The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-08
A Vast Difference Between Jer.cv Rats and
the Rats - Ola Stcubcu.

HAMMoEDSpoRT. May G." was reading in
n paper tho other DAY" said Frank Grswo!,.
the Lake kcuka naturalist. about u man who
put couple Of dozen clans in his cellar. and
when he went to get them for uso he found n
big rat held fast by tho nose by each clam. and
every rat was dead. Tho natural Inference
WAS Tint the clarns had orcnc,. their shells t.
take n look around and SEQ what Kind uf luck
they had struck and had been pouncei upon
by rats, which iute on clans. The clam, haA
instantly shut down hard on The r.tts. shut of
their wind. and smothcrcL them - death. The
paper also said that tho maH had used
clans for rat traps ever since with IN
vsrvinG; SUCCESS. There isn't Il particle ui
d0uLt in my mind abnl; the truth OF the (l.st
Fart of that stOry-not Il particle. But hats
to believe the latter psgt Of it. because il do
II viii badly shakc my confidence in tho smart
moss oI tho rat. All "f tlic r..ts oYos came
iato personal contact WITH rp,."s1ri II hi@h
'!"-roo Of talent. in fact. manifest d SON 90
thing that hugGrI genius prc.ty c!os'. BAT
III" rats read about lived somewhere in New
Jersey The ones have personal knuw!cig,
at nc'"h" III OLD StrubeN. WL;it may account
l"r ia" difference. am sorry 70. those Now
dorsey rats /! thsy como out day al; n day and
let hecNms catch them. n-ti, tnoirco,nr,dus
were taken in. for tho rats OF old Strulrn
Wouldn'. think Of suCh thing
Il heard once that clans wcrr tho rcet Kind
Of hait Tor catfish ana co.'s. aui tlluus!t
would Try them. | got II peck or ~ u .:irlt
biz fellowSani pG5 them in n nirc ca,.. u,n"n
at tho back Of the house. a. intended {, lis,
some of them that night. IN ~ were many
rats about the place" | snt on tho h,"k atoop
tEnHur somo iisbing and ioontn: out nt
tne ,cialaH on The grass htWSygurai III ln-m
with their shells olrn sDnli, an incl. -. - anil.
the CLAIMS p6crln4 cauu Jusy out. At The Same
tlnb ! saw tlIr rat smoking from, IN arm.
crib toward the CLANS had often heard that
rat W"'r immonse!y fond ol c'"nl, and |
kh"W NAV clans had II uUi"k "nilwrrd way of
s!miItn. heir shells dowm nr nnytnln. that
GhirudnI brtwcrn Them, always much ~ mo
nINcpmture OF the Intruder. So DncIinu in.
,.tnHtru ~ once A That rat. J. knew that tho
mint, n" ItH"i ms nos" lrtwcen one ",f
anu Antl1ipaird much fun.
The rat stola gradually IN to whore tho
r,jhn' lay, ~ smclt the temrtnG favor Of
th'lr meat. lie wont within "a few inches OT
" . ~ t4n open clans, anI stopped. as II IN
l""'lI nevcr get that clam without posins
your nos" IN aiicrit, said H. myself aud m
bet the clam VIII have you t"ioro you haze it,
stcuGon c"un,y rats. Ths Old t Wnnt"d W Ib
clam. nothing could be raner than that, bur
BIZ 9' and .St tnM 'ha' Her WA, rG
white. Thinking the matter over, and at last
turned h!n ,agk on, the clam.
oqt trcGiiWg ii aai Wa disamT T mfii "''"'
But found ont that this raj wasn't going
away no, Wlthnul tNil Guam. 10 had Inquired
nnt 20 IA dead certainty that if ho once stuck
ms nose between that clans JAWS il would be
all day with him, 80 he turned and switched
his tail in between the shells. SnHI,i il!ey
came together. and the rat couldn't h+!I Civ
Ing II sharp sgueal. showing that although hn
WAS strategic he was not stone.
Alnyh" that's smart move | sad. but
the lam has gui You lust the same. aud what
are YOU going to do about II ?
q, soon Jaw. Tho rat started away heroic |
ally dragging the clam with him He wont on
toward ono side Of the yard which Was four |
ieoI hig a than the road and supported by a