The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-09-02
Hoodoo Of Pennsylvania
Limited.
SWELL TRAINS FATE
Charged by Train m sn TO Pres
encs Of the Feline Pan.
handle" In tho Train
Sheds.

The Pennsylvania limiled pulled in
to the Union station an hour and ten
minutes late last evening, looking as
demoralized as politician the day af-
ter the convention, all on account of a
yellow cat, says the Pittsburg Gaz-
ette. At least the men about the sta
ton blame it on a certain cat which
last evening broke all its Fast habits
by walking backwards and forwards
across THE tracks on which the limited
would be due to enter shortly, and
this Just at the time whm the "swell'
train got into trouble.
A little distance east of Stewart sta
ton something projected from The side
of freight car In train on the ad-
joining siding scraped the full length
of the ncadted as it sped by. A deep
scratch was dug along l,he side of the
handsome cars and the brass grips at
the steps were bent way back or torn
loose from their fastenings. At Stew
art station a freight wreck, caused by
a drawhead pulling out, caused the
loss of an hour or more in getting
past the wreck.
On all this hangs story. About
six months ago a handsomely gowned
woman, a passenger on this lra.n en-
route from New York to Chicago, car
ried with her beautiful yellow Az
CORA cat While the engines were
ing changed at the station she started
to walk up and DOWN the platform
with this cat in her arms, when sud
denly the cat leaped from her and ran
under some Of the material then piled
about the half-built train sheds.
The woman screamed and did every
thing else to bring the cat back, but
30 no avail. AS the train left she
offered $25 to any one who would cap
ture this cat and send it to her. From
that time the cat has hung aroln1
the tracks so closely that the train
men have given 1t the name of Pan.
handle"
This name was the more applicable
in that the animals tail is only about
two inches long. Some time ago a
Panhandle train caughll the cat and II
came out minus its left front foot
So pussy came to be regarded as q
hoodoo.
For the first time since coming ts
the station that cat left the Panhandle
side of the train shed last'might about
$3.50 and walked with much delibera-
ton across the shed to the Ft. Wayne
side. Once there 1t walked three times
lin the same manner, across and back
over the Fort Wayne tracks on which
the United enters the station.
The rest is already told and long in
Ito the night thereIwas talk among the
railroad men Of the spell the yellow
cat cast over the limited.
John A. Sl.Tang and Ben Egley, twl
Canton nimrods who have a reputa-
ton for skill with the shot guns. tIoob
" INhuOuSh, IA AhoiLASo Couhty
after squirrels. Before going down
they secured Democratic badges, ar
open sesame with the farmers Of that
section, and Ben was provided with
tsome hand-loaded shells that were
guaranteed to simply murder" squir,
rejs.
They spent two days In the woods
and captured one squirrel. That wa'
an average OF half squirrel day
for two men, or one fourth of a rodent
for one man. They din't infringe or
the law against shooting more thar
ten. but the law regulating profan ty
may have been twisted litle. Ths,
say the squirrels down there are M
speedy as old "Killbuck Tom" was n
his palmiest days.
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