(To tHe Eprroz ey THE Srecrator."} Sin,—My mother tised t6 tell & story of an old cat'who tised to sit on the table beside her mother's old housekeeper, and play with lier cotton-balls (reels were nct in those days). Tt was a common custom to. stick ° pins or needles in these: cotton-balls ifa pincushion hose palla used to draw them out fret with ie] ¢ needles when pi wil her teeth in order to play with comfort. It people would treat cats as they do dogs, and study them a8 much, they would be repaid Amount of intelligence and sagacity shown. - I am, Sir, &., SAL¥.
Asa rule old cats are funder of sticking things into the subjects of their playful ness, than of taking them vut.
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