A member of the editorial staff of tl'B Cleveland Leader it is said has invented sheet-iron cat, with cylindrical attr '‘ r ' MS and steel claws and teeth. It is —t to clock.work. A bellows insid^ Bo pnb- H q the tail at will to a belligerent^"'"'' y X J9 a tremuio attachment, causes iL'itfie anfe time the patent cat to omit all noises H which the living cat is capable. When yog want fan you wind up your cat and iilagp him upon the roof. Every cat within li-'By a mile hears him, girds on his armour sallies forth, frequently fifty or a hnndtfHS attack him at once. Eo sooner does the i : jß9 tent cat feel the weight of an assailant tteflß his teeth and claws work with rapidity. Adversaries within six feetoftiHJ are torn to shreds. Fresh battalions on to meet a similar fate, and in an ho'-HK several bushels of hair, toenails and fiddlflß strings alone remain [. ;
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Dunstan Times, Issue 537, 2 August 1872, Page 2
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