Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1892 — Cats and Catnip. [ARTICLE]

Cats and Catnip.

Anyone who is disposed to have a cat party in his or her back garden has only to procure some catnip and- leave it there, and all the cats in the vicinity will soon arrive and then the fun will begin. They will sniff it, toss it up, roll over it, fight for it and scratch it around until there is not a vestige of it left. Valerian has the same attraction for them; and in a lesser degree they enjoy the scents of other aromatic plants. I have often been amused watching my big maltese going gravely about smelling the pinks and the plants, but I had to correct him when h? began tasting the latter.—[Detroit Frei Press. “Is this a healthful portion of the State ?” asked a traveler in Arkansas. “Well, I should say it is. There has been nobody hung about here in three months.”