Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1870 — Are Cats Dangerous? [ARTICLE]

Are Cats Dangerous?

The Albany Argus is authority for jhe following statement: “The good citizens of Schnectady have been alarmed greatly by a singular affair which took place there a few days ago. As a cat story it goes ahead of anything of the kind wo have heard. The father, of a family, just before retiring late at night, heard groans in the room occupied by his daughter, a girl twelve years of ago. Upon going to the room he found a cat on the breast of his child, with its four legs around the child’s neck, and its mouth to the child's mouth. It was with some difficulty that the cat was removed. The child had evidently been asleep, and when found was so much exhausted by her breath having been obstructed, that she had not strength enough to force the cat away. We have heard of cats causing the death ol infanta in this way, but never before hoard of such an incident in connection with a girl twelve years of age. The facts were reported by the father himself. The girl has since been troubled in breathing.” Srvbnty-five days are sufficient to accomplish, a tour around the world, according to Dr. Prime, who, with his wife, has recently completed th Is journey, though he took a year for it, stopping m various places, Ho has traveled between 30,000 and 40,C00 miles during the year, and all without the slightest accident.