every description of sad-eyed,
homeless, sick and miserable cat waif.
/ Some have reached a pitiful condition
/ of i'll health simply from exposure and
hunger. Others minus an eye or tail,
with fractured limbs and broken jaws,
might still have been fine, healthy
3 specimens but for some unfortunate
encounter with brutal boys
: When these sick and battered cats
are in too great a condition of suffer
/ ing, Mrs. Norton puts them out Of
their misery. She has had made for
/ the chlOrOforming process a box of gal
VaniZed tin two and a half feet square.
/ The lid is removed and her sick cat
/ placed carefully within The box is
/ tightly covered and into an inserted
funnel is poured two or three ounces
I of chlOrOform. In a few moments
/ pussy's soul is going out heavenWard-
I that is, If animals have souls and if
there is a special heaven for the feline
/ family.