Hi Wolfgang; looks like we have a native speaker again!

I did some Googling as well.

"ein Küssen Von dem feinsten Katzen-Zahl." is a cussion of finest cat tail fur - BYO.

"Zimmel" seems to be something like a sirloin; "gespickt": larded.

The story is taken from Aesop's fables, and has lost nothing of its political relevance since 600 BC. The landlord represents a complacent society suddenly alarmed by terrorism or other outrage. "Fire and Fury!" The first victim is the mirror - presumably added to the fable by Lichtwer; what an ingenious symbolism!