The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-03-11

lips very much. Instantly felt re
lief from the pain at the chest aud
head. The chemist stood aghast, anC
on my telling him what was thu
matter, he recommended warn
bath. II | had then took his advic,
these words would never have beer
placed on record. After a secont
draught from the hartshorn bottle,
proceeded on my way, feeling very
stupid and confused.
On arriving at my friends resi-
dence close by, he kindly procured
ne a bottle o; brandy, OF which
drank four large wine-glasses, on,
alter the other. but did not feel tn,
least tipsy alter the operation.-
Feeling nearly well, started on my
way home, and then, Tor the frs
time, | perceived most acute pair
under the nail Of the lett thumb; this
pain also ran up my arm. | set tc
work to suck the wound, and thcr
found out how the poison got into
the system. About an hour before
| examined the dead rat | had been
cleaning the nail with a pcn.knie,
and had slightly separated the nail
from the skin beneath. Into this
little crack the poison had got when
| was scraping the rats skin to cx
anime the wound. How virulcnt,
therefore, must the poison OF tho CO.
bra be-! 1t already had been circu-
lated in the body OF the rat. from
which had inhibed it second hand
EXrERMINATING RATs--A PREsCRIPrI N.
In the "Vlrmin Catcher, l7GS,"
the author gives the following pre-.
scription, acting upon the idea that
it is II goo plan to make them mi.
CRATE: Il shall here z We the reader
another maxim | have often follow
ed very successfully. Take pint
of common tar, hal: all vGAce Of Wit
riol, and a good handful Of common
s 1t; mix them all well together in
any old deep an. Get some pieces
OF paper. and put some OF the above
mixture very thick on the paper, and
place enough Of THIS into the holcs
sufficient to stop them, aud then let
the brick layer make gooi after yoL;
and it you should find any OF the
holes opened again, it is qnitc Ger.
tain yuu had not put in u sufficient
quantity; then put in some more;
AMI ii it is done rs it ousht to be,
they will never approach there any
more while either taste or smell re-
mains in it. Now, ~ stopping in
the shores (quere, sewer-O in town
with the above mixture, have kept
Il gentleman's house entirely clear,
and have never caught single rat. y
YANEEE STORY.
The Yankees, am told, take ad
vantage OF the cannibal propcusitirs
in the rats. a clever Yaukee being
much troubled with rats, aud being
determined to get rid of them, tried
every possible plan, but without sue
cess. At last he got lot OF rats
and shut them in a cage; they de-
voured one another until only II sin.
lie one was lett, lie then turned
this one lGose, who, excited with tn,
blood Of his iellow-rats, and having
become a genuine cannibal, killed
and ate all the wild rats hc could
find on the premises.
COLLEGE RAT.
In my college rooms at Chris,
Church. a bachelor rat had taken ~
his quarters, but where these quar-,
ters were never could find; he uscC
to appear on the floor when all wa'
quiet, aud disappear again on the
slightest noise. | never could catcl
him, but he was n terrible nuisance
tor lie made great noise runnln!
about during the night. The scou
used to put out the breakfast befor,
the chapel hour, and when | return
ed frequently found marks of tn,
rats paws and teeth on the butter
plate. What became of hun in tn,
: long vacation | could not tell; ol
my return to the rooms he soon re
appeared. At last found his re
treat, 1t was under heap of paper
on q side table, and he had mad
his nest in an old college cap. Ii
, had lined it with pieces gnawod ot
the carpet. and had made fine stor
OF provisions in the shape OF bits {
bread, cake, cheese. and everythin
| edible he could find about. The co
, lection was so various that made
. catalogue at the time.
, ARAT-sKIN SUIT.
An ingenious individual of Lisl
' cared, Cornwall, has for some tim
t past been exhibiting himself in
D dress composed from top to toe I
rat-skins, which he has been collec
= ing Tor three years and hall. I'll
G d,ess was made entirely by himsel
3 1t consists of a hat, ncckcrchi0
u coat, waistcoat, trousers, tippc
| CATERS and shoes. The number
q rats required to complete the su
% was six hundred and seventy; al
z the individual, when thus dresse
d appears exactly like one of the E
y quimaux described in the travels
IS Parry and Ross. The tippet, or be
% ls composed of the pieces OF SIX
"a Immediately round the tail of I
!, rats, and is q very curious part
I the dress, containing about six hu
'e dred tsils-and those none of t
CT shortest.
er INDIAN TRoUBLEs.-The Overla
lg mail which arrived in st. Lous
" Wednesday night, brings the int