[Ads-l] (Maine) coon cat

[Jonathan Lighter]

The _Transcript_ actually knew how to spell "Maine" correctly.

JL


JL

On Sat, Jun 6, 2026 at 1:19 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Earlier, from Newspapers.com:
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> 1872 _Boston Evening Transcript_ (March 30)  4: A new breed of cats -
> long furred, bushy-tailed felines - called "coon cats" are exciting
> much interest in Mane, where five dollars is paid for a good specimen.
>
> 1872 _Brooklyn Eagle_ (Apr. 21) 1:  Coon cats worth $6 a piece are the
> rage at present - in the western part of Maine.
>
> The same or similar squibs appeared nationally that year. Six bucks
> then is about $165 now.
>
> JL
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Amazingly absent from OED.
> >
> > 1877 _Daily Eastern Argus_ (Portland, Me.) (Oct. 31) 3: FREE EXHIBITIONS of Photographs, Live Birds, Coon Cats, and other "Curiosities."
> >
> > 1878 _Evening Bulletin_ (Providence, R.I.) (Jan. 29) 4: A manx cat wins a look, and so does a stately tiger cat...from an engine house at Pawtucket. Last in the row is a coon cat, a funny specimen, having the ways and some of the looks of both cat and raccoon.
> >
> > 1883 _Nashville Banner_ (Oct. 30) 3: The Maine wild coon cat was expressed from Bangor yesterday, and is expected at the show to-day.
> >
> > JL
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> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."



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