Mark Twain - A subject dear to his heart
Who can resist hearing what Mr. Twain has to say on almost any subject? How about one of his favorite topics…CATS!
(Photo from the Dave Thomson collection - photographer: E. M. VanAken 1887)
Twain’s personal space was knee-deep in cats! At one point his family boasted 19 cats. Being a writer by trade he naturally came up with some pretty zany names for them. A few of the family’s beloved kitties included, Bambino, Stray Kit, Appollinaris, Sour Mash, Blatherskite, and Zoroaster. We thought we would share some classic Twain quotes about cats:
“Ignorant people think it’s the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain’t so; it’s the sickening grammar they use.”
“Never try to teach a cat to sing. It wastes your time, and annoys the cat.”
“I simply can’t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course.”
“Of all God’s creatures, there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
“A home without a cat, and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat, may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove that title?”
I know the next time we need to name a cat we’ll think of Mr. Twain’s list of very peculiar and sometimes hilarious names. Check out more info about this fascinating writer.
Until next time…
The JinglePets Gang