Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1891 — The Canary and the Cat. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Canary and the Cat.

A certain .Canary Bird (that was perched iiigth in a Gilded Cage ( noticed the House Cat eifctipg outside on the icy Window Sill cooling its .hind feet. “Ah thews! Stay there!” said the Canary. “Loift you wish that you were me V Get a Move on you, Old Eellow, or you will Freeze to that Window Sill. What are you thinking about, Green Eyes, anyway?* “I was thinking,” answered itihe Cat,

“what a Poor Shift you would make for a Living if you had been bon> without an e*r for Music " Moral —Lots of People who are in the Swim would cut a Migh iy Poor Figure if it wasn’t for the accident of birth. While looking out for great opportunities, we are apt to let little ones eßp through our grasp.