Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1885 — The Cat’s Tail. [ARTICLE]

The Cat’s Tail.

Appropriate to the present rage for decollete dresses among ladies is the following anecdote related of President Lincoln: One evening Mrs. Lincoln swept with magnificent dress into the library where the President was waiting to escort her into the brilliant reception parlor. Her dress was composed of a very long train, but cut low neck. Lincoln was standing with his back toward the fire when his wife entered. “Whew!” said old Abe, “what a long tail our cat has to-night.” Mrs. Lincoln made no. answer, and the President continued, “Say, mother, don’t you think it would be better if some of our cat’s tail was around her neck?”—Brooklyn Magazine. . ....... An improved lead-headed nail for Use in putting bn corrugated iron roofs has made itsappearance in the market. The shapk'-of the nail is round, and suffi- ' ciently,sharp at the poiqA’-to eq^r, the, wood, readily, and may be driven.jiopie in the usual way. The head flattens Tinder tile blows of the hammer, or a Diinch may be used which give it a juffibeal head. The lead of the head jjkife»*<nAAM?tact the sheet-iron im such a way as to lessen the’ chancfiWrfleaking.