The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-12-28
FACTS ABOUT CATS
Raising Them For Profit Grow;,<
Industry.
One CAT to Which Fortune Was Le-lhe Egyptians Held II,
Sacred but They Fell From Their High Estate in the
Middle Ages-Friends Of the Great

'; 'iY. y, IiAl"ohs Iabby was co,
sidtred ne symbol of the moon An,
was Worshipped several bnna ~,
years before the time of Christ, As'
nous soaHesS OF the Nile country va, !
represented as a woman with oa.,
head. Whenever cat died in .,
Egyptian household the family Won.
INTO mourning, and Tabby or Thom,,
was properly embalmed and laid ava,
to await the resurrection Of all e00i
cats. Egypt paid dearly for its dorm
ton to felines, however, for whs,
Camby5es OF Persia came that way 4,
q tour OF conquest he captured ~,
city OF Peiuse by having each Of HI,
soldiers carry cat in his arms n.
Egyptians could not attack their .,
sallants, because they believed th,
one who harmed feline would los,
his life in this world and his son, !,
the next.
When the Greeks and Romans vent
to Egypt they took cats back wjh|
them, and soon scattered them TO all
parts of the world. After that hei-|
place among the gods was gone fo,
ever, and their worth recognized ouly|
by their mouse-catching talents
Though sacred to Diana of Grecial
mythology. the cat seems to hayd
been placed in dark category by thd
Christians of the Middle Ages, Wild
considered it diabolical creature n
whose visible form the devil might apI
pear at will.
From being associated with lid
| gods, the cat fell so low in human es
timation that it was regarded as th(
| right hand assistant Of witches Wheel
King James of Scotland was comm
home from trip over seas to Del
mark, terrific storm arose. and notA
ing could convince the sailors that
was not caused by cat which N
witches had christened and placed
| the hold. Cats were burned alive vii
witches in those days, and Ve
hanged as examples to maletacton
No oven was considered propeh
charmed for cooking in Scotland md
cat had been roasted alive in it
France it was the custom to thiu'
them in the fire at the feast Of "
John. until Louis XIII. put a stop
| the barbarous custom
In the time of Howell the Good,
Wales, the law decided that ~
worth of a kitten until it shall on
its eyes is one legal penny; from ID
time until it shall kill mice, two leg
pence: after it shall kill mice, ~q
legal pence, and SO it shall always
main" What contrast to the pn
set on her catship, Pullman lau
Lady Decies' beautiful ChlncnN
which was listed at the Januaf!
show in London at $4,000. An
law enacted in England in the llne
the Edwards made it a capltal oneu1
to kill a cat in the domain VI 'O
Bull, and this law was not eApu.s
from the statute books until tne ~
of Sir Robert Peel. Il
Great men have been FOND o. e'
DR.. Johnson's Hodge has gone cow
fame. Chesterfield provided lol III.
in his will. Sir Walter Scott oesc''D
Hunse as a most convertible cay
Dumas mentions lie Docteur NUS
DERBY in his memoirs. Victor Hugo"
sidered his Chanopne as meluO''
the family. Richelieu loved ~ ,,.r.
his cats at play and Cowper' oa ',.
| Wordsworth. Swinburne ana Mo-
Arnold all wrote affectionately Of ~
All the world knows how MANU-.
when called by the muezzh
mosque tower. fearing TO avon
cat mat was sleeping on his alu,
off his sleeve that his pet ms.
min ppdisturbed. and went as"
nraver in his mutilated garmsn'cc ,.1
p'a Mark :" Twajns cats, Sin and sa,
are known to his intimate l'''D
to most of his readers. Inc ~
-, oat ~ tbe White House, Slipper
ua, az t has had enough parag'
printed about h,r to turn a los's
feminine head. Peter. the wlas" =,
: le Zen, n1a,tnse cat owned by the j.! y
ese Ambassador in Washins ,oa. i =
e en v; A1' of all eatdom as he rides !,
e e, y aar ~ %, with his master OF ~.
} !ohs e'Ips company has
, a''n 90 cat known as Blonde
chooses a .'';+ any his o fancy. going sons'
- t,' Iew York and again to B0 0s,o,i
: =: GOOD luck is supposed to a mess
coming. he is possibly the ,D INV
= eo,r'."7 na =, carried. jenny ''s
m :a.5'o b "''' led that ship in sss
, 5 go,,a Years ago, and has CROSS .ss i;
y ocean SO many times tha' ,s - ,rar4
. considered the most VIZ vart SUI
p, cat III the "oFiG.--Ne
:, Always Comes True