THE PRIZE CAT ESSAY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 216, 10 September 1881, Page 4

THE PRIZE CAT ESSAY.

The prizes in the New York Cat 1 Show have been distributed, ' s pot," the pei forming feline, drawing 250 dollars and a gold medal. The prize for the Cat Essay (10 dollars) was awarded to Walter C. Quevedo,Brooklyn, his eflbrfc being the best of 557. I was attached to a common wooden " Tip" cat, such aa little boys play with. It was as follows : " This is a Cat." The enclosed cat knocked at our office window a few years ago, and then came in without being introduced. Since then it has never eaten anything nor shown an inclination to become acquainted with the back fence. It is perfectly docile, but is apt to jump when stroked upon the back. Beaides this species, there are two other kinds of cats— the cat of nine tails and the cat of nine lives. The cat proper and improper derives hia name from the manner in which you address him at night, thus -"Scat !" The cat is a cuss that mews and purrs, be-cusa purr-hapa it a-mew-ses him. He is covered with fur, is filled with deceitfuloeßß, and abounds in cheek, I said that on purr-puss. He can place himself outaide of a canary in full bloom, and then come and sit by your side and look up in your face with a smile that is " childlike and bland," chuck full of penitence and canary. Canary other animal do this ? His fur is soft and glossy, but what this is fur I cannot say. It isn't so soft, however, but what it will break bricks. The cat is a smaller bird than the mule. Aa a general thing, the cat can draw more than any other animal, except a mustard plaster. I have known him to draw there bootjacks, a scuttle of coal, two or three charges out of a gun, two or three swears out of a man, and other articles of bedroom furniture out of a third-storey-window. This can also be said of the average German band. In fact, they are semewhat related, cs the discoverer of the fiddle, listening to the music of a cat, cut him open to see where the noise came from, and thus laid the foundation for fiddle strings. Cats and fiddles thus became violinstigators of suicide. They are unfeeline. I would say something about the cat-o'-nine tails, but it is a painful subject; another reason is I don't know anythiDg about them. See Mr. Bergh. Please send the 10 dollars by any of my kind reportorial friends. You might also send a policeman with the reporter. Youra, categorically. — Detroit Free Prest.