A. Remarkable Cat.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 326, 19 December 1888, Page 3

A. Remarkable Cat.

Jim, better known as the talking cab of the Union Square Theatre, New York, died tteh c o ther day. The janitor said : — ' He was the most intelligent animal I e^er saw. He could perform sixty tricks, and I was teaching him to sneeze when he took sick. Sarony took his picture some time ago, and I leiused an offer of 300dols. for him. I'm a poor man, bub if Jim was al^ve and well to-day I wouldn't take a thousand dollars for him. Two things he could do that I ne\er saw any other animal try. He would at command make the greatest bluff at laughing you ever saw, and if you told him to speak he would utter a sound that was almost a word. And as for the common, ordinary, every-day tvick&, such as jumping over objects, walking on his fore paws, shamming dead, sitting on his haunches and wagging his tail like a dog, he had them down finer than silk. He was sick for several days, and we had Drs. Johnson tmd Bickley, of the New York Veterinary College, in attendance on him. They think that he uiust have swallowed a small rat's head and that it disagreed with lnnruThey gave him medicine, and, he took it as faithfully as a human being. He.cqukln't eat for two days, and they gaye 1 him injections of beef tea to sustain his strength. On Saturday they pidered a mustard plaster to be put. on his stomach. Poor fellow, he was so weak that he couldn't stand up ; but when I pub it on him he laughed just as though he knew 1 was trying to do him some good ; and he stood j like a major, never moving a bit, though it must have pained him. Mr Hill will feel vex'y bad when he' hears he's dead. Shall I bury him like Cosey Bell i ' Js"o, indeed, I m going to get a taxidermist and have him stufled. I fear I'll never see his like again. He was lots ot company, and he was fond of company , bub he had never . been the same since the fire. He was chained in the cellar, and when I went down to get him the water wab up to his breast. , He got a scare therefrom which ho ne\er reco\ered. Poor Jim ! I feel as much cut up over his death as I would over some men that I know.'