Emery County Progress | 1907-01-26 | Page 3 | Rather Cruel Practical Joke

rather cruel practical joke A practical joke was played upon the district 0 ballymena Bal lymena county an rim ireland lare posters on walls and trees announced that the war department part ment wanted ot cats or export to stations abroad where british troops were quartered aa these stations were overrun with rate prices ranging from 50 cents to one dollar were offered for healthy ani mals with or without tails it was added that a war office agent would attend at balbuena Balb mena fair hill to pur chase suitable cats on the day an bounced the loads to ballymena Bal lymena were blocked with conveyances of all kinds filled to the brim with cats for hours the owners waited for the war office agent at last it dawned on them that they had been hoaxed and the carts rattled homeward with their were thrown overboard on the journey squealing loads many of the animals and left to the mercy of strangers