{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
Maternal .l6fctions ETA GAIA worthy
farmer residing i'll the ncighbnrhood OF Koss'
sent, L few day ago, load Of grain to t'iou-
cestcr. The distance Is about 16 miles.
The wagon was loaded in the evening anf
started carly on the following morning. On
ITS being unloadcd in Gloucester, tavoFte
cat, belonging to the farmer. WAS found a


mong the sacks, with two kittens of very re-
cent birth. The wagner very humaneiy


placed puss and her young in hay loi''


where he expected they would remain II


safety, until he should be ready to depart
tor home. On his return to the lott sllolt


ly after, neither cat nor kittens were to ne


found, and he reluctantly left the town WIN
| out them. Next morning she entered the
kitchen of her masters house, with one Ky
ten i'll her mouth. 1t was deas--but slle
placed it before the fire; and without seek
ing food, or indulging for moment IN the
genial warmth of her domestic hearth, she
| disappeared. In about an hour she return
ed with the other kitten-laid it down Dy


the other-strctched herself beside theu',
and instantly expired! The poor creatufc
could have Carried but one at "a time; consc-


quently She must have travelled three tunes
over the whole line of her journey home


wards, and performed forty eight miles ~


least in less than "a hours. But when We


consider that she had to seek very frequent
ly in her route for place Of safety Tor onF