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Show TRANSMIGRATION" OF SOULS. Amusing occurrences frequently arise of the strange -creeds of modern times. A few days ago Mrs. Klwell Thomas of Binghamton. N. Y.. applied for a divorce from her husband on the ground of cruelty. He had kicked a' cat which she believed to be animated ; by her mother's spirit. The woman is a Theosophist. and believes in the; transmigration of souls, and she thinks j that the soul of her- mother has entered j into, this cat, w hich- is of gray color j and very handsome and affectionate.! During her mother's life the mother , and Mr. Thompson-did not agree, afi frequently happens in the case of mothers-in-law, and this disagreement .is said to have been the cause of his antipathy to the cat, which he frequently fre-quently ill-treated. His cruelty to the animal was the cause of much suffering to the wife, who claims to have loved her mother dearly, and she considers her husband's cruelty to the cat suffi- . cient reason why a divorce should be given. Catholic Observer, London, j Ont. ! |