Archive for October, 2022

1915: Jig and the Other Unknown Black Cat of Poe Cottage

Posted: 23rd October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories
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Many historians and fans of Edgar Allan Poe are no doubt familiar with Catarina, the cat that served as Poe’s muse while he was living in his old cottage in Fordham. But I bet you’d be hard-pressed to find many people, if any at all, who know about Jig or the other black cat of Poe Cottage.

Now you can be one of the few who know this obscure feline fact.

1934: Brownie and Flora, the Dog and Cat Guardians of Brooklyn’s Pier 12

Posted: 18th October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Dog Tails
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Many old stories have been told of the Brooklyn-born canine and feline mascots that went to sea (like Peggy and Tom of the USS Maine, as an example), but this tale, which takes place at Pier 12 of the New York Dock Company, is about a landlubber dog and cat who patrolled the Brooklyn waterfront.

Hatching Cat Story Wins 2022 Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion Award

Posted: 16th October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories
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I am pleased and excited to announce that one of the three stories that I entered into the Cat Writers’ Association 2022 Communications Contest has won a prestigious Muse Medallion!

1904: Fanny and Mike, the Black Cat Mascots of the NYPD Harbor Police

Posted: 6th October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cats in the Mews, Feline Mascots
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October is Black Cats of Old New York Month!

On September 19, 1904, Captain William Dean of the NYPD Harbor Police contacted the New York Times to brag about the rescue of a large black cat. The cat, which the men named Mike, joined another black cat named Fanny on the Harbor Police patrol boat.