Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — Cat Stops Church Concert [ARTICLE]

Cat Stops Church Concert

Pussy Gets Entangled in Pipes of Organ and Instrument Goes Dumb —Finally Released. Jersey City, N. J. —A black cat born in a church got tangled up in the stops and pipes of the organ the other night and a feature of a concert given there by the Young Women's Christian association had to be scratched. Rev. Paul A. Meury lent his church, the Second Dutch Reformed, in Summit avenue, for the entertainment, and promised to have his organist, Mrs. Prue Robinson, play selections on the $7,000 organ. The organ music was advertised as a feature. The church was crowded when Mrs. Robinson went to the organ. The electric blower was set in motion, but the organist couldn’t produce any notes. The church engineer examined the electrical apparatus and reported it in good order. Mr. Meury and the engineer then climbed up among the pipes and heard a cat mewing. They discovered the church cat,, which was born in the edifice a few months ago,

caught in between the piping. It had crawled there evidently while chasing a mouse and couldn’t get out The organ was out of order. Mr. Meury announced the cause and It provoked laughter. Although some disappointment was manifest the program given appeared to satisfy the disgruntled. After it was all over the engineer reached in between the pipes of the organ and pulled out the cat Then he took the animal home so that it shouldn’t go mouse hunting in such a place again. Men were busy later on repairing the delicate wires which the cat had destroyed in getting into the pipe.