Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1875 — Fierce Sir Thomas. [ARTICLE]

Fierce Sir Thomas.

My next-door neighbor has a cat, Thomas; I call him Sir Thomas; he deserves to be knighted for his virtues. But Sir Thomas is a determined monarch in his own yard; the feline that enters there, on any pretext, cannot retreat too rapidly for self-preservation. A short time ago a kitten was adopted into the family and carefully guarded at first, it being presumed, from the cat’s well-known character, that he would make some very sharp objections. To the surprise of everyone he was delighted with the little creature, and forthwith constituted himself father, mother and friend to it. He will lie on a chair for hours with the kitten asleen in his fond protecting arms. One day the latter, through non-ob-servance of dietary laws, had a fit. Sir Thomas shared in the general excitement, and was observed to treat the invalid with more than usual tenderness afterward. That night, instead of permitting his pet to lodge in the yard with him, as was their custom, Sir Thomas conducted it to the cellar, there snuggling it for repose’in a cosy corner, as much as to say: “You have been sick, dear, and must not expose yourself.’’ Hethen betook himself tojiis nightly quarters without Which facts areas literal as any that were ever sworn tq Our Dumb Animals.