The. only salaried cat in the United States, so far as one can find .out, has, ju6t .died in New Orleans, and was'givfeha proper burial. This was Old Tom. who for. years had been carried oh the Board of'.Trade as official,, rat-catcher, with a salary of 10. cents, a day, and was never .. discharged, though in his' iater years he ■ ...Wis as reluctant as other veteran, officeholders to get busy. But . ho had no -enemies except of the feline sort, and hie framed picture is to adorn the directors' roori at tho Board of Trade.—Springfield, "Republican." .. . In tho Canton of Vato, Switzerland, the authorities have ordered that motoroars on the high roads shall be preceded by a horseman. ■
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1600, 18 November 1912, Page 5
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118Untitled Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1600, 18 November 1912, Page 5
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