Trap 200 Cats in A Market

1910

Vicious Animals Fight Captors, But Are Put Into Baskets for Annihilation

New York — Yowling, spitting, scratching and biting, 200 cats were cornered, one by one, the other night in the old Washington market and dumped into baskets, to be disposed of by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Agents of the society, policemen, watchmen, butchers, fishmongers, green grocers and all the little world of the market joined in a midnight hunt that, for activity and noise, outdid anything ever chronicled from Africa.

For years the cats, at first encouraged to keep down the rats, had run wild and increased in garrets and sub-cellars until they became an intolerable pest. The market is now in process of renovation.


Another Tradition Exploded

Two Englishmen were resting at the "Red Horse Inn" at Stratford-on-Avon. One of them discovered a print picturing a low tumbling building underneath which was printed: "The House in Which Shakespeare Was Born." Turning to his friend in mild surprise he pointed to the print. His friend exhibited equal surprise, and called a waiter who assured them of the accuracy of the inscription. "'Pon my word," said the observing Englishman, shaking his head dubiously, "I thought he was born in a manger!" — Success Magazine.