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i »*lt;• iMrifif'i rat..John Sammons. esq., of P‘ kin, ha* presented :i «.»■/' to tiic Cali*,otic hur HOW bring h Id at Barton, tun IrHtorv of which h'-'Wcn »*V the Squire about as follows: -This cat was oncean Irish feline, and wan brought to Ireland B. C. by Scota, the mother of tho Mill-Hans who crossed the ehunci ami contiiK red -he original inhabitants. Vrula will klUed in a battle fought in (■■unity Verry, und the eat was then given to Weber and Henry Turu, who uccr* (led Scota in mling Ireland. After the death of these two brave Milesians, uothing is heard of this magic eat until found in the possession of the invincible Ndn. or the Nine Hostage*, who pursued an invading artnv from H(.nte and Gaul. and captured 2,000 •,i if, nets, among w hom vrasSt. Patrick, afterwards the Apostle of Ireland.I hi- was in the year 4B2. Next we hear of this wonderful cat as belonging t i tli Great Brian Bom, King of Munster who fought the battle of (. lantarfon Good Friday, in the year 1014 in J which 21,000 of the enemy were slain and the Dam* were driven tut of theisland. , # , ...Next, the encliunted eat is found with King O'Connor, monarch of Ireland, from whom fldl Dermot McMurrugli,the cruel monster, who afterwards m-viuh d Ireland in revenge. I hi* w as in 1108. Then no more is heard of the cat until we find it in possession of Henry lt;.rattan, (in 1782) ibe advocate of justice and equal rights, who won his cause, in 1829session of Daniel O’Connell, the lushLiberator, the author of the emancipation bill. From this time nothing was heard of the magic cat, until H was found in 1N7H in a petrified state iip, in ihcVnds of Parnell, in the county Wicklow, Ireland. *With such a history and with the oowt r accredited to it. we doubt not the petrified cat will bring a mr^n amount of money.Ct.KAUixo out sale of work-boxes, dolls, nud all kinds of toys, at now1 .•lu.m'* Vnvnlh/ r\r#* tiLnifflll.
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Thu, Dec 30, 1880
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