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spine. A child could not have made its suffering better 
understood, nor supplicated the needed relief more intelli- 
gently, than did this poor creature, which thoughtless man 
in his self-glorification is so prone to regard as a senseless, 
unintelligent and unreasoning being, which has no existence 
beyond this sublunary sphere. 
While Cats are useful in the destruction of vermin, and 
afford man no little amusement by their wonderful antics, yet 
they seldom put themselves to any practical use. The Cat, 
about which we shall now have something to say, is an 
exception to the rule, and quite a marvel in his ways. He 
is a resident of a far-away town in New Jersey, and came to 
his present quarters a long, gaunt, wild-eyed, unfed creature. 
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Guarding His Master’s Cows. 
