The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-19

Bless while they live, and when they die
And soul and body sever
Conduct them to His home on high,
iChildren's Friend !
From Young Folks Magazine.
OUR NEyAGERIE.
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What shall we show next In our me-
nagerie? j. think we will not go a
great way-fee -the- next animal. 1t
shall be oneftmtisr very commOn and
yet very wild one that you can see or
hear any day, and yet can hardly
catch, thOughyVu should try never SO
hard one that is afraid of you, and
that you will be little afraid of, if you
get it into q corner when it is angry.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to
exhibit q rat. -EL ir siri.fft.ts.-
This menagerie is chiefly devoted to
very wise and intelligent animals, and
certainly the rat is one of the wisest.
Just think how closely he sticks to
man, though man tries day and night
| to get rid of him. Rats always stay
with us, never are starved, always
look sleek and comfortable, and always
seem to feel more at home i'm our
houses than we ourselves feel. What
seems more helpless than q rat on
board Il ship, with the ocean all about
him, and not o friend to protect him,
and every human being in the vessel
ready to kill him if he shows his head (?
And yet rats thrive on board ship bet
ter than men do, and they increase so
fast that when the vessel reaches port,
it may have to be deserted for time by
all on board, in order to drive out the
rats by smoke or steam. On the return
of the English man-of-war Valiant
from Hayanna, in 1I66, the rats were
found to have so Increased that they
ate hundred pounds Of biscuit in a
day; so the ship was smoked out, and
for days together they collected daily
six baskets full Of rats. In the Arctic
regions, where DIR. Kane and his crew
could hardly keep themselves alive,
the rats constantly multiplied, and the
dogs were afraid to go into the hold of
the vessel. The crew stayedon deck one
terribly cold night, and tried to smoke
out the rats, but in vain. Then Dr.
Hayes burned charcoal till he nearly
set the ship on fire, but it did very lit
tie good, and at last the men got used
10 sleeping with rats among their blan-
Sets- and br. Kane made rat SCUM for
dinner r. -. -, -. -, :, !
Rnt ON land when rats find Them
soiyas IN dancer whole COLONY Of
f6orn vii, sometimes remove from n
b,,;i,j;n~ - of their own acconi. and set
mn % ho,sset,eenino t in some safer place.
pneLIoId Tells q story of some
non Non ,uho had made great nreparations
x,r doStroy;na ali The rats in a certain
harn IN Eny1and When the morn
;am % oan,e or tSe' man entered the harm
,rS u,;3,, dors and ferrats and bic sticks
r,,t I not 3 rot ccuid thew f;nd- The for,
rots ~ rou into the holes and the docs
.,ot undor tho straw and the men
81 od With their sticks. but NOT n rat
ac,,IJ ttev fsnd>- AfYerwarIis y lahorer
oo,,,e a,,j eo;d that he had seen a whole
..I-;r,o,t of rots on that vorv morn.
inc M thev marched away from that
b.r,n IN smother In Won not wish flat
thev wonld march ont of YOUR house
in that wavp
to s,c,, have rate in vour house or
born now many different wavs of
notob;nr thor, will be. recommends IN
uo,,, E;rst Won will he advised to frv
}ror. and naSbans Won will catch one
rnt. h,t no moro ,vill ever pet info fhe
tran and r. will seem as If a great
',,.n,, m~P, ~n re,r rate had come from other
i,n,,sss ~ ,,;bhIe nj the half or to attend
the s,,vor.I Then vou will trv no;son
ana e % so,na rat will nm away and die in
tba n,aiI and Won will wish yo,, had let
- An s;ro All Thsn r son,e,o5v ON advises ~ von & ~
:; en- ne y ,,,;i Nth Wafer and cover ~ tbe
s,,-f, ~ ,,,;tt meal so that tho raj sbaII
take the water for dry land and and he
Srnwned Rnt have never vet seem n
rat | that did NOT know land from, water |
hettar than that. Then Somebody ejse
,r;ii foil von fo take away the meal
s,d - n;,f = n;ece of cheese ON the end
- shinn,e s an to balance the shins,la
i;ia nj q saa9saw On the side of fine nail
and 10 rest fhe outer end on a shelf or
So,netb;ng an that the rat shall wall
o,;ativ IsIon0 fin he eetsi inside tbe
aSoo " the nail. when he will ~o'
% ,,I,,ron into the wate,- OF conrsa 5;s
ira;aht p Will VII br;no down the BALANCED
sbingje before he reaches the half Int
tha 9,,ost;on "a whether n toIe,obiv
shrowI,eT rat will ever venture on the
sb;n",e at all Jhaye known neonle to
t,.,, 7i,;s and thew said /" Wait and
Won will see. ~ But thew have now
Ioen wait;nv n cood manv years with
noS,or = rat AMI X think thev now
hel;eve what a great mafbemst;c;an
once said that II is easier to learn anv
nrohIem In F,uclid's Geometry than fo
Catch a rat. "
The most singular adventure r ever
III ,,,;tI, -,ts ,,sos tb;s. tb.t "a.
inc II, vain to catch them in ratNtrens
GOT rid OF them at last bv means ~ .
n,o,se-tran. This was the wav r. han
nened On moving into a bo,,se which
had heen for some months vacant We
nse,I tn hear the rats at NIGHT in the col.
lar, making as much noise ne II n ear
nsnter were at work there 50 we
fried in vain to catch them. and as
there were also mice. we sef n,onses
tran One morning the cool, sn,rd !.
mouse in the trap: but She was afra;I
of the little Creature. and oct tbe f,an
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