Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1893 — A Pair of Rare Gats. [ARTICLE]

A Pair of Rare Gats.

Stephen Schreiber has two beautiful Bpecimens of coon cats brought from the interior of Maine. The cats arc peculiar in that the female is pure white and has a large bushy tail, resembling that of a coon. The male is a big fellow, marked with dark colors, and bavins' large eyes and heavy tufts of hair on his cheeks, which stand out quite prominently. The species is very rare and seldcm seen in this part of the country. The male is about one year old and the female only about six months. They are very docile and friendly, hut when they engage in a contest with ordinary domestic cats the latter have but little" show. The mala measures fully 34 feet from tip to tip and weighs about fourteen pounds.