Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1911 — $5,000 CAT NO MOLLYCODDLE [ARTICLE]

$5,000 CAT NO MOLLYCODDLE

Fondness of Feline for Killing Snake* However, Worries Owner—Rep- ? tile Is Killed. Rancocas, .N. J. —If the $5,000 Angora cat which Mrs. John W. Hilyard owns does not desist in her raids on snakes, pussy may have to submit to. the chaperonage of a nurse girl when she takes her daily airings. Mrs. Hiljrard thinks $5,"000 is too aristocratic an investment to risk on snakes. Mrs. Hilyard was sitting in her home when she heard the mewing of the cat at the door. She respondel to the call, and there found awaiting admittance her $5,000 bunch of fur with a four-foot live snake very securely held in its mouth, in such a manner that the snake was powerless to offer any resistance. It was a most trying situation for the woman. She did not want to kill the snake, but knew of nothing else to do. and she finally 'dispatched it with a club as her weapon. During the operation the cat showed unusual Intelligence in such a matter, as it continued its death-like grip upon its prisoner until Mrs. Hilya,rd’s action evidently satisfied it that all possible danger had been removed.