, 1880-12-12
A SCARED FEMALE.
A Search for Terrible 1Iouse-All the
Women Thrown into Fitx-Nhat the
Doctors Found.

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no more terrible wild fowl than your lion.
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ATS noteotns attentlon she "onld instantly
nave decided that the mouse is far more ter
rible than the lion. The latter can easily
kill defenseless woman, but his enormous
| size fOrbid5 him to be guilty of the acts OF
stealtl1y and invisible wickelness in which
should be let loose in room containing sev-
cral women, they would know that Violent
death threatened them. but they would have
no occasion to jump OIL chairs aud to twist
their skirts tightly around them III order to
guard against the fendish tactics to which
| the mouse is PRONE The latter Infamous
animal inspires terror not So much because
Of his ferocity and strength as because of his
folds OF dresses or in the recesses Of
large sleeves, there to bide his time
Tor surrepttious biting or for the
still moro terrifying process OF ''running
unless, Of course, they are tornented BY
longings for unattalnaDle bonnets or heart
sick for India shawls deferred, but as rule
almost, any woman would rather be torn in
pieces by lion than be confronted In pub
lie promenade by an adventurous mouse.
Of this signal Illustration Is afforded by
the mouse Catastrophe which occurred In
Boston last Monday evening.
The circumstances wero as follows: On
the evening In question there were assembled
at the house Of leading philosopher select
party Of people Of culture. Among them
was maiden lady who has been for many
years addicted to the illicit composition Of
poetry, the vagueness anu unintelligibility of
whicl, has given her deserved local reputa-
tion as woman Of genius and an apostle Of
progress. In addition to theanatomical pecul-
larites already indicated. the maiden lady
dresses with much severity Of taste in black
rying with her bottles Of sinelling-salts and
other medicinal preparations, with view to
any sudden shock which her nervous system
mi miEl't receive from accidentally meeting
While the leading philosopher was reading
aloud from recent Concord philosophy, 4
loud shrek from the nluiden lady startled
the company, 1t was at first supposed that
pectedly struck her, and that she would
presently begin to recite new poem, 1t was
soon found, however, that the lady had been
a1taeked a,;a cix:t BY violent mouse For some time
i'll which the mouse was pursuing his rayages,
and continued to dance wildly and to cry:
"Take it off! Take it offI" but after awhile
she became cailner, and asserted that the
Ingenious woman instantly proposed that the
pocket should be removed and the mouse
killed, a proposal that met with general ap-
probation. All the men who were present
OF two doctors. tors who % % remained to or recelyp The
pocket and to punish the mouse. Two or |
three ladies of exceptional bravery under |
took the search after the pocket. assisted BY |
be given BY its now nearly exhausted owner.
The pocket was one OF those curjouslv con |
cealed pockets affected by tiD,id ladies'. which |
are intended to battle the boldest burglar, and |