Eckert and Powell

[BettyO]

(07-26-2012 05:15 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Linda, thank you for a wonderful post. I am a cat-lover and really enjoyed the material about Honeybubbles.

Abraham Lincoln also had a soft spot in his heart for cats and kittens. There was a White House cat, and his name was Tabby. Abraham would feed Tabby who was seated on a chair next to the president. Lincoln used White House utensils to feed Tabby. Once Mary Lincoln suggested that it was in poor taste to feed the cat at the table with White House utensils, and Lincoln replied, "If the gold fork was good enough for Buchanan I think it is good enough for Tabby," and he continued to feed the cat throughout the meal.

SOURCE: p. 274 of "The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln" by Michael Burlingame.

Love it!

Seward was also a cat lover and owned cats from what I've read....Linda, is this so?

Lew Powell also owned a kitten which, according to family legend, he would take up into his tree house with him. He also had a dog, pet mule and guinea hens.