Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-01-10
Rats

We nolieed the systematic attack made b
rats in New Haven, on some children, eael
singing out his victim. aud Jumping with
simultaneous squeal upon the little girls play
ing IN ayard. A little boy Of two years wat
caught By the knee, and held until the ehild''
grandfather went 10 bis assistance, and then,
as the ra. scorned to run. it had to be killed
Attempts had been made to poison these rats,
with partial success. and it may have been in
retaliation for these poisonous attempts that this
concerted charge..was made.
The ra! is one Of the most interesting ami :
mails on The Globe. In Europe he marks his
tOrieal eras- different hOrdes Of invaders bro'l
their peculiar rats in their train. Europe has
seen the rats Of the 0Olhs, the VandAls and
the Hons. Europe now has its Norman rat and
its Yartar rat, and the great rat Of the Paris.
an sewer is Of recent date and Museovits ori.
gin.
The brown rat, otherwise known as the Nor.
man lat, has established itself all over the
world, BY the commerce of civilized limes--il
had possession Of France for the last six or sew
en- centuries; but within the last it has found its
master in the muscovite and Tartar rat, called
in Paris the rat OF Aountfaucon. These new
rats, previously unknown 20 Europe, descend
ed from the heights Of the great central plateau
Of Asia from which the Hun and Mogol horse
men descended, who spread right aud LEFT, and
look possession of Rome on the one hand and
Pekin on the other
The establishment Of the Muscovite rat in
France commenced with the extirpation of the
brown or Norman rat-that rat has almost dis
appeared, and is found only in the cabinets of
the curious coleclors-V hlle the Muscovite rat
is daily increasing in size, ferocity and cour-
age. The Russian rat devours the dog, the
cat. and attacks the child asleep. The corpse
of man is dainty for this beast and it all
ways commences by eating out the eyes. Its
tooth is most venemous; and the author from
whom we derive most of this article, states that
he has known of ten cases Of amputaton Of
the leg, necesstated by the bite Of this rat.
The cat turns tail upon this rat, in its most
ferocious state. A good rat terrier is the best
destroyer. but fortunately rats are ratophagus,
eat one another, fight duels, indulge in bro'ls
and intense fends, and grand destructive bat.
ties. Were it otherwise, they would make this
world an unpleasant place rOr man to live in.
We should have to fight our way, and not un.
like the Archbishop Of Mayence,
should be dragged from our beds at midnight
by any army of rats and devoured upon the
spot.
The rat is the emblem of misery, murder,
and rapine-a canubal and Q robber--deyoled
10 the principle of war and spoiliation. Will
it ever disappaer?-Haltford Courant.
A STRONG SToRY.-A wild friend OF ours.
(selma Tom, told us the other day the follow.
ing story -
Tom says he got acquainted with very
companiona6le fellow from one of the noun
tain counties, who happened TO be in Selma
on business. This was in August last Noun
tain Sprout was a member of the church, but
a long way from home, and having never ex.
perienced iced cocktail before, he took on as
much as he could wag wth'-Tom aiding and
abettiDg' In due time Sprout went home, but
rumors Of his polations followed him, and the
church brought him 'to taw' for drunkenness. |
Sprout on trial, admitted that he had, while
IN Selma, got little foxy but then be told
bis brethren the big Jumps of ice they had at
lhe bar were so very inviting, he couldn't help
drinking
Thereupon an old brother got up and said.
hat for all his part, if the young brother had
'nly got drunk under the circumstance of be-
ng away from home and falling into bad COM
'any, he should have been in favor of forgy-
ng him, on bis making proper acknowledge.
nents. But brethren, he wound up, this
natter is worse than drinking. It's down right
yng Did you hear what brother Sprout
old about ice, and in August? I'm for Jerk
'g him out for lying + And out he went
montgomery (Ala,) Mail.
A FACT WoRTu REMEMnERtNa Tho oo,,