Show US SUBSTITUTE FOR KITTENS aeaved Cat Adopted and Tenderly Cared for a Family of Squirrels Last spring a cat on the farm of Albert Fisher near Watervllle N Y md several small kittens As the farm was overstocked with cats her young were taken from her and drowned After that the cat seemed very unhappy unhap-py and being a house favorite she received re-ceived considerable sympathy One day shortly after her kittens wore taken from her a young squirrel which had fallen from Its nest In the hollow of a tree was found and taken to the cat with the Idea that It would be a dainty morsel to tempt her appetite ap-petite Instead of pouncing upon It cat fashion fash-ion she took the young squirrel to the box where sho had so recently mothered moth-ered her own young rind there bestowed I be-stowed upon the squirrel all tho affection affec-tion she had previously given to her kittens Stranger still snys a writer in Country Life In America In about two hours the old cat had hunted out the squirrels nest In tho tree some distance dis-tance away and carried the remainder of the young squirrels In her mouth one at a time to her box In tho house Then until the squirrels were nearly full grown the cat watched over them with all tho solicitude that Is possible for nay animal mother to show even providing nourishment for them in exactly ex-actly the same manner that she had for her own young When the squirrels squir-rels had outgrown a mothers attention atten-tion they were very tame and were given to friPTuli f f th family |