Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1883 — An Awful Mistake. [ARTICLE]

An Awful Mistake.

We had retired for the night, even our spotted dog had gone to test, everything was calm and peaceful, the full moon shone clear and bright, all earth wes wrapt in repose when we heard confused muttering sounds on the night air, it seemed to come from on high, then, from our next neighbors. We couldn’t designate the place. Again all is quiet when all at once the most fearful Mi-ee-00-an-an-wow, was heard. We supposed our female cat, Tabby, was entertaining some male acquaintances. We couldn’t understand it, as it hadn’t been long since she had had a lawn fete, and we thought ail the felines in the neighborhood were present! Now we are passionately fond of company, pic-nios and lawn parties, but we don’t enjoy them so often on the part of our cat, so we resolved to bust up that Lawn Fete, or perish in the attempt. We 4 loaded up our breech loader, fend in our ghostly apparel, sneaked out of the back door, cautiously we crept along, with murder in oar minds, thirsting for gore, we listened, we heard a rumbling noise and located the spot, carefully we took aim, bang went our feline destroyer; we hoHowed shoo, shoo. When the smoke cleared away we expected to be engaged in burying cats till morning, but it was a mistake, an awful mistake. We found seven or eight of our distinguished fellow citizens, of musical presuasions, serenading us through Paper Horns. Ah! Henri, Charley, Hale, Bob, Billy and Max, you fooled us that time, but come again and next time fetch silver and string instruments, and you will heartily please, Ed and Madge. P. S. we have humbly apologized to our tabby. E. and M.