The cat hath been called a domestik animile but i never could tell whyfore. All thare iz domestix about a cat iz, yu kant loze one; they are as tuff to loze az a bad reputashun iz. Yu may send one out ov the state done up neatly in a meal-bag, and the next morning yu will find him along side ov the kitchen stove reddy tew be stepped on. They are az sollum az Mozes, but az phull ov the devil as Judas Iskariott Esq. Thare iz only one thing about a cat that i like, and that iz, they are very reasonable; a little money, well put, will go a grate way in cats. Cats are very plenty in this world just now I counted 18 from mi boarding house windo, one moon lite nite last summer, and it want the best kind ov a nite for cats neither. _FAMILY NOSHUNS._ To pick out a tender goose, pinch him, and if he squeals, buy him. To make good sharp pickles, whittle oph both ends ov them tew a pint. To find how fur a frog kan jump, set a Frenchman to meazureing hiz jumps. To git the affectashun out ov a man, make him sea sick, (when a man iz sea sick he iz inclined tew thro up all phoolish things). [Illustration] Thare iz nothing so hard for us to understand, and so eazy for others, az that we hav fiddled our tune out.= Kindly yure. Josh Billings [Illustration] Thare iz no man so poor but what he kan afford to keep one dog,--and i hav seen them so poor, that they could afford to keep three.= J. Billings Esq 31 Days. MAY. 1871. Q.--What waz the name of Shakspear's dog? @ A.--Dog-Berry. @ @ @ @ [Illustration] _Now plant oats and gardin sass, Yoke geese, and black snakes kill; Set hens; set traps for thieving rats; Set what you please, but don't set still_.