Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-12-07 | Page 5 | Mother Fought Wild Cat with Milk Stool

MOTHER FOUGHT WILDCAT WILD-CAT WITHMILK STOOL Mt. STERLING, Ky.. Dec. 7. Mrs. . Laura Burkhart had a terrible battle with a wildcat In the upper part of Owsley county. ' Mrs. Burkhart and her three-year-old daughter were at a gap milking when the wildcat appeared. The child was sitting on the ground and the cat leaped for it. It sprang too high and the child's screams attracted the mother, who turned in time to see the cat crouching for a second spring; The mother attacked it with a milk stool, ' and, grabbing the child under her arm, fought the beast bravely. Mrs. Burkhart Is an athletic woman, " and when she rained blow upon blow upon the cat's head It left her and attacked at-tacked the cow, which ran Into the woods. The cat then drank the milk in the pail, and the woman rushed to the house. Men hunted for the cat, but It had disappeared. The dry weather. It is thought, rendered ren-dered the cat ravenous from thirst. The woman' clothes were torn to shreds, but neither she nor the child was badly feurt. " "