Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — A Cat’s Nine Hours’ Whirl. [ARTICLE]

A Cat’s Nine Hours’ Whirl.

Additional evidence concerning the proverbial “nine lives’’ of a cat has been furnished by the incident which occurred in Hartington, Neb., one day last week, and which is vouched for by the most reliable witnesses. A kitten at the Great Northern mills climbed into the inside rim of the big fly wheel and fell asleep. The/engineer did not notice the kitten when he started the engine in the morning, and for nine consecutive hours the little creature, held in its perilous position by centrifugal -force, was whirled round and round on the giant fly wheel at the rate of 90 revolutions a minute. It was still alive when evening came and the engine was stopped for the night. The kitten traversed the circumference of the wheel 48,600 times at lightning speed. Although alive, the kitten was in a stunned condition and was unable to stand on its feet, but a little nursing on the part of the mill men revived it, and it is now as well as ever.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.