The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10
A Mouse Killed by Music.

The following strange facts have often
related to friends, who, after hearing the
Glory have asked me to send the facts 10
some paper. -
This being Monday-ministers' play
dav 7 will divert my mind by giving you
the following account OF the writer eA-
perience in killing mouse by music.
There are five or six living who were eye
witnesses of the death scene OF that poor
mouse
It was in the spring of 1872, when | was
pursuing my studies at Center College,
Danville, KY. At one time during Tue
fall previous an attempt was mace oy
some miscreants to burn the new ana
splendid college building,which was then
advancing toward completion. The das-
tardlv attempt was failure, through lack
of kidding wood, to give it good start.
For the security of the building | was
o;ven a small room in it. where soon l
took up nv abode. Imaginations OF the
building burning down over my head
some mis- ht, while asleep, gave me Few
wakeful nights Furnished with an old
carbine nv Mr. j., l Loaded
+ two-thirds full of beans. corn and tine
shot.
With that behind the door felt quite
safe. and began to sleep soundly. Beng
alone. became interested IN couple OF
mice which frequented my room. Ihey
lived in a small closet adjoining, and
when in the evenings would play on my
violin the little creatures would come
forth from their hiding-place and sit doWl
in the shadow of the stove, on then
E launches. holding up their paws like
sou;rrel eating. At first | thought the.
/ we're eating, but soon found to my sur
prise that they were not eating, but onl.
. listening. To be certain Of this, woul'
occasionally stop playing, and make al
! ATTEMPT to move, when they wonld scam
t per away. but return again as soon as
!; commenced playing. HAVING chase
: them in and played them out as often
: five or six times in one evening, ana the
V ALWAYS taking the same position ever
t time. | became thoroughly convinced thi
d II was the music they were after. Dt
/ oan to tell friends of the amusement
e was having with the mice. They woul
i all smile an incredulous answer. playe
h for nv little companions some thrt
n weeks. and they enjoyed it so much, an
a so did I. I often noticed two things:
Ia /. That high piercing notes or soun'
lie seemed to give them pain; as evidence
- this. they would turn their heads an
lg shrug their shoulders.
4 2. That having remained few MI
,e ntes under the sound or influence OF m
" sic upon approaching them, they seem
of stupid, slowly running away. Durll
he the three weeks playing for them, one
in them attempted more than once to era
be mn nv pants leg while | was piaylr
I'll One evening invited some gentlemen
ce nv room to play with me and witness
o. Gamers of the mice. The gentlemen Ia
u mo arrived, and we were all seated rou
in the room. turned the light OF the lal
low and said: BOYS, be quiet n
m through the whole scene, without spes
ed inc a word nor laughing out, and III c
an my mice out, and let you see what the.
or do In a moment all still. peg
At to plav softly the Nattali Waltz. Prese
me IL the mice came and took their usual
ar sition on the floor. holding up their LII
i've paws. This performance was SO fun
the they all laughed right out. II was n ..
-ge proposed that we all play. We had I
as instruments-two violins, flute and !
to lencello. We played one piece, ana
en- seemed to have a new charm for the m
1t was agreed then that we play !
led pieces through without stopping l
md would take about ten minutes or MI
md The word was given and we were
ap. Presently the mice appeared tor the
the time to perform their tragedy "
of the pieces were all played through
was was silence again. After few mom'
an of perfect quiet. made noise with
by foot on the floor The mice were mot
ice, less. / rose and advanced toward III
mt when one of them crawled stupidity
He slowly away; the other carefully pls
i'm on my open hand and carried 1t 70
the light. and while we were yet looking
The it sitting on my hand, it dropped
Ugh dead Its mate never saw after
Id evening.-Reu. s.. Y. White, tn IHte'
Chicago.