Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1889 — The Latest New York Story. [ARTICLE]

The Latest New York Story.

The latest beggarly vagary comes from New York, of course, where a party coming from the theater was stopped by a ragged individual with a small kitten in his arms. He opened the conversation immediately and said: “Gents, maybe you think I am going to spar you for money, but I ain’t I am not hungry or thirsty and have a place to sleep, but I have no cash. I want a few pennies, not for myself, but to buy some milk for this poor little starving cat, which I found crying in this park.” The party was for a moment stunned, but amid roars of laughter a purse of nearly a dollar was collected and given to the guardian of the kitten.