The National Library of Agriculture has a digital archive of fascinating publications--The Cat Club Register, is one of them. I've chosen my cats' creative, interesting names from horse registries, because they seem to have all the great names. But 100 years ago, there were some good ones for cats:
- The Prince of Orange
Oliver Woolleepug
and Tortietumtee, a tortoiseshell female whose sire was unknown, but her mommy, who was out catting around, was named Toddiegoloddie
This one, Small gardens for small folks, 1912, is really precious. The author, Edith Loring Fullerton, uses photos of her own children, and it was published by W. Atlee Burpee for distribution by the USDA.
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Murray sez:
Hmmmm? I always thought of "The Cat Club" as something different!
Never joined a cat club. I'm allergic to the critters, though In our previous residence I supported a half dozen feral cats because they kept the squirrels out of my pecan tree. None of them would allow me to touch them, though if the food dish wasn't there on time, a couple of them would climb up the screen door and howl at me.
That obviously would not have qualified me to a cat club.
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