Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1899 — A Cat’s Cartons Thieving. [ARTICLE]

A Cat’s Cartons Thieving.

• lr - , 1 A Persian cat which steals pigeons’ eggs furnishes the latest curiosity in feline ways. A Wimborne correspondent of the Field says that his cat scales a high garden wall, turns a neighbor’s pigeons off their nests, takes the eggs in his mouth, makes a safe journey back, and lays them at his master’s feet The writer adds: “At this moment I have two on my office desk brought in to-day. On examining the eggs I find two small holes in each shell, made by the cat’s teeth to facilitate easy and safe carriage; beyond this the eggs are intact Although there are many young pigeons in the cote, some unable to fiy, the cat never in any way attempts to touch them.”