Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-14

RATs,-A gentleman residing in a neiehbotng
town has related to US the following story about
rats. he owned pairOf Horses which he valued,
and Of which he took the care himself Eve.y
day he supplied them plenlifullY with gInin, but
70 Ills surprise, instead OF thriving on this treat.
ment they grew peIOeplibly poorer. Her was at
loss 10 account for this they evidently had good
appetles-Ihey always wAitsdimpatientiy for their
food, aud when II wos poured into 1he mangeI,
they would thrust their noses lnio II and gnl with
the greatest SageTneSs. But soon they became so
lean and bOnY that II was evident that there wns
something wrong either in the Onlmals themselves,
or the manner OF their feeding, The owner at
length resolved TO stay ~ the barn and witch them
while eating. He accordingly Stationed himself
near the horses, afeT having filled tue maugeT with
OATS but so conlfived 10 screen his person as not
70 be easily seen. The horses dropped theii
noses into the grain, as usual, with nvlAitY, and
quiet was restored in the barn broken only by the
lnonstTOus "Cmunching" sounds Of hungry horses,
busy Of their feed, the gentleman observed tile
LITTER TO cease suddenly from feeding, and start
back suddenly from The mangeI, with snort Of
pain OInlfdght. Peeping cautiously over into the
inanger he saw five or six enormous rats, who
were TavenOusly devouIing the gfain--and as sDon
as the horses ventur,d, with The evident hesitation
ana lnsgivng inspired BY lille experience, to
approach tie munger and Tgain insert their noses
10 the grain, these ierooOus creatures would spring
az them and bite their lips, In this waYth game
went On-ilie horses, prompted 10y hunger, coca.
sionnlIy making an effort 10 get a moulhlul Of the
grain, and the rats as regularly driving them back
until III yety short lime, tue outs were entirely
devpurej by IN, yat-ica suvpges, aud The poor
horses LEFT emptyl
AIollel fact, which iTanSpiIed in town near
llaulcId, will serve to illustrate the sagacily Of
rats. gsnllemou, whose house was infested by
these yemiu, made journey with lis family 10 a
distant city, aud carefully fastened up everything
in his house duTirg his absence. ~ consider.
abe distance from his house, and beyond small
intervening hin, was situated large factory. Re
turning home after an absence Of a week, he
reached his residence al nlglilall. Tie next moTll
log at laybIeak, be went TO tile factory above
mentioned. There had been light fall Of snow
IN the night, and before leaohing the factory lie
observed innumemble small lTooks Of animals,
leading in the direction OF his house. Tracing
them Gurher, he found Them TO proceed from lhs
factory, and TO lead iu broad TRAIL directly to his
house. They were evidently the footprints Of
rats, and there were apparently Of a hun.
ilted lUf them. Now there had, pEeviouslyto his
absence, been no Rats IN tie factory, and tie in
ference was that the cunning fellows had Iesohed
10 lhat locality during his absence, us they could
obtain nothing to eat The house, But the queS-
ton ie byWhal g OF HniInal cunning, Of instinct
we've tley epnfsed Of The retain Of tie family, and
that, too, within few hours, at most, Of their
arrival al home iiayt'ord Times.
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EcoLEsIAsTIUAts GOiEG TO RUROFE.--rbe Rev.
Archbishop Kendnok, Of Baltimore, will Tue Rev.
Mr Foley his secrelafW Rev, Bishop o'ConnerI
ol PiilsbuTshj Bud RAY. Archbishop Hughes, Of
New York, viii sail on Saturday, from New York
10 The American steamer LiseIpooI eRroate To-
Rome on businsss connected with tho church 70
which they belong.N