Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1917 — Cat Is Ancient Animal. [ARTICLE]

Cat Is Ancient Animal.

The cat has an ancient history. Tradition has it that the creature appealed In Egypt about 1500 B. C., and being highly regarded there as a fireside Sphinx, snuggled down near the seats of the mighty and made himself very much at home. Mummy casts are found in the pyramids. The first cnt is believed to have been of African origin. Travelers from Greece seeing the cats so comfortably ensconced in Egypt saw to it that some of them were brought to Athens, and from the ancient sent of culture the cat is supposed to have spread over* Europe. The anlmal in Europe was adopted by man as a pet about the ninth century.