Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1881 — The Irishman’s Cat. [ARTICLE]

The Irishman’s Cat.

A poor Irishman applied for relief, and upon some doubts being expressed as to •whether he was a proper object for relief, he enforced his suit with much earnestness. “Och! yer Honor,” said he, “I’d be starved long since but for my cat. ” “But for what?” asked the astonished magistaate. “My cat,” replied the Irishman. “Your cat, —how so?” “Shure, yer Honor, I sould her eleven times for a shilling a time, and she was always home before I could get there myself.” The best application for the improvement of the countenance is a mixture in equal parts of serenity and cheerfulness. Anoint the face, morning, noon, and night.