The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-11-02
BELLING THE RAT,

BELLING THE RAT,
How y Famous st. Louis Rat-Gatoher
Captures the Rodents.
Tom Costello, of st. Louis, Mo,
is famed us human rat-catoher.
He captures and removes these
animals alive from hotels and houses
where they arc an annoyance and a
pest They are thon taken to the
rat'pit to become martyrs to tho
superior ability of the well.,brcd
black~and-tans. Costello catches
rodents by means of "belled rat. !"
A reporter accompanied him on nn
expedition to wretuhoi ana worms
eaton hotel, fair;y alive with the
vermin, and gives the following
account of his experience: The
arrival was made after midnight.
Silently and cautiously the rookery
was examined until the circuit run
by the rats was determined.
Rats in a building are rs tho in
habitants Of II city or the inmates
OF II large building Certuia holes
in floors and wAinscotiny, drain
pipes, durk-hails. pAssayes in the
W lis, etc, are to rats what streets
in the city are to pedestrians, and
Railways III buildings to the in
mates. just us ono avenue, by
reason of superior width Or light, is
raised by people to the dignity OF
promenade, OF as some alley-way
by reason of being Il short cut be-
tween two points, is made Il
tnoroughfare, is dram pipe, II
noisome hallway, or hole in the
floor put in constant and general
use by the rats. Well, on the oc.
casion referred to, Costello looked
around and found that u dumb
waiter, or hand elevator, leading
from the basement Of the building
upward, WAS the boulevard, the
main street, rs it were, Of this rat
colony.
He laid for rat and caught him.
A small bell Was tied about the
captive's neck by means of Il ribbon
and then the rodent was released
1t was off like flash. Minutes
passed by without results. At last
the skurrying Of rats through the
walls and upper passages Of the
house was heard. 1t gradually in
creased. The principle the rat
catcher worked on was that the
bell would scare the rat His terror
would communicate to his fellows,
and they in turn would flee before
him as from pestilence. Ho had
calculated correctly. The noise
became like that of the rafting of
u heavy rain. The bright. eyed
yermin shrieked and squealeu us
thoy fed in their terror.
The reporter and Costello stood
in a small room-the elevator ended
in it. There was rattling noise in
the elevator. The room was darker
than Oh Egyptian night. The noise
increased and pervaded the room.
Then tho reporter realized that the
rats were in tho room in a myriad.
He could hear their squealing, and
at last observed the phosphorescent
gleam of their eyos. They crawled
over bis feet. The perspilation
stood on him in drops and his hair
raised. He lost n years growth
right thon. "No danger; keep
still; don't move. and they won't
bite you" said Costello. The re-
porter groanod IN terror. Costello
then lit a lamp. The floor was Gov
cred with the rodents. With pair
of tongs ho picked up and baggcd
them all There were one hundred
and twenty eight of them. When
they were III the bag the reporter
was very very happy:
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