Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1829-01-07


N1DMnDAs. sANuARY 8. Al,
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- tudIAeg-ssA he pssssvsrias pssssis
ihss siss sAsis sppstisss-sss thar cv-
a1NG<HahSdishsd bagsh Of tsi--wh,eh
<u6 gnessfN enh sad seush-Amsriea.
fsslssd Ssrh ths ssmsss fssIinss u
J-aGAslass - hsissd. fssw the msmbus Of
toeSukq1DI1 haily. And although eur saess-
- t6orest SsSsssalsd the svih which wsss
ss@Gisss 1bsIsw htAS sssis u shsss misehis.
,~ssmpy sbsy sspId nss but sdmirs the
.srSn61. lcsh q the ebssseisF Of The Rate.
- eypBlas IN. spisit Of Independence and
- bsRssf sesssd sassss. which ssIisd Il m
ysesseiss. ssssssly. ten year. hsvs elapsed,
svtSsl5C ORGY Rat Of tha, lMharf Inhabited
Lent, ksisr Street. now - Arisksst part Of
&sdBp-sass they hsst shss slightly csbals.
uAssosss line stores and iron warehouses
Wss- shsis inpssips iosms- sines they proudly
mssDsi eses 1shSsss and oystsr-bsnch, and
$4,000 s~sdspssed Issds Of creation.
~ whass sss they now , Scarce q remnant
q sAss s.ss gallant race Of whisksrsd heroes.
1870 . Thu siis q the bridge. 10 recount
- ~ tale u their fathsn!
Drives ftsn hssss 10 house, from garrett
lsieha - cellar sasds"-thsy wasted away .
aissssbIs asistsnes. ard ,lsA nothing behind
= hsni asss 10 pesssrity the rsmotsst sketch
- sAsis bsnsr greatness The projecting
uAiskss. paish enabled them to MEASURE die.
Saasss - take . gauge for the body. haS
tssa pissksd By their common enemy; the
$50 ~ sbsir nightly adventures no longer
esAsss through sys.lanss and fairts upon the
bsssn u The vsssy waters Of the cove land
tAsis pisseias eye ne longer sIit,srs on the
1Ssk sjssA Of the Armament. All that was
Goss ssbts sad sublime in the history Of this
1ssss assdsspsd. - Iost--forgoisn-srassd
hsn ~ tablet Of sxissssss. or coS6ned with.
n tie osshss Of . rat trap.
1As saeieot wstss and the slsek house rat,
have bssa swept from of the continent. by
esSs i-by cats, that wore the sarb Of civil'-
ynAisa, but whose velvet feet contained %talons,
spd whose 'bosoms esntaissd hearts dead 10
siiths tender sympsthiss hearts that ,hirstsd
~ SeaAisg bss rses. mice, blood and plumber;
~. sssh,ng but sks painful trsdaionay stories
/, q shsis saAssings remain to tell the world
shss thsy ever whisksd . tail in those parts.
e sAish vsrs % lately the scenes oftheir great
go. II u ed 10 snuff tho air they formerly
seated. ssd "ssssH no rat'-it 10 sorrow.
al 10 listsa at the hole which their former in
dassEy opened, and hear no social squssL.-
Nas lhs al these rscollsctions, il 10 not our in
ssstiss 10 Be poetic, but 10 state our plain sto-
yjas plain way.
1Ss Tribe Of kst which inhabited the north
Am sAssss Of o6r,town, had been fsretted from
sAss hidiag -piaessrhsd been hunted and dri-
'vsa fssa the margin Of their beloved mud
SSshs-hsd' been slmost spnihilated when
a. Incident which We arc about to relate.
ssjsj Ct eses their greatness and thor suffe-
~. The mighty tribe which had been
~ tsspsr Of every corn-msrchsnt in tho place.
nd which had made even canine fsrocity
shrink back on itsslf. had its whole soul
drsshsd In . single body. and its spirit given
70 the great creator Of the rat and tho SOUR
Dl. Per . long time ,hers bad S;.n waged a
sssdissivs war bs,ssSn them and the family
- ps4+Rs~. which Threatened to leave no
,sksa Vii. sss'Y'k4s al, 70 tiny foot. to tell
nst sAsy iivsd q ta,gs sItsfmioatsd.
Tks1s& contest bss~esh the rival tribes.
~ss siIsalissd By an those acts Of biting and
s-essiShag. sr which both parties are proven
tsal ; and 70 the u,tsr .dismey and the confu-
stssaSf ne Rsts. they len tho battle-ground
waAsskt 49, Of more than half their number.
"a sks h bold relief the utter REORGANIZATION
o. both tsoth end nail. and tths prospect Of tho
sswpIsAs psssaraaion Of their tribe.
zoe Sasbborn to quad. and too proud 70
S&li. iAsy rallied shsS rspsinipg forces in the
spSsr ssSsy o. " tho old jsa," bsds cats. dogs,
nalstss ssd terriers. as6aacs., aud Aattsred
yAsmssisss shat thsrs. iaotAst secluded man
ssss. they wsssd ~ 'sGlbLd to cultivate their
.seArisss ans. 'saaf6e More pluck the fur Of
aLss ssss q. hsaHss isti bloody .dfsy. But
o., vsrs ~ Jhsir Hopes Of . full garner of
vssf-grhkias- iiusivsP -wsrs their dreams Of
pssss - ssklyssS tsd ere the revolu,ion Of
- 1sassaiAg moons. they saw ,heir females
49, heir Young ones eaten alive, and
sksis bssvs wsrisrs slaa-svsry rat Killed
s~svy ssi-hsIs plugged ~. There was no
Ss~ - Ssn~ssssm>n snd sha vsnsr.l.ls Lad.