. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. smut ready to retrieve. toise-shell cat, dear to the heart of Joe Getler, the good-looking bachelor who looks after the interests of the Wabash Railway at the shipping pens. 41 42 ILLUSTRATED HlSTORV Joe is great on cats and has invested heavily in thebreeding business, and says, in his good-natured way,Yes, theres money in cats. Smut is an immensecreature, of great dignity of presence and haughty de-meanor, as becomes a prime favorite and the forebear. RETRIEVED. of a long line of honorable d
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. smut ready to retrieve. toise-shell cat, dear to the heart of Joe Getler, the good-looking bachelor who looks after the interests of the Wabash Railway at the shipping pens. 41 42 ILLUSTRATED HlSTORV Joe is great on cats and has invested heavily in thebreeding business, and says, in his good-natured way,Yes, theres money in cats. Smut is an immensecreature, of great dignity of presence and haughty de-meanor, as becomes a prime favorite and the forebear. RETRIEVED. of a long line of honorable descendants. She is a regularbreeder, presenting her owner with a new family aboutevery three months, having seldom less than nine kit- OP 1?HE UNION STOCKYARiDS 43 tens to the litter. All of her progeny are taken withalacrity by Joes friends among the commission men,being often promised and sold before they are born; Hersons and daughters are distributed all over Englewood,to the number of 100, it is estimated, and their famehas gone abroad in the land. The cherished felines areknown as Getlers cats, and are supposed to inherittheir mothers shrewdness and skill in the hunt. Smut is a terror to rats and likes nothing better thana still hunt after game. She is by no means of the**new order of females and attends carefully to herdomestic duties, but when not imperatively engagedin these she can be seen at most hours of the day andnight in a death-chase after her foes. She has made herhome in the tagging shanty for the past three years,and has clear
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