Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1896 — Snake-Killing Cats. [ARTICLE]

Snake-Killing Cats.

The famous cat of ex-Mayor Eby, which goes into the neighboring fields and captures snakes, which he drags into the house for the inspection of the family, has a rival in. the same block. W. L. Powell,, who went trout fishing the other day at Newville and got stuck in the mud, has a cat which has also developed snake-charming propensities. Mrs. Powell was horrified to see a snake two feet long on the kitchen floor the other day, which the family cat had captured in the cellar of their residence. There will be few snakes left at Cottage Ridge if the two cats arc permitted to get in their work unmolested.—Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph.