Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-07-13
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Mr.. Humiston, Of the Seaside Hotel.
was awakened by o noise which impress.
cd him with the notion that burglars
were attempting 70 break Into his house.
lie got up out OF bed, seized ais rcroi-
ver, and went searching about the various
rooms 70 meet the supposed intruders,
and defend bis castle as best he might.
Ihe noise still continuing. and he not
discovering its origin. he descended 20
the basement where he soon perceived
the cause OF all his apprehensions. Just
out side OF one OF the south basement
windows ne discovered . muskrat yig-
orously gnawing on the window-frame,
endeavoring TO make his exit from the
deep area way into which he had gotten,
and from which be could not escape.
Mr.. n. watched the muskrat's operations
ior while with Interest, and saw him
PICK up q stone with his fore paws, and
SIT down on his launches, In an erect
posture, close TO the window, and draw
the stone close up to its breast, and strike
the pane OF glass repeatedly until it had
broken . moderately-sized hole In the
pane. Hr. n. Is man to be believed,
and. incredible as it may seem. he viii
veniy this statement ad
Whiie on this topic, which relates TO
tne exercise OF the reasoning faculty Of
tne brute creation, am reminded of q
statement made to me by my brother,
VINO once witnessed an operation Of two
mouse rats, which evinced an ingenious
exercise OF the reasoning faculties, quite
out OF the way OF ordinary observation.
ne saw. the TWO rats on the top OF hogs
mead OF moiasses, and while one OF them
was packing near the bung-hole, The
otncr guided his tail down into the mo-
iasses: ana then advancing, drew out
MS tail besmeared with molasses, which
,ne otner rat licked of After a while
ne saw tne rats change places and repeat
.ne same operation ior the benefit OF the
oener rat
announcer instance: Some years ago
.aVernkeeper In Wethersfleld was wont
70 say tnat ne saw two rats going to-
gesner ga. .r1n p! ms tavern towards the Con-
nectIcu. am hiVer' each holding the same
by side together. Curiosity led the land
lord to follow them to the water, where
ne saw the one drink water, and after
his thirst was assuaged he saw them re-
turn together to the tavern in the same
way, with the one stick in the mouth Of
each. The landlord saw this same op-
GRAFTON repeatedly, and felt greatly in
terested in understanding the case. So
one day while the two rats were proceed
ing to the river, as usual, he frightened
them fh at thaU drnt, nod l. l. r..
their mouths, and one rat easily made
its escape, while the other was as readily
captured. 1t was stone blind, and the
discovery OF this fact furnished an in
slant solution to the joint stick arrange.
ment.
Most of us are familiar with the SYM
pathy rats feel for their fellow-rat who
has been SO unfortunate as to get caught
in steel trap. In their efforts to secure
to the imprisoned rat his liberty they
have gnawed, mulitated his imprisoned
limbs, and even his body, he dying un-
der the heroic attempt at his enlarge
ment.-Bridgeport Farmer.
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Inc Puohsher OF Q weekly newspaper
~ Mlcnigan peiore the war was under
tne saoGle ana mtched to wagon to
oooI ne carried load OF doubt, debt
ana anxiety which would have crushed
secretary OF the Treasury in one brief
week. a dollar was q cart-wheel in his
eyes OF MS employees. ~ ls yividly re-
mempered py the writer how certain
puoiisher In an interior town felt as hap
py as KING when ne could send for
TWO bundles OF paper at once, and it is
more vividiy remembered that ne never
saw Gne week wnen ne could buy ono
oundie OF paper ana pay on the hands,
700, IN casn. IN
one Gay o printer died. Perhaps he
Z graoua.y starved 70 death; or maybe
the anxiety as to now ne could buy both
woo9 ana nour tne same Saturday nm
isheo MIN OH: AT any rate new print
er 81 came up from Grand Rapids to fll
tne gap, ana ms wages We're to be VIZ
per week. On the nrst Saturday ne got
and @z IN cash. On the next ne got