Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18
Rats.

Rats.
A rat killing match was indulged
n by number Of sporting Aen nea ?
Philadelphia fes days ago, and. was
described by the Ph:laGelph;. Times
az follows. After all the preliDinaries
had been arranged, , white bull terrier
weighed about 30 ponnds, belon zing to
James Jordan, of PhiladelphiG, was
plaosd in the ring, q broad incsosure
high enough to prevent q rat from
Jumping out and large enough to elbow
of free movement of teth anlmal,- as
they struggled. Five ,ats were shen
dumped into the circle ell at once, and
the dog allowed to take his choice ss
to which be would kill first. The tar
rier seemed somewhat at disadvantage
by reason of having so many rats CIR
cling about HIM and he was 50 sec
onds in laying them ali out. This
was considered tolerable good, but
seemed like Tightening as compared With
the few following rounds. "Tom'
Connelly's "Pilot," white and briu-
die bulldog, was next placed in the
enclosure and the rats emptied in"vi,h
him. '-PIlot" id considerable troub'e
to get away with his share of the TO- |
dents, and with two or three of the |
rats had sharg fight before the spun
ky little animals gave up the ghost
The five were killed in l minute and |
IL seconds.
Joseph Bottomlea's dog sJsgp .!
q black-and-tan- terrier, was the uext 1
to take a turn. The FIRST rat was dis
patched in good style and in q short |
time; the second was laid out fairly |
we'll, as was one following. But when
it came to the fourth then came the |
tug of war. The rat got Jag by :hsi
ear and it was about ten seconds be- |
fore he could be shaken of, which !
only happened when the hold of the
rat slipped by the flesh giving way. |
The dog was spunky, though, and laid
the last rats out in less time than he
did the Grst two, shaking mo.t savage
ly, remembering his bitten ear. He
lost so much time in the struggle |
that it was minute 81 seconds before
the last rat was pronounced dead.
Jake Mayors Scotch terrier, Jack, |
then bounded into the circle with q /.
yelp, but WAS ruled out because he
didn't xii. his five rats in less thaH |
two and half minutes. The poor
time made SO disgusted Fred Smith,
the referee, that he cried out:
"Give me one of them rats; I'll show
you how to kill 'em. l can beat any
dog in the world"
A big rat was handed to him and he
made good bis word. He grasped the
rat firmly in his glovsd hand and bit it
in the back OF the neck, just as the
terrier would do. He threw the rat
on the foo7, and as it gave a kick and |
expired murmur Of applause arose !
from the spectators. One enthusiastic /,
sport suggested that Smith should get
in the ring and see whether he could
kill more rats than the dogs. The sug-
ges,ion was ignored and the sport wer =
on. Sam Bally's Prince, black and
tan terrier, the next on the list, evident
ly pro6ted by Smiths instruction, fol
when the rats were emptied into the
circle he went to work with Q will and
got away with the five in IS seconds
The enthusiasm of the crowd began
to rise, and when Jack Sbeperd's
Pellie, q white-and- brindIe beasts with
cropped esrs and q generally vicious
look, began to slay the rodents cheeer
after cheer encouraged her as she kill
ed her rats with marvellous rsp.dity.
One after the other they were fang
aside and the whole job was completed
in y seconds, Nellie being declared
the winner After the match Fred
Smith, who had brown ferret, placed
it in cage with rat. A bet of $40
was made that the ferret could not
Kill the little animal in two minutes,
! but Smith scooped in the cash the fer
get having a quarter minute to spare
when the work Eas done.
Smith then Fat his dog, Irish Betty,
into the pit. Two rats were put into .
cigar boxes aud placed in she- pit also.
The dog got taem out of she boxes aud
killed both il 81 secords-the frss in
10 seconds. Smith, who seemed to be
we'll supplied with ras-killers, put =
bull terrie-sin the rirg, which, killed
FIVE rats ID eighteen seconds.
Have used Parker's Ginger Tonic for ny
bad cough and hemorr1age Irhaa TWENTY-FIVE
years. k.feel like an other man sjnceI nsed
it. Ar,.66 years past. Belieze ii sure to
cure younger persoas. "a. Orner, High
spire, Pa.
"Lnst for fur q scouDdrel at Rich
mond, Virgins, gave boy a pint ol
wh;skey to d2ink- The boy died and
his murderer has been sentenced to
twelve years. imprisonent.
The printing offsce towel has beer
,, literally standing joke for som.
. time, 1t has been mistaken for /.
, symbol of mourning; it has bee,
used by the foreman to brain drunl
, and intruding printers and its ex
|, ceeding blaekness has lived in man,
; a dark story. But positively she la
!. test comes from New jersey. whenc
. We learn that printers towel fel
: out of q third story window in
New Jersey town, the other day, an,
cracked paving stone. Tho crasl
+ was heard two blocks away, and
e little boy ran home, with white fac
9 and trembling lips, to tell his moth
= er that he had seen "a negro maj