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Show QUEER FREAK OF NATURE. Cat Compelled to Go Through Life With But Two Legs. Hooker is a grey cat, the property of a family living in Dunkirk, N. Y He was born with only two legs seveD years ago. His hind legs are perfectly perfect-ly natural in development, but he is without the least vestige of forelegs. There is no unnat- ural formation or growth in place of the missing members, mem-bers, and the handsome hand-some grey fur grows as thickly over the shoulders to which the forelegs fore-legs should be attached at-tached as upon other parts of his body. There is nothing in his appearance except the absence Feline Biped, of the forelegs differing from that of a perfectly formed cat. He does not seem to lament his lack of legs, but contentedly uses the two that he has. Like a philosopher, he makes the best of existing circumstances. circum-stances. When Hooker was a kitten, his mother instinctively cared for him at though aware of his misfortune and comparative helplessness. If her little family were taken from the basket and placed on the floor she would replace Hooker first, although after he grew up to cathood she paid no special attention to him. But, then. Hooker was not so helpless as one would suppose him to be. He managed to get along with only half as many legs as the ordinary cat, and as for tricks and pugnacity, he was the equal of any of his fellows and a terror to stray dogs. He has been taught to do many odd things, and his accomplishments accom-plishments are the wonder of visitors to the home of this wonderful cat. |