Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1895 — Cat Sickness. [ARTICLE]

Cat Sickness.

The presence of a cat make* some peapie very sick. This is uauaUy suributed to predjudice against (be feline nee a*d an active imagination, but there are genuine instances of -it. A youag lady weM known in newspaper circles was invited to attend a snail) evening party attire house of un intimate friend wls» owned a very flue Maltese cat. Bile .ledined to go, and, uj>on being urged to give a reason, stated that she could wot bn i* the room witli a cat. The friend premined to lock ber pet up, and the sooag lady went. She never appeared brigluer, and was entertaining those present with readings from ber writings, when siuidewly she became pale. “There is a cat ha the room,” she said, and then feinted She had to be carried from the room.ahcr which she revived. She declined to return until a search was made for Ure <wt, and the hostess looked under a sofaaad found the animal curled up asleep.