The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
HOO HOO KITTENS
 SHOW ENDURANCE Seventeen Are Tortured By
 Capital TerriferS CANT HOOKS ARE UTILIZED Tribe Is Increased at Great Meeting Held In Montgomery, Which Is
 Followed By Banquet
 to Atone.
CANT HOOKS ARE UTILIZED

| Montgomery November 13-(Special l. Cries having gone up to the srea. snarl of the universe from seventeen fearless
 and ambitious kittens of this section, high
 priests of Hoo Hoo land came to Mont gomery last night to try their souls and test their endurances that it might be
 made known to the far distant guardians of the most sacred portals, whether or not they were worthy of association in so exalted a community. After experiences
 that mark them as brave and acceptable, the word went back to the inner forests by means of specially prepared wire | less tower. that all is well and the fam l fly of adult felines has been raised by seventeen from among the hithe,to uu- tried kittens of Alabama and Florida | timber lands.
 But what of the kittens? With scrag- gly fur and bodies shorn and bleeding from the scores of tin cans end boot l jacks thrown al them they at last passed through the final torture and came up smiling, but sore Nothing short of td-
 bles of solids and liquids that greeted 1 the return to the light of day could have compensated for the trials endured. l Hoo Hoo land is a sacredly guar jed country and the same care is shown any | temporary forest that may be set up. 1 Consequently the emergency temple in tie
 large dining room of the New Exchange hotel last night was encompassea about with a legion of glstening cant hooks. Logs were rolled against the doors and l the great black eat, brought from one of the Egyptian pyramids, made famous | by Rider Haggard, stood upon the pedes- tai of command and inflicted the sevcr.st l tests of torture known to the inner tenn ples.
 Cries From Inside. | Those who were on the outside coy cred their ears at times to keep out the cries of a poor fellow. torn by the teeth of a new pattern band saw and many groan came back from the darkencd wood as a broken nesphite was trundled out to the sawdust heap and caught up
 by the suction lift to make fuel for the l boilers of fun.
 Fearing their own inability to do jus
 tice to the situations. infiictors of pun 1 shment from the groves of Tennessee and the steel studded lands of the iron | City of the north, were brought oy the | local officers That they are adopts in l the realm of terror, every chastened lit ] tie one of the kitten class fully testified. But an end came to the punishment at last. Light restored found the frightened kittens gazing only at the faces of friends. with no signs of the experience of the oc- | casion, save the tufts of abandoned fur | on the polished floors and the lingering aroma of burning birthstone and fire. Not single ferocious eat was left to mar the landscape. In their places were genial hearted and true good fellows, becNon- | ing to the tables that were loaded with the handiwork Of Mine Host Hckeys favorite chef and brew that could add
 to the fame of any fountain. | And with it the fun broke loose like water from the eternal hills Speeches and songs fell from lips that only a shor- time before were white with fear and
 crippled victims of the evenings stren- uosty danced for joy. It was a time of good cheer and will long be remem- 1 bered for the happiness it provided. Hoo l Hoo land is a good land, as every new 1 resident will testify
 Terror Producers. | These were the old hands that inflicted l the pain and later looked to the cheer: l Shark of the Universe-Alex c. Han non of Montgomery.
 1 Senior Hoo Hoo-R D. Mckinney OF Montgomery.
 | Junior Hoo Hoo-W. w. Rathbun ot Montgomery.
 | Boium--W. S. Fleming of Montgomery Scrivenoter-W J. Wallace of Nashville, I Tenn
 Jabbenwock-H. II. Shell of Birmng- ham.
 Custodian-A c. Stewart of Montgom- cry.
 Arcaneper-E. P. Flowers of Montgom- cry.
 Gurdon-F. J. Cramton of Montgomery. The Terrified. Those who went over the perilous route, answer the following roll call; James M Gorrie. Montgomery; James c. Patillo Verbena; D. H. Morris, Jr., Noma, Fla; A. H. Flowers, Montgomery: C. F. Gullege, Rushton: H. w. Laird, T. J. Scott, T. l.. Bear, w. B. Burton, c. |