Punch, 63 (1872), 2.
A Terrible Invention
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Animal Behaviour, Invention |
Discusses an article in a 'Transatlantic newspaper' for a 'Patent Cat Exterminator' which consists of a clockwork-driven cast-iron cat that attracts and kills real cats. The author is dismayed by the prospect of cast-iron cats prowling on housetops and caterwauling all night. | |
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