Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1895 — They Saved the Bark's Cat. [ARTICLE]

They Saved the Bark's Cat.

The steamer Potomac, which arrived here the other day from London, reported that on March 12, about 380 miles off the Irish coast, the derelict Norwegian bark Brigettl was sighted. The crew of tile bark was rescued on Feb. 15 by the steamer Snowflake, and taken to Philadelphia. When the Potomac sighted the derelict she bore down on her and a boat’s crew was sent aboard to see if she were worth towing into port. She was found to be in such a condition that it would not be worth while to take her in tow. As the men from the ship were looking about the wreck they found a cat in the lazarette. The cat was surrounded by water, but was in good condition considering the long time she had been sole navigator of the bark. It is supposed that an occasional rat and flotsam and jetsom from the ship’s store had supported the life of the cat She was taken on board the Potomac, and Captain Leach, of that steamer, says he will not part with her as long as he goes to sea. The cat has been named Brigettl, after the abandoned bark on which she was found, and is called “Getty” for short. It is perhaps because a cat has nine lives that she lived through all her privations.—New York Tribune.