The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-05-29

Tn. mouse began: "To you round here
Who mainly have the cats to fear
The King has always sent you word
WIZ, n. important things has heard:
U., taught you how the mares we're laid
And how tho common traps we're made
Tn .ryenty-threo he sent Tor you
rc keen the 'Catch-en- alivs' in ''e"'
And to beware and not forget
The o,ptured mouse this trap reset
m, when he saw how it was made
Our King no longer was AFRAID
Far he said with all its faults l know
rbi. tran will never prove
Ana somehow every time tits tried
His prophecy is verified.
60 we've not feared this trap Of tin,
R.cnuse We saw it was too thin
And later still. in seventy-n1.
We found, with other Yankee tricks
Our fees had got cheap device
Which thew were sure would capture nice
A slender box Of wood and wire
About as strong As We DESIRE
Ana like The .Catch-em- alive before
Had placed this trap in every store
AT frs, our King relt rather Sore
Bu, when he closely looked it DER
us Iau, bed, and sand the man Was lazy
Or else must have been nearly crazy
Who could de.is IN and place. fOrsooth,
The fron, door in the kitchen roof.
A. if he hoped to gain the day
By letting Us ia the back way.
Nov CON mpu stock that may entics,
But not aristocratic mice,
For IL n mouse. when caugh. nj ALL
In anc hour couldn't gnaw through the wall
And thus escape, so frsii mouse
Could do no harm in any house
So We arrived at this conclusion,
The trap is bat vain Delusion'
Blu, some time past We heard some news
That rather gave our King the blues;
iva. that a Ysnk,e-minded man
Had hit upon novel plan
To make perfect trap, at last
To eat, b the mice aud hold them last
II IL the Iatest thing about
It's made Of tn, You can't gnaw out,
Aud thy have painted it so good
You'd all believe Il made VI wool,
Yet n YOU hold to that belief
You all will surely come to grief.
Our King, who saw them In the stor",
Sent a committee Of twenty-fsur
To visit that store ia the dark
And look over the trap right sharp.
That day the owner Of the store
Had set one on the feed room door,
And not A word from that committee
Haze We heard siuee they left our city;
But twas reported 10 the store
That in the trap wore twenty-four
Az fne mice as were ever seen,
And that committee it must have been.
Al this our King he loudly swore
That he wOuld 60 and look II DER,
And IL the trap could capture him
Then twas surely a terrible thing.
So he assumed cheap disguise,
And .aid next morning BY sunrise
He'd know this painted trap Of tin,
Zen II he be captive King.
All had be known the bitter end
I'm sure he'd sent some faithful friend,
Yea. tva, surely "a terrible thing
Because that night IL caught our King; #
For net one can ssespe tue fate
That all shall meet who touch the bait.
None can escape to warn the rest
Bat what will suit our foes the best
Y on catch yourselves, the trap resets,
And thus IL soon another gets;
And VIA, adds terror to eur fright
Our rscs ellis up the trap each night.
And while VIC watch its rapid sale,
And know its workings never fail.
Our fears increase that tits, IS yet,
The greatest evil We have met.
So keep awake; don't ever nap
Watch for the NOVELTY ANIMAL TRAP
For when il once gets in house
There's no more rest for rat or mouse.
n my advice you then sbey
You'll pack your things without delay,
And every vestigs Of your race
viii leave for more cougenisl place.
Now We are very much afraid
Dur foes will sell them through the trade;
other traps We do not care,
Though we find them everywhere
wheel traps aud Beehives,
Delusicns' and 'Catch-em alives,
But as for the new NOVELTY
Tis cal ching of our race to-day
More than all other traps combined,
And heW to check il we must find,
FOR what can rob US OF our King
Destruction to our race will bring"
Then spoke the farmer, "well vum,"
And the mouse be vanishsd with q run,
And the congregation followed him
Their Psttering feet made such a din
That the farmer stood in silent awe,
For a whisk Of their tails vas all he saw.
Then the farmer told his neighbors teat
they all must have NOVELTY TRAP;
70 to the hardware stores they 60,
10 buy this trap, whether or ne.
The other traps they called "too thin"
Excerpt that painted trap oftin.
nd now those "a rmers take their ease,
They leave things scattered where they please
For not q mouse has bee a around
Since they the NOVELTY Mouse Trap found.