Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-03
CAT TALES.
What Poor Pussy Has Been Doing
This Summer.

CAT TALES.
What Poor Pussy Has Been Doing
This Summer.
Marooned in the belfry Of the Ger
man Trinity church, Trinity street,
near Exeter, a pet cat belonging to
Herman Gistler. janitor Of that
church, Is dying of starvation. The
cat has been up there for more than a
week, according to reports, and is in
such a position that 1t is impossible
to reach 1t. e..
According to Mr.. Gistler the cat,
which is of the ordinary feline varie-
ty, has been prominently identified
as a good mouser by the members Of
the congregation Of that church for
some time. 1t has been always given
the open door to the church. especial
ly the belfry, where she enjoyed a
toothsome sparrow dinner several
times a week.
About a week ago, 1t Is said, Tabby,
for such Is the name Of the unfortu-
nate feline, ascended the narrow lad
der to the belfry in quest of dinner.
Finding some of the birds in their
customary roofs, Tabby climbed high
er until she got so high in the belfry
that she was beyond reach of human
hand.
Mr.. Gistler missed the cat several
days ago and could not find her any
where. While ringing the church bell
last night he heard the faint meouw
Of Tabby, and looking high up into
the rafters of the belfry saw her sitting
on a narrow board which projects out
beyond the others. Mr.. Gistler made
several attempts to get the cat from
its perilous position, but was unable
to do so. The S. P. c. A. has been
notified and is expected to attempt to
rescue the feline this afternoon.-Bal-
timore News.
William Martin, Watson McClel-
land and Harry Farabaugh, each
about IL years old, caught black cat
this morning just outside the gate Of
the farm of John Schenk, two miles
north of Butler, Pa The boys tied
kite tail" on the cat, poured oil on
it and then applied a match.
The cat ran into the Schenk barn
and climbed to the haymow. In a
moment the barn was aflame. Thirty
cows and six horses were rescued, but
the barn, farm machinery, hay and
grain were consumed. The loss was
$40, 0,000-Baltimore Evening Sun.
A little girl who was leading a ter
rier was badly bitten and torn by a
large tortoise shell cat in a grocery
store at sos Webster avenue yester-
day.
Tessie Gassier, 224O North Halsted
street, had barely entered the store
when Tabby, who had been living on
the counter, bristled with rage and
ieaped at the dog. Yelping with fear
the dog tried to hide behind its mis-
tress. The cat then turned upon the
girl and sank it's teeth In her leg.
Before she was rescued her legs
were torn badly by the teeth and
claws Of the animal.-Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
William Gray Brooks, a prominent
Philadelphia lawyer and great-grand-
son Of William Gray Of Boston, found
er of the Gray family of that city,
wept at a hotel today over the news
of the death of his pet cat Tiger at
his Philadelphia home. The cat had
been prize winner in many shows in
Philadelphia and New York and was
valued at $500.
Mr.. Brooks telegraphed to have the
tin lined, in the animal burying
philaIalnbia Panorl
The mewing Of a cat saved the life
of H. Grossman, a merchant Of
Rocheport, early this morning. Gross
mann, awakened by the cats news,
found that the building was afire and
the flames had almost reached his
room. He called the neighbors and
they saved a part Of the building. An
showed that a burglar
had entered a restaurant and a meat
market attached to the room occupied
by Grossmann and had robbed the
tills of both places. The burglar, 1t Is
believed, set fire to the building
Kansas City Times
Rodger a cat whose efficiency mark
as mouser Is said by his many blue
coat admirers to be remarkable. is
travelling the beat" alone
in the Warren avenue police station to-
-
the distinction of being appointed"
to the police force by Chief of Police
John McWendy when he was a SER
geant at the Warren avenue station
few years ago. is dead and buried.
Tom was found dead in the cell
room by Lookup Keeper Joseph Fal-
Ion yesterday morning and on direct
orders from Chief Of Police McWeeny
was honored yesterday afternoon with
a police funeral" He was laid to
rest i'm a lot near the station, with
Capt. John Rehm. Lieut.. Fred Stahl,
Sergt Joseph King. Michael Breen,
wagon man, and Lookup Keeper Fal
ton acting as honorary pallbearers.-
Chicago News.
Kansas always was extreme. Now
comes her state board of health with
the proposition that the fur of the
domestic cat is harbor for germs
and that therefore the domestic cat
should be shaved. DR.. Deacon Of the
Kansas state board Of health has issu-
ed this injunction: SHAVE the cats.
Keep their hair short, Just as you
would that of a horse or a dog. If
that is too much trouble, kill them.
for they are not worth much any
how" Shakespeare, who described in
a few well chosen words almost every
type of human being, hit off DR.. Dea-
cons type when he said. Some men
cannot abide harmless cat" Kansas
ought to have humane society to
get after the doctor. Undoubtedly
there is a possibility that cats exposed
to disease germs might carry them in
their fur: but there is a far greater
danger to human beings of infection
from rats and mice than from cats,
for these vermin reeking with dele
teriOus bacteria bore into cupboards
and meddle with human food sup
plies. The cat. as the deadly enemy
of rats and mice. saves human lives.
She is entitled to exemption from per-
secutiOn-Evening Wisconsin.
Wrecked by Knife Blade.-A ship
was once wrecked on the Irish coast.
The captain was a careful one. Nor
had the weather been of so severe a
kind as to explain the wide distance